T Rod Spreader Chain

donjr · Apr 26, 2013

G-Son managed to tear my spreader chain apart yesterday. It's a t-rod and I've never heard of one "just breaking". It was about ten years old, and in excellant shape- until yesterday. And the load was just about off when it 'just broke'. How a couple of slats got wrapped around the front of the spreader bed is a mystery. And, now, about half of the links on one side are missing in a corn field.....

rrlund · Apr 26, 2013

I lost a bunch in the field two years ago. I don't know how it kept coming around for as long as it did before it got sideways. I went out with the 4 wheeler and rode real slow,leaning off over the side with my eyes to the ground. I found two or three at a time every so far. Didn't find all of them though. Had to take a trip to the dealer.
The New Idea that I have now had KIND of a T-bar type,but instead of being the square link,it's a looped round rod bent in a U shape with another 90 degree bend at the ends to hook them together. Don't know if it's stronger than the square type or not.

Don-Wi · Apr 26, 2013

I don't like the ones made from rod. We have that in our H&S right now and the sprockets are wearing to a point to fit the chain. If it ever wears out I'm gonna push to go back to the square links. The sprockets will need to be replaced too.

Donovan from Wisconsin

T Rod Spreader Chain

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