A flatbedder's worst nightmare

No, but then you can go get brand new safe ones. Ones without the egged shape holes that the worn down pins slop around in.

 

How do you know for sure those shiney new chains you got from trucker joes fuel depot and bait shack weren't cheep metal fresh off the boat from China ? Like its been said before people the chains only as strong as its weakest link.
EF it pass the popcorn

 

If the chains is stamped USA that's what I prefer to buy. It's harder to find USA securement but its out there

I do my best to avoid Chinese anything

Although Kinedyne is mostly Chinese but I still feel the quality is there

 

I used mainly kinedyne straps cause even being Chinese they had a reputation for strength and durability

 

I've never had trouble finding USA made chain, but I don't buy it at a truckstop or farm supply store.

 

70K EACH...??!!! Or is that an honest mistake?

 

Maybe he means anchor chain.

 

Yea it would be about right lol.

 

I think you need to get a clue. There is not a single tiedown manufacturer in the world that guarantees that their devices will hold under crash forces. They have to be rated for up to .8g of forward force during braking... that's it.

But it's funny watching you talk with your feet in your mouth like that like you know everything.

 

He's talking out of his rear end. Tensile strength has nothing to do with rated working load limit. If these chains were "70,000 lbs strong" like he claims, why would a 5/16" chain and binder only be rated for 4,700 lbs working load limit?

The fact a human being can snap a 5/16" chain with little more than a binder and snipe bar suggests to me despite being made of a very strong material, they aren't as "strong" as we might think.