Snow Equipment Owning/Operating Tire chain storeage???

[oldballs]

I put my truck and tractor chains back into the canvas bag /box that they were shipped in, after a few squirts of WD-40. They are stored on the floor in the basement with a couple 2 x 4 under the box. But I have a note to myself to get a dolly for hauling them back up/down the stairs next season. That box is getting too heavy for me anymore. Laying them out straight each year doesn't seem that big a deal to me however.

 

[square1]

How about driving a couple of large nails into the wall studs in your garage and hanging the chains?

When I had the 9n and chains this is what I did, storage is nice and flat to the wall with no floor space taken up. If you drive the nails in on about a 45 degree angle, weight is a non-issue.

 

[newbury]

When I had the 9n and chains this is what I did, storage is nice and flat to the wall with no floor space taken up. If you drive the nails in on about a 45 degree angle, weight is a non-issue.

Except picking them up to get them ON the nail
Unless you have some neat anti-grav device.

 

[square1]

Except picking them up to get them ON the nail

Well...yeah...there's that...

 

[CJONE]

Throw them on a pallet in the corner of the pole barn, never rusted but a little bit on the chain that contacts the ground and that will be gone in the first 10 min of next season. CJ

 

[Bradbilt]

A good couple framing nails will hold a couple HUNDRED lbs when driven in on a 45* angle. All you guys have TINKER toys, so the chains are not that heavy. I have 25 and 50' of 3/8 chain on nails, so you should have NO PROBLEMS doing the same

 

[oldballs]

The heck with the nail idea....just sayin'. My chains are longer than I am tall....75 lbs is too much to lift.... but I guess I could grunt them up if'n I'd stand on a ladder.:

 

[joeyd]

I carefully hang my chains in a 5 gal bucket and spray some oil over them.
Lifting them carefully from the bucket so far has proven to be successful as they do not tangle.
Sure is one heavy bucket to move around.

x2 with WD40

 

[IXLR8]

The heck with the nail idea....just sayin'. My chains are longer than I am tall....75 lbs is too much to lift.... but I guess I could grunt them up if'n I'd stand on a ladder.:

Have to agree with this. I can lift my front chains up on nails, but the rears are too long and too heavy for me to do that.

 

[Bradbilt]

Seriously? Too heavy? Do you need your tractors too pick them up? LOL