Hello, Does anyone recognize these? I was looking for something else, and these cut in the line:-)  Thanks, Lou

Tire Chains. There should probably be 2 more then you'll have enough for 1 wheel.

Hello, Bill. Thanks for the quick reply. I think that I may have found some info , following your lead. These are for spoked wheels? Thanks again, Lou

Those will (depending on length) fit through the openings in a lot of wheels and the lever catch on the strap locks them to size.  Some chains used to have a V shaped piece across the link for extra bite.   I probably still have the chains from my old malibu i had to use in 77 and 78 when we had those really bad winters.   (no, i don't collect chains...lol).

I imagine these may have been made up to the 50s?    Was thinking the leather would not hold up to the HP from newer cars.   

in the early 50's we charged 50 to put on chains, and we had to drag the jack in the snow to do it, then around 1953
I came in to work one day after school and there was a crew taking out our pit to install a 2 post lift. what
a blessing that was to use.

how many cross links I had to change ? too many to count.

when a cross link broke, bang, bang, bang and there goes another wheel well.

Quote from: turnnut on February 23, 2018, 08:25:25 PM
in the early 50's we charged 50 to put on chains, and we had to drag the jack in the snow to do it, then around 1953
I came in to work one day after school and there was a crew taking out our pit to install a 2 post lift. what
a blessing that was to use.

how many cross links I had to change ? too many to count.

when a cross link broke, bang, bang, bang and there goes another wheel well.

When a cross link broke you stopped & wired the loose ends back with baling wire & then when (if) you got home you used chain repair pliers to remove the busted cross link & put it a new one.  The last set of tire chains I maintained was for an old pickup truck in the mid 1980s.  Not for long distance, but just to get around town if there was a six inch snowfall.  The chains came in a box of junk at a sale, & were a lot cheaper than a new aggressive set of snow tires for a vehicle that did not get 500 miles a year of use.

yes Stan, that is what we did, when I mentioned the broken links, I was referring to customers who had us install and remove the chains. some of them were just too lazy to do it themselves.

my vehicle tool box always carried  wire (we called it the Ford model-T  tool )  it came in handy if you tail pipe break on the road.

I still use chains on my 1941 Farmall - A  and as I get older, the chains get heavier.

if you worked for the phone co.,you used telephone wire.. ...no bales back then just pitch forks?

Quote from: turnnut on February 24, 2018, 08:22:21 AM...and as I get older, the chains get heavier.

Gravity is sticky; over time, bits of gravity will stick to stuff and make it heavier.

Even today, when i have made up tool boxes for my girls to keep in the trunk of their cars, they get one or two small spools of wire.   Never know what you're going to need.