Howdy all. I broke down a few years ago and purchased some nice cable tire chains for my 33x10.50s BFG ATs. Each year after I throw them in the car, I'm reminded about how tired I am of listening to them rattle or slide out from under my rear bench seat. Have any of you employed a better storage system?
They're in the 40, or another ride? I've always used a Rubbermaid Box that's strapped down for ours along with the tools for fixing them in case I do ever need them on top of 4wd and have a link snap. As for storage within the storage, I throw each one into old pant legs that I have cut off a pair of throw away pants and sewn the tops shut on. Then just use a ratchet strap to tie off the open end.
X2 Ammo boxes. they still rattle, but not as loudly, and they look amazing.
I've started carrying around an Action-packer in the bed of The Mule, held up against the tailgate by a chunk of 2X4 for storing hardware and things I collect from Pick-n-pull, and it works well.
made a small V2A box to sit in front of the bumper. So the weight is in front where I need it and I don´t get the inside dirty when I take them off again...
I just use a 4.5 gallon plaster pail for my set of 4 RUD Grip 4x4s chains. I also keep a few other bits of recovery gear in with them. I store the pail in the back of the truck. As the pail is plastic and doesn't drain, I'll pull them out and do cleanup and drying out after each use. I use the pail as the chains have a heavy cable built into them and it shouldn't be bent at to small of a radius. I wish I could find a 6" high pail with the same diameter and just as heavy duty construction. That would work for the chains alone and would be perfect. To fit under your seat you could cut the top of a plaster bucket off. It would lack handles, but the bottom lip if the pail would dig into the carpet and likely stay in place. The few times I have had the pail in the passenger foot well I haven't heard rattling, but that is with a lid on.
Stow the chains in a canvas or burlap bag, then stuff them into an ammo can or Rubbermaid POS box. Stuff any empty space with shop rags or old towels. An old towel could come in handy after install/removal of the chains.
Other stuff you could use to fill the gaps;
A set disposal painters coveralls.
A plastic trash bag to lay on the ground to kneel on.
A pair of the cheap plastic coated gloves.
When I had a Peterbilt Dump truck I used a thick NAPA mud flap so the chains wouldn't rattle against the frame when I was driving. May be the Cat engine over powered the noise of the chains !
When I had a Peterbilt Dump truck I used a thick NAPA mud flap so the chains wouldn't rattle against the frame when I was driving. May be the Cat engine over powered the noise of the chains !
I don't have chains to store, but I do drink Folgers Coffee. Those 3 lb plastic canisters it comes in might be useful for some to store chains, so I thought I'd mention them.
Another thing that might work if washed out are those new 1 gallon plastic paint pails. Most have a screw top and a handle, making them more convenient than the coffee canisters. Plus they're square, making storing several pails more easy.
Not absolutely sure that the bigger size chains will fit in those, so YMMV
I don't have chains to store, but I do drink Folgers Coffee. Those 3 lb plastic canisters it comes in might be useful for some to store chains, so I thought I'd mention them.
Another thing that might work if washed out are those new 1 gallon plastic paint pails. Most have a screw top and a handle, making them more convenient than the coffee canisters. Plus they're square, making storing several pails more easy.
Not absolutely sure that the bigger size chains will fit in those, so YMMV
When I had my 40 back in Oregon I kept my chains strapped in the back. I would lay each one out on an old towel and then roll it up and fasten with two ties each. No rattle at all.
Not sure about those, as I usually shop for paint at Menards. I don't remember the brand, but it was a national brand paint and not a store brand.
Of course, you have to do something with the gallon of paint in each bucket first, but didn't the wife say there was something on the honey-do list about that?
OK, saw an ad in today's paper for the paint in the handy plastic gallon container with lid and handle that I couldn't remember the brand name of. It's Dutch Boy paint. The pail also has a square form factor, so four of these would pack pretty tightly together, an advantage over using the round coffee containers.
I think chains for a single tire will fit in a gallon container. Probably best to check this out on any handy one gallon container before going out and buying a bunch of paint, though.
I was driving the grocery basket this evening and noted that Maxwell House coffee now also comes in a square canister, similar to the Dutch Boy paint pail mentioned above, along with a handy handle.
Not as certain lid integrity is as high as the paint packaging, but now you have your pick of commodities to consume to get the said containers.
^ Unfair reply soenke..not everyone has a rig as well equipped as yours. 
