Chain Storage Ideas Wanted

[Scotty Dive]

Looking for ingenious and or not so ingenuis ways to store about 25 foot of chain on the tractor. I have a small tool box on the fender that I use for a hammer etc. but cannot figure a good safe place for the chain....any ideas? Pictures?

 

[ragkar]

I have a ballast box in the rear and I keep my chain in that.

 

[tommu56]

I haven't done it but a piece of 3 or 4" pvc pipe on the loader post with a drain hole in bottom cap and hose clamped to post.

tom

 

[PILOON]

On my pickup I used plastic newspaper roadside delivery box that was bolted in the vertical.
Those 'bins' are tough and well vented as well.

 

[rmully]

I use a small horse bucket (black ...helps with evaporation) with several 3/4" holes in the bottom for water drainage. A 25ft chain just fills the bucket. Get a bucket with a flat side and it won't bounce around.

 

[Kioti guy]

I usually leave my box blade on all summer and i keep a 35' chain wrapped around two of the scarifiers, I have used the tractor with this setup all summer and it has worked well for me.........Craig

 

[California]

I added golf bags to carry tools and chains. The photo below shows chain hooks peeking over the edge of the first bag.

I liked that so much that I added a kid-size golf bag strapped to the inside face of the right loader column. I carry the chains there now. (Two 12 ft chains).

With the bottom of the golf bags supported, neither bag has torn in the 5+ years since I installed them. (When they do, back to Goodwill for another $2.98 out-of-style bag ).

Photo better showing the back golf bag. Bow saw and pruner for the orchard; shovel, weed hoe, and mattock for irrigation reservoirs around new trees.

 

[radioman]

My father and I have a pvc open pipe attached to loader support on our tractors. We just put chain inside pipe and hook on top and it works good.

 

[Pete Judd]

Cal, I am a cheap SOB as well, and would use that if I had ROPS on my tractor. Now if I need a chain, I drop the implement, grab one of the trailers, and use it to pack the chain to where I need it. Or use the 4wd pickup to get it there, and maybe use it to get the job done.

 

[284 International]

The bracket up front for suitcase weights works well to store chain on or around for me. With weights attached, I just wrap it around the frame for the bracket, connect the ends together, and use a small bungee cord to ensure the grab hooks don't disconnect. On one machine, I have a plate welded on the bottom of the bracket, and it is deep enough to just carry a chain down in there. It's out of the way and clean.