Re: transporting tractor?

Posted by wdtom on June 12, 2004 at 18:47:01 from (155.212.222.170):

In Reply to: transporting tractor? posted by Bob on June 12, 2004 at 01:46:04:

If you "pre load" the chains with a cheater on the binder aren't you taking away from the reserve of strength left to hold the tractor if you should stop quickly or hit something? If you have a chain rated for 5400 lbs say and you pre load it to 4000 lbs you have only 1400 lbs of strength left before it is at max. If you pre load to only 1000 lbs now you have 4000 lbs left before you get to max, to take any load you may impose through braking, or hitting something, or being hit. Now let me say I know that a 5400 lbs chain is rated for a lot more before brakeing, and I know nobody plans on putting a serious overload on a chain from being hit or hitting something, but it could and does happen from time to time. And I am not saying to run chais loose either, just good and snug, but not tight like a solid bar.

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