Greenmountain Farmer
Gold Member
I've sometimes wondered why people don't run something like 1/8" aircraft cable through the 3/8" chain links. If the chain breaks the cable will contain it most likely, and anything with enough force to break 3/8" chain will shrug off 1/8" (the 1/8" in turn will be contained by the now sagging weight of the 3/8" chain links once the 1/8" cable slack is taken up).
This is the same sort of idea as running 1/8" through the linear springs of garage doors to stop the broken spring pieces from flying around when the springs inevitably break under tension.
Cable through a chain would make it rather unruly to store
Tom in Vermont