MChalkley
Elite Member
- Joined
- Mar 27, 2000
- Messages
- 3,239
- Location
- Eastern Virginia
- Tractor
- EarthForce EF-5 mini-TLB (2001)
Wen - I'm a nut about chain (well, more accurately, just a nut). Almost all my chain is 3/8". I've got 7 or 8 20' lengths of grade 80 that's my normal stuff, two of which I use for tying the tractor down on the trailer. Then I've got 4 10' lengths of grade 100 that I use when I want an extra margin of safety, plus 4 10' lengths of grade 100 square-link choker chain for log skidding. Most of them have grab hooks on each end, but some of them have a slip hook on one end. And I've got a box with an assortment of "chain shorteners" and "instant slip hooks". Then, just to satisfy my paranoia, I keep an ammo box (which reminds me that I'm trying to find a source for some more ammo boxes, so I need to post a message on the Attachments discussion) on my truck with a 20,000 lb. tow strap, 2 20' grade 100 chains, and several of the aforementioned chain shorteners and instant slip hooks.
I do have 50' or so total of 1/4" on the trailer, but I rarely use it. One piece of it is broken from the last time I tried to use it for pulling a tree over. It wasn't a very big tree, either. In fact, the reason I was using the 1/4" stuff is that the 3/8" wouldn't grab because the tree was so small, and I hadn't gotten the square-link chain or the grubbing tongs yet. The 1/4" broke the first time I pulled on it - and it was grade 80, too.
Mark
I do have 50' or so total of 1/4" on the trailer, but I rarely use it. One piece of it is broken from the last time I tried to use it for pulling a tree over. It wasn't a very big tree, either. In fact, the reason I was using the 1/4" stuff is that the 3/8" wouldn't grab because the tree was so small, and I hadn't gotten the square-link chain or the grubbing tongs yet. The 1/4" broke the first time I pulled on it - and it was grade 80, too.
Mark