The chains you have are not DOT spec but will hold your load just fine as long as the hooks are of at least the same grade AND if you have enough of them.
Best way is to have two pieces of chain (You've got 16 footers which is long -- use each one like two individual chains by binding down the ends with a piece hanging slack in the middle) on the back of the tractor (axle housings are better (stronger than the drawbar) and at least one on the front. If your trailer is short, use two sections of chain on each end, with the chains pulling toward the middle of the tractor instead of off the ends. Bear in mind that you can stop faster than you can accelerate, so it's as important (if not more so) to have it tied down so that it can't break loose going forward and into your truck as it is to keep it from rolling off the back. A lot of folks will throw an extra chain hand tight (i.e., no binder) on to keep it from rolling back in case something fails.
The over-center binders are the ones with the big lever, that cams over to tension the chain. Less costly than the ratchet style, but a tad harder to get and keep tight. Always helps to have a 3 or 4-foot pice of pipe to use as a lever in pulling them down.
Whatever binder you use, stop after 10 miles or so and re-tighten anything that has slackened, and again at 50 miles, and then every time you stop for fuel or a haircut.
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