Snowchains: K-summit or K-summit van

Kemper-van · Nov 7, 2021

Hi all,
I’m after some snowchains for my van with 235/55-R17. Due to the size, normal chains are not possible, only chains like Konig K-summit which don’t go behind the wheels are possible.
I have an option to get some 2nd hand K-summit chains in the correct size for a good price, but these are the “car” version instead of the “k-summit VAN” for motorhomes up to 3,5t.

It’s only for occasional use during skiing holidays and only once or twice a year. So question is if the car-version is sufficient enough?

WelshGas · Nov 8, 2021

Kemper-van said:
Hi all,
I’m after some snowchains for my van with 235/55-R17. Due to the size, normal chains are not possible, only chains like Konig K-summit which don’t go behind the wheels are possible.
I have an option to get some 2nd hand K-summit chains in the correct size for a good price, but these are the “car” version instead of the “k-summit VAN” for motorhomes up to 3,5t.

It’s only for occasional use during skiing holidays and only once or twice a year. So question is if the car-version is sufficient enough?

If they make 2 versions , one for cars and one for vans then there must be a reason. What is the difference?

Kemper-van · Nov 8, 2021

WelshGas said:
If they make 2 versions , one for cars and one for vans then there must be a reason. What is the difference?

Konig markets 1 for cars with empty weight <2.000kg and one for light commercial cars up to 3.500kg. But both have the same ö-norm v5117, which is approval for use on cars up to 3.5t. (M1, N1)
So maybe there is an actual difference in product, or it’s a good way to diversify revenues?
On many of their chains there is no mention of max weight at all, making it very difficult to correctly compare….

klokanoid.042 · Nov 10, 2022

It's year old thread, but did you get those K-Summit chains? And if yes, what model?

Thanks.

kurienp · Nov 10, 2022

klokanoid.california said:
It's year old thread, but did you get those K-Summit chains? And if yes, what model?

Thanks.

the poster has not been on this site in a long time. However, the one that works for the T6 is the K-Summit van k84

Kemper-van · Nov 10, 2022

kurienp said:
the poster has not been on this site in a long time. However, the one that works for the T6 is the K-Summit van k84

Not sure where you see that I haven’t been on the site in a long time? I regularly check the forum.

@klokanoid.california I didnt get these k-summit chains in the end. I bought a pair of maggi-trak. The type I bought was marked as compatible with the california, although it wasn’t a van specific chain. Maggi website provided 2 options when specifying ‘california’: both the car and van chains are suggested. Since I bought 2nd hand and only the car version was available, I went with these. Haven’t needed to use them, though.

kurienp · Nov 10, 2022

Kemper-van said:
Not sure where you see that I haven’t been on the site in a long time? I regularly check the forum.

@klokanoid.california I didnt get these k-summit chains in the end. I bought a pair of maggi-trak. The type I bought was marked as compatible with the california, although it wasn’t a van specific chain. Maggi website provided 2 options when specifying ‘california’: both the car and van chains are suggested. Since I bought 2nd hand and only the car version was available, I went with these. Haven’t needed to use them, though.

apologies, I was checking on my phone and the forum did not show your last visit date!

Better to have it and not use it than not have it when needed!