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28th December 2011, 08:10 AM
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28th December 2011 08:10 AM
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28th December 2011, 08:37 AM
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28th December 2011, 08:47 AM
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Rotaredom
should of used that 4 wheeled honda, that would of pulled the tractor out no probs *L*
Just goes 2 show a damper should be used every time there is a recovery regardless what is used
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28th December 2011, 10:15 AM
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My old man broke his 2 tonne working limit hercaloy drag chain a couple of times with his relatively little 4 wd tractor, pulling out stumps. I suppose some recoil could come from the attachment point as well.
How long was the chain growlers?
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28th December 2011, 10:18 AM
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Patrol God
The amount of tension on that drag chain cant be compaird to pulling out a gq or any other 4x4
you would never have that amount of of power to start with,two tractors at 100 horse power each? That would pull your gq in half ,useing a damper still should be done regardless
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28th December 2011, 11:49 AM
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28th December 2011, 11:59 AM
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I think the length might have something to do with the recoil you saw - the chain would have a tiny amount of stretch - but added up over 9 metres would be enough to get the broken end moving.
We only play with a couple of metres of chain normally.
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28th December 2011, 12:12 PM
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What sort of chains is everyone using? I've been looking at getting one but just haven't got around to it. I'm thinking a G70 8mm should do the job, about 8-10mtrs????????? or go something bigger???
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28th December 2011, 12:35 PM
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I bought some 8mm chain from Serafinis in Brisbane - its a lot heavier than the 6mm stuff most of us use. 10m of 8mm would be a lot of weight.
Serafinis were great - the Senior Serafini took us for a walk around his factory - fascinating to see how the links were formed and welded etc. They were able to advise on the correct grade and gave us a great laminated card that showed how different ways of rigging the chain affected strength.
As to how much, the 8mm I had made up as a bridle for the old MQ - I wanted the snatch strap to be the weakest link, and the one I had at the time was 8000kg breaking strain - the 8mm was 8 tonne safe working load. Now I have gone down a completely different path - who needs a couple of metres of 8mm chain flying through the air if something fails? So I use a webbing bridle.
The other two lengths of 6mm alloy chain I have, are about 4m long.
I use them in places where I think a webbing strap will be subject to abrasion - so for dragging things over the ground. They also come in handy for setting up the hand winch sometimes. Although a webbing tree trunk protector goes around any trees in the process - unless it is the tree that is being winched out in suburbia :-)
My view is that 6mm alloy chain of the appropriate grade is enough, and I prefer chain grabbing hooks at each end, but plenty of people use hook at one end, loop at the other. How much? 4 metres. For longer spans I use the webbing winch extension strap.
The only place where I can see 10 metres of chain being an advantage over webbing, is where a snatch block is in use, and the cable and extension strap/chain are being dragged over the ground. the chain would cope better with that than webbing - and of course neither will go through the snatch block :-)
Last edited by Silver; 28th December 2011 at 01:02 PM.
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28th December 2011, 12:47 PM
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