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I prefer the heavy spring on chain style tensioner. The bungee cord style is light duty, for mom's station wagon or grandma's buick.

Agreed you shouldn't need/use tools, unless you prefer to jack the tire for installation. I myself rollover the chains. Get the inside as tight as possible and then pull the slack to the outside and clip. The problem is caming over the outer clip, often there is some slack remaining which is...

It is possible to install a tire chain assembly on any tire without a tensioning device properly however it's very difficult. The tensioner merely ensures a properly installed tire chain stays properly installed. Tire chains should also be checked ever few miles, particularly if you are on...

If I had a nickle for every tire chain I found incorrectly installed, I'd have a M1070.

missing the tensioner.