Go green with industrial grade chains is not that far fetched, the material of which tie down chain made is usually carbon steel, as a matter of fact that steel recycling cost is quite low, when we use renewable energy in the production process, you have the greener than expected industrial grade chains.
As we know that in the logistic franchise , the most popular chains are grade 70 chains and snow chains, and chains as products have much more than just those truck chains , as we can see that there are sash chains, hot dip galvanized grade 30 chains and more, and for towing and recovery needs, tow chains are there to stay, all these chains are made from steel .
When it’s about truck chains we usually talk about grade G70 NACM or ASTM binder chains, aka binder chains you should know that there are 2 standards for these chains, ASTM and NACM. ASTM chains are all short link chains, while NACM are regular link chains. The short link chains are more flexible than regular link chains, if you need the chains to wrap around a tight corner, you probably need short link ones, regular link chains probably will not fit. We can see that most tie down chains are being deployed on the trailers, most of the time for securing truck load, you definitely can put these chains to some other way of uses, as long as it’s safe.
Tire chains and snow chains are the same thing under most circumstances, then we know that snow chains are tire chains, but tire chains are not equal to snow chains, because you will use tire chains when its ice covered. Most of the time the tire chains are in pairs on the shelf, the reason is that people need to chain up tires in pairs. Most tire chains are made from steel. You will have to buy the matching size of tire chains for your vehicle, say you drive a coupe, you definitely need car tire chains, and if you drive a 18 wheeler, you’re going to need truck tire chains.
Talking about hardware chains, it’s a big category, you will find a lot different chains in this family. Let’s see some examples, such as twist link machine chain or straight link machine chains, and twisted and straight link coil chains, sash chain , hot dip galvanized chains and electro-galvanized proof coil chains , and all those decoration steel chains, of course there are more steel chain product. Hardware chains have specific features and applications, the general purpose proof coil grade chains are the most popular one, for the record, the grade 30 chains can even be used for the decoration purpose.
As for tow chains , there is only 5/16” tow chains with towing rig available, the WLL of tow chain is 4700 lbs, which is good enough for most towing needs, and there are only a few varieties available, in fact the tow chains only have 2 lengths available, 6′ and 10′, and hooks have long shank J hook and sports T & J hook variation, I believe that due to well built standard tow trucks, you don’t need too many different version of the tow chains, both towing businesses and chain manufacturers can benefit from this standardization.
