[AJD] Safety Alert - check your chains

[wwwayne johnson]

I replace all pins with grade 8 bolts with elastic stop nuts.
Merle wayne
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dean VP" <deanvp at att.net>
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Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 4:30 AM
Subject: RE: [AJD] Safety Alert - check your chains


> Excellent suggestion, Duane.
>
> I had a similar thing happen a few years ago. Once I took the tension off 
> of
> the chain the pin dropped out. Scared me big time. I replaced a bunch of
> cotter pins at the time.
>
> It made such an impression on me that before I use any chain now these 
> pins
> and cotter keys get checked religiously.  For some reason they seem to get
> abused more than one would expect. I've even thought about using safety 
> wire
> in them instead of cotter keys. They seem to get damaged a lot. I'm so
> paranoid about it now I try to position the hook so the pin has to work 
> its
> way up to come out whenever possible. Or on the stake pockets position the
> hook so the pin can't come out. They cause bad dreams!
>
> Dean A. Van Peursem
> Snohomish, WA 98290
>
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
>  From: Duane Larson<mailto:jdlarson at comcast.net>
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>  Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 5:46 PM
>  Subject: [AJD] Safety Alert - check your chains
>
>
>  Most of us use lengths of welded chain with grab hooks on each end to
> secure loads. The grab hooks are often attached to the end of the chain 
> with
> a pin held in place by a cotter pin. Check the condition of your cotter
> pins. I was using a chain today and lo and behold, one end came up 
> missing.
> I found it, realized the problem, and checked the cotter pins on the rest 
> of
> my chains. I found several where the manufacturer put minimal bend in the
> cotter pins, and some which were clearly bent/damaged during use. None of 
> us
> need to deal with chains coming loose.
>
>
>
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