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Purchased these chains for a trip to Mammoth and knew that storms were on the way. Got up the mountain just fine without but sure enough, we awoke the next morning to over a foot of new snow and it snowed continually all day. Made it to the lifts without the chains but definitely needed them to get down. Installed as per the instructions (I had done a dry run in my garage before the trip so I would be comfortable with the process) and got them on with some ease. started rolling out and "SNAP". I looked down and one of the cross cables just snapped off at the inner connection point! Bummer..... Had to zip tie the cable down to the chains so it would not ruin my car (figured I would cut it off once I got down the hill to a hardware store) and started out again. 1/2 tire rotation and "SNAP". Now I am pissed - another broken cable at the same point and it is now dangling off the tire. I am now trying to locate a wire or bolt cutter because this is a major problem and not sure if the car is drivable at this point. 1 hour of trying different tools - Bolt cutters, wire cutters, etc. from all over the ski resort I come across a hack saw in the ski rental department. They were kind enough to let me use it and I cut off the 2 broken cables. The chains worked after that but I was nervous they would snap at any time and trash my car. Not confidence inspiring when you bought them for confidence in the snow. Hope they see this review and offer me a replacement chain as I will assume this was simply a defective item. We will see.