Posted by Billy NY on July 31, 2015 at 06:56:35 from (104.228.35.235):
In Reply to: Chain or strap posted by craig45 on July 30, 2015 at 16:27:32:
I can say from experience that a piece of a link, hook or hardware from a snapped chain has enough energy to kill or seriously injure.
I was on a site job where these 2 industrious greenhorns got a vibratory roller stuck in deep mud, they tried to take a short cut from the haul road, which was dry. I was working nearby and a flying piece of link or metal hit and put a nice dent in the upright or column of the rops on the caterpillar D5 I was operating. A noticeable thud, it put a dent in it, that's enough to kill.
You may want to re-think your methods, towing heavy logs and creating high tensile forces on your rigging can be very dangerous for the above reason, or worse if the tractor flips back. We just had a post about a tragic fatality recently here, heavy log with some really dangerous rigging, strap, log tongs etc. It can go very wrong, very quickly, with deadly results. Tractor with ROPS and a seat with a belt is going to drastically reduce the risk of injury, you must buckle up in the seat for it to work though.
You can put a thick blanket over the chain, it will absorb energy, but I would not want to be near anything under that much tension, inspect your rigging closely for defects, and don't exceed its limitations, if you do, it will show you no mercy at all.
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