Need more length on safety chains!
I need a bit more length on the safety chains on my hitch. I found some links with the nut that closes over the opening at Tractor Supply rated at 3500 lbs. it looks thicker than my chain links. The w...
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johndeerefarmer wrote:Bucky Badger wrote:
My chains were just a little too small I used these on my hitch
http://www.farmandfleet.com/products/226703-double-hh-straight-clevis.html#.U0WlVfldWiQ
I would not use a clevis or the threaded chain link a few posts above. On the clevis if the hair pin comes out you will lose the clevis and I don't trust the threaded connector to stay tight unless you tack weld it closed.
Either replace the chains entirely or use a cold shut. You buy one size larger than your chain to get the same strength- they aren't as strong as the chain because they are not hardened. If they were you couldn't bend them or peen them over.
You put your new piece of chain and the end of old one in a vice and squeeze until the end comes through the eye. Then take a ball peen hammer and "peen over" the end (mushroom it so that it can't come back through the hole.
We have used these on the farm for years on our 3/8", 5/16" and 1/4" chains. They work good.
http://www.fastenal.com/web/products/details/45205;jsessionid=JfJ2TmxdTvwmpG3fvLQ9YDt9bGGnGyCy24T6bDgyqmr2syl5xyyq!-254826502!-672291114?isPunchout=false
