A very unique chain

[lumbercamp]

I have dug up dozens of chains but this was a first for me. I have seen photos of these but never expected to find one. It is a rare one for this area. It was under about 1 1/2" of soil along an old skid road. First photo shows the chain and the second photo a close up of the swivel and a couple repair links.

 

[phantomfinder]

VERY COOL

 

[allen]

that will look awesome in a display !!

 

[crazyjarhead]

Aren't those used to lift logs

 

[Texasgopher]

Cool chian. Looks like your ace could use a little R&R.

 

[goldencoin]

Nice!

HH
-GC

 

[lumbercamp]

Actually, these would have been used to drag logs. The grabs on the upper chain would be pounded into the sides of one log and the grabs on the lower chain would be in another log. The swivel would keep the chains from snapping. That's where the repair links come in. This chain did break and was repaired. Ah yes, the duct tape on my coil. One of the tabs holding the coil on the shaft is broke half off. And yet another use for duct tape. I don't baby my coil.

 

[Rusted_Iron]

Lumbercamp, that is pretty unusual. Never seen one like that, either.

Going to take quite a bit of electrolysis to get that one done

Nice find!

 

[kenley]

Actually it is very easy to clean up. Drag it behind your pick-up down a dirt road. We do this in the "oil patch" all the time.

 

[lumbercamp]

Ya know Rusted_Iron, I have the most difficult time cleaning chains with electrolysis. I don't think the current travels through each link. I tried wrapping each link with copper wire, but still the links don't come clean. Any other solid rusty piece of iron cleans up real well with electrolysis.If anyone knows how to clean chain, I would appreciate the help. I would be cautious about dragging the chain down a dirt road, the grabs could break. They aren't hardened steel.

 

[Rusted_Iron]

Ya know Rusted_Iron, I have the most difficult time cleaning chains with electrolysis. I don't think the current travels through each link. I tried wrapping each link with copper wire, but still the links don't come clean. Any other solid rusty piece of iron cleans up real well with electrolysis.If anyone knows how to clean chain, I would appreciate the help.

I know what you mean. I have dug a few short sections of chain and cleaned them with electrolysis, and it was... one link at a time. It took a very long time. Right now, I have a chain section with about 5 or 6 links that ought to take two or three weeks. I can't think of any non-destructive way. Some people throw them in a fire for a while to get the worst of the crud off, but I am not sure I'd want to do that. I think it makes permanent changes to the metal.

 

[Swingit]

Cool Chain
You could make a big rock tumbler to clean it , I put a short small chain in my regular tumbler last year. It turned out pretty good, 3 weeks later
HH!!

 

[artzstuff1]

THROW IT IN A BUCKET OF MURATIC ACID!!!!

 

[goldguru]

Actually it is very easy to clean up. Drag it behind your pick-up down a dirt road. We do this in the "oil patch" all the time.

15-20 mins & its all done...Got that T-shirt 2.