Richard
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- Joined
- Apr 6, 2000
- Messages
- 4,887
- Location
- Knoxville, TN
- Tractor
- International 1066 Full sized JCB Loader/Backhoe and a John Deere 430 to mow with
Chain comment...
Years ago, probably 15 or more, I bought some Pewag grade 100 3/8" "square link" chain. I use it to drag trees around, I use it to hoist a flat tire tractor into truck, I've used it to pull an International 1066 with cab WITH a heavy duty 10' Rhino mower behind it that was stuck in the mud up to its axle.
I use my JCB backhoe as the muscle.
When I pulled the tractor out of the muck (that I myself had driven it into.....oops) A friend that was watching me/us get it out worked in the steel business. Don't know exactly what he did but when my backhoe & chain manhandled the tractor, he was flabbergasted. He asked specifically about the chain as he said he was internally laughing at me saying that chain is going to snap in a heartbeat once I pull with the backhoe yet it yanked the tractor and mower out like they were its little bit**.
When you use this square link on a tree, the squared edges BITE INTO the tree so it really grabs it. No slipping like you might get with a rounded chain.
Absolutely EVERY time I use this chain, I'm thrilled that I chose to get it. I've got a grab hook on one end and a choker on the other. Chain itself is 25' so it's usually more long than too short.
I can't urge people strong enough to investigate this. Heck, at one time, there was an abandonded (and burnt out) car in the TVA woods near me. They asked and paid me to pull the car out. I wrapped this chain around the entire front end, attached it to the backhoe and literally carried the car out with the rear wheels sometimes off the ground (but usually on the ground, depended on me going over hills or valleys). I DID have to load my front bucket full of dirt to compensate but this chain is a S.T.U.D. Haven't yet met a tree that can't be dominated. (I don't use it to pull tree down, just to move/drag/carry)
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Years ago, probably 15 or more, I bought some Pewag grade 100 3/8" "square link" chain. I use it to drag trees around, I use it to hoist a flat tire tractor into truck, I've used it to pull an International 1066 with cab WITH a heavy duty 10' Rhino mower behind it that was stuck in the mud up to its axle.
I use my JCB backhoe as the muscle.
When I pulled the tractor out of the muck (that I myself had driven it into.....oops) A friend that was watching me/us get it out worked in the steel business. Don't know exactly what he did but when my backhoe & chain manhandled the tractor, he was flabbergasted. He asked specifically about the chain as he said he was internally laughing at me saying that chain is going to snap in a heartbeat once I pull with the backhoe yet it yanked the tractor and mower out like they were its little bit**.
When you use this square link on a tree, the squared edges BITE INTO the tree so it really grabs it. No slipping like you might get with a rounded chain.
Absolutely EVERY time I use this chain, I'm thrilled that I chose to get it. I've got a grab hook on one end and a choker on the other. Chain itself is 25' so it's usually more long than too short.
I can't urge people strong enough to investigate this. Heck, at one time, there was an abandonded (and burnt out) car in the TVA woods near me. They asked and paid me to pull the car out. I wrapped this chain around the entire front end, attached it to the backhoe and literally carried the car out with the rear wheels sometimes off the ground (but usually on the ground, depended on me going over hills or valleys). I DID have to load my front bucket full of dirt to compensate but this chain is a S.T.U.D. Haven't yet met a tree that can't be dominated. (I don't use it to pull tree down, just to move/drag/carry)
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