[AT] OT - Question about chain

[Al Jones]

Those big nylon "snatch ropes" are pretty popular around here.  They are real handy when a big tandem poultry litter truck mires down to the axles and all you have is a 100 hp tractor to pull it out.  Hook on and then put the tractor in a field gear--or higher--and take off. Don't let up until the tractor comes to a dead stop or the stuck truck comes out.  The rope takes up the shock when the rope comes tight, and then the slingshot effect causes the rope "pull" for you.

I have heard horror stories of chains snapping in a heavy pull, slingshot-ing through the back glasses of tractor cabs, etc.  The rope I mention usually has a big loop in it--no metal involved in the rope itself.

As far as securing tractors on trailers, I prefer chains.  When I haul my Cub sometimes I cheat and use a strap, but it's about the only thing I strap.  When I haul my Super A and fast hitch disk or plow, I will use a strap to sort of stabilize the implement, but the tractor itself gets chains.

Al


-----Original Message-----
>From: Ralph Goff <alfg at sasktel.net>
>Sent: Nov 26, 2013 9:16 PM
>To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>Subject: Re: [AT] OT - Question about chain
>>Here we like the big nylon ropes. I forget the rating but I have used 
>them to pull loaded semis out of mud with my 170 hp Magnum. Stalled the 
>Magnum one time but the rope never gave. The stretch factor gives a 
>tremendous advantage. Kind of a slingshot effect that moves the stuck 
>vehicle out of the hole. I've heard of guys snapping links in the grade 
>70 chain though. I guess with 400 hp 4 wheel drive tractor trying to 
>pull a loaded combine out of the mud it was beyond the limits of the chain.
>Ive also got a big nylon strap type. About a 50 footer. I haven't used 
>it enough to tell if it has much of a stretch factor like the ropes but 
>it rolls up nice and compact and is light to carry. No steel, just 
>braided loops of nylon to hook up with.
>
>Ralph in Sask.
>
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