28 of either side member segment links 38 or 40 e g the width of closure member 30 a is greater than the opening in the loops of links 38 and 40 returning now to fig1 the reader will appreciate that the entire structure of the tire chain of fig1 can be constructed of numerous individual side link segments 24 interconnected together and to cross members 14 via connectors 26 in the manner described above further it will be appreciated that different tire sizes can be accommodated e g width wise by replacing cross members 14 with shorter or longer cross members 14 and or length wise by replacing all or any of the three link segments 24 at each side member with shorter or lesser number of links or longer or greater number of links as indicated the above description for fig1 u2013 3 is believed to convey the basic concept of a system for custom building tire chains e g by a merchant stocking a variety of tire chain components the scope of this concept will be further appreciated from the following explanation of a number of variations thereto however such disclosed variations are not intended to be exhaustive of the many other variations or modifications that may be conceived by those skilled in the art fig4 a 4 b 5 a 5 b 6 a 6 b and 7 a 7 b and fig8 illustrate different versions of connectors in open and closed positions as compared to that of fig2 a 2 b the same connector also illustrated in fig1 fig4 a and 4b illustrate a connector including an offset wire spring as the closure member 30 a in open.