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Chain storage

Discussion in 'Flatbed Trucking Forum' started by Bdog, Mar 25, 2019.

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  1. Apr 22, 2019 #31
    Commuter69

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    I haven't been east of Denver in over a year..... a pic would be cool, but thx anyway....
     
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  3. Apr 22, 2019 #32
    D.Tibbitt

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    Screenshot_2019-04-22-16-49-53.png what about something like this...
     
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  4. Apr 22, 2019 #33
    starmac

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    I ran one of those in frame boxes on my international for a while. If you have a low mount fifth wheel, some trailers will snag the top. If you use any kind of boxes to keep chains, you need to make sure the bottoms are well supported and have some sort of containers to keep the chains seperate. I have pulled lowboys that had chain boxes between the frame rails built in, both front and back. I did have the bottom break out once and lost all my chains.
     
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  5. Apr 22, 2019 #34
    Commuter69

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    That's why I wanted to string them across the frame rails.....
     
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  7. Apr 22, 2019 #35
    D.Tibbitt

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    I was just thinking that, not sure how much weight they could handle, even a couple chains can get pretty heavy
     
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  8. Apr 22, 2019 #36
    Bdog

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    Well I finally got my boxes in Friday and got them mounted today. I went with two 36" Merritt, one on each side and a 30" Merritt logger box on top of the frame to hold tools, jumper cables, etc. Worked out well.

    I did not buy the brackets to mount them I fabricated my own using 3" channel iron and some flat strap for the braces. Start to finish building the brackets, painting, mounting all three took about 6 hours.
    t5.jpg t4.jpg t3.jpg t1.jpg
     
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  9. Apr 28, 2019 #37
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    Looks real nice
     
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  10. May 3, 2019 #38
    rank

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    Ok I give up. How do you get on the catwalk?
    EDIT: nvm I think I see a step on top of the driver side fuel tank
     
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