Re: Tire chain questions?

Posted by Hugh MacKay on December 21, 2004 at 04:31:13 from (209.226.247.135):

In Reply to: Re: Tire chain questions? posted by WI Craig on December 20, 2004 at 15:12:52:

Craig: You make a good point, used chain will last the ordinary homeowner just wanting to plow his driveway, probably 50 years. I had a set of ring chains for my Farmall 130. I was nervous of breaking something plus I didn't like what they were doing to my concrete floor in shop. I sold the ring chains for $350. Went down the road to a local construction company bought 4 chains from them for $20. These had been grader chains. They even loaned me their tool for changing cross chains. I fixed the two best ones, and completely dismantled other two. That was 15 years ago, and I still have two 5 gallon pails of spare cross chains, 30' of side chain and assorted hooks.

The grader had been breaking these quite regularly. Since I made these up I've only broken two cross chains. That old Champion grader with 250 hp Cummins had a lot more torque than my Farmall 130. If you can get used truck chains they make a good source. These guys will sell them for scrap price. $1,000. chaims are fine if your tractor is pulling in dollars.

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