Iron150
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- Conwy, north wales
Looking for a link to a good strong chain, usuall farm use, stuck tractor, artic suck in the ditch etc, would rather chain than strap etc, any recommendations? Thankyou
Tow chain
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Lincs Lass
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- north lincs
Ex mod tank rope .
PostHarvest
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- Warwick
Can I advise caution if you are towing something like an HGV in a ditch with a chain. Tow chains are easily damaged around the farm and small nicks can grow to cracks when under load. Lifting chains are inspected frequently to check for cracks and other damage. Tow chains tend to get abused and ignored. There have been very nasty incidents when using chains and large tractors to tow bogged equipment. If the chain breaks, pieces really fly and the driver of the towing tractor is right in the firing line. When marine salvage guys use chains, they clear the decks of people for very good reasons.
TripleSix
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- Helmsley, North Yorkshire
Sorry but you want a strap rather than a chain.
A strap won't go through windows if it snaps
A strap won't go through windows if it snaps
Neither will a chain
Wrong... It can launch like a missile when it gives.. Hooks Links ETC give it the beans big time.Neither will a chain
You're doing it wrong then , pulled hundreds of machines out with a chain
No kinetic energy
ritchiekirkland
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I’ve seen a video of a tractor getting pulled out with chains in the US. Chain snaps and takes towing tractor drivers head clean off . I’d buy a strap .
TheEarlOfMoray
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- Morayshire
Agri linc have good heavy duty ones
Just one of many…..
If it’s got to be done I would prefer a strap or nylon rope over a chain every time.
Father-of-three's skull was shattered in a freak tractor accident
Farm worker Paul Milner, 47, from Shropshire, was left unrecognisable after the hook fractured his eye socket and jaw bone and smashed his skull, leaving his head permanently indented.
www.dailymail.co.uk
If it’s got to be done I would prefer a strap or nylon rope over a chain every time.
TripleSix
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- Helmsley, North Yorkshire
Father-of-three's skull was shattered in a freak tractor accident
Farm worker Paul Milner, 47, from Shropshire, was left unrecognisable after the hook fractured his eye socket and jaw bone and smashed his skull, leaving his head permanently indented.
www.dailymail.co.uk
76masseyman
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- Lincolncestershire
If it’s your own HGV, fine, anyone else’s, leave well alone these days.
Got two straps here, 40 tonne capacity I believe, best be on the safe side but very infrequently needed.
Got two straps here, 40 tonne capacity I believe, best be on the safe side but very infrequently needed.
i saw that was it a chain or a cable?
ritchiekirkland
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Fair point it could have been a cable too , better off with strop either way !
Straps are great.. but some jobs require exact lengths. If chain is to be used then you want lorry tie down chain with ideally one grab hook and one safety hook. These chains are cheap as chips from chain suppliers like weldex so keep one for rough jobs and one for lifting. The special types lorries sometimes have a really heavy chain for big plant so if in doubt go for them.
2wheels
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- aberdeenshire
that was a wire rope that did that, the chain was only on the end.
brentnz
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- New Zealand
Yes it will. All straps or chains should have a dampener draped over them