I have 40+ years of tire chain experience. I hate them with a passion. But they never leave my pickup. A truck with a open diff can go where the average 4x4 can’t, slimy mud and ice. The link above is commercial truck chains with rail tighteners. I’ve never seen these on pickup chains but I’m sure somebody might make them. Trig studded chains are #1 in commercial applications. But ruff as crossing train tracks because of the large cross-link size. I’ve cut several of these down for pickups. Not bad mud or snow but on ice it’ll take the fillings right out of your teeth. For most applications with a pickup you don’t overly sized cross links. The biggest thing is learning how to put them on right, I’ve seen them on inside out and other times so loose that they fall off. The good drivers who know how to put them on don’t use bungee cords, they don’t come in the bag when you get them and they’re not necessary. If they’re put on right. The drivers you hear going down the highway with the chains flailing around sometimes even hitting their fenders with dozen bungee cords on them and they’re still to loose. Can you take a look at these guys chains when they’re done, and they been wearing on the backside with the V bar or the studs pointed toward the tire because of the chains are on to loose the cross rails just roll over when you apply power. The v-bar pointing the wrong way will shorten your tire life immensely.
#1 thing put em on before you need them, it can be done after but you’ll never make that mistake again.
PS. I just watch some videos on chaining up pickups so they do make chains with rail tighteners that would be my first choice. This thing I did see wrong in the videos is they drove forward over the hooks. Going forward or backwards makes no difference, go the direction that gives you the most room to work just don’t drive over the hooks. There’s nothing worse than trying to put chains together with bent hooks. I always prefer to drive towards tails of the chains and then when you’re hooking up the hooks the tail end of the chain is always falling out of the way, if the tail is hanging down its always in the way making putting the hook on more difficult. Not always a big deal but we’re in chaining up at work several times a day it makes a difference.