Need help with finding specialty hardware.

[Wooddust]

Still lookin...but found this cool link..Handy Farm Devices - Cobleigh - ToC

 

[maybar]

Although there may be different styles that vary some, this is what I've always seen. This one is made from steel rod about 1/4" in diameter and if there was a ring to secure this one it was buried down in the dirt somewhere. For some reason it seems like that once the binder broke over center nothing was needed to keep it in place - that is if the binder geometry was correct BUT, I could be way off base on that.

 

[BHD]

I you have a torch get some rod and bend them your self, most likely one can cold bend them as well,

OK I was trying to remember how the ones we had were,

there was loop that the chain was attached to, that then had a 180 degree bend or halve loop to hook the opposite chain to, but the way I remember it was about 8 inches long but on the tail there was a bend of 90 degrees with a small u shape that would catch on to the chain it was attached to, seems like we had one with the ring method as well,

here is the closest I can find, at Gemplers
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Bow-type Tire Chain Fastener (each), Tire Chain Accessories - GEMPLER'S

the other style was on the same principale as this but out of rod,

Latch-type Tire Chain Fastener (each) - GEMPLER'S - Outdoor Work Supplies
Tire Chain Accessories, Tire Chains, Tires & Supplies

 

[Kernopelli]

You guys are right on....appreciate the help and enthusiasm in figuring this out. He mentioned he had considered using tire chain fasteners but is still wanting to keep it real if possible. Keep up the good work men!

 

[beenthere]

Although there may be different styles that vary some, this is what I've always seen. This one is made from steel rod about 1/4" in diameter and if there was a ring to secure this one it was buried down in the dirt somewhere. For some reason it seems like that once the binder broke over center nothing was needed to keep it in place - that is if the binder geometry was correct BUT, I could be way off base on that.

maybar
That is the one I remember. Have one drawn out on paper that I was going to post, but you have it (used to have a ring on the chain that would hold the tip from catching on something and flipping open). Fairly easy to bend some 1/4" steel rod.

We used them on wood sided grain wagons to keep the sides from bowing out when oats or ear corn were loaded, or at the end where the tailgate was installed. When shoveling out the wagon, they were opened so the chains were not in the way.

 

[maybar]

maybar
That is the one I remember. Have one drawn out on paper that I was going to post, but you have it (used to have a ring on the chain that would hold the tip from catching on something and flipping open). Fairly easy to bend some 1/4" steel rod.

We used them on wood sided grain wagons to keep the sides from bowing out when oats or ear corn were loaded, or at the end where the tailgate was installed. When shoveling out the wagon, they were opened so the chains were not in the way.

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This one is relatively new in that it is on steel grain sides from a truck in the early 1980s.