Go green with industrial grade chains is not that far fetched, people use carbon steel to make tie down chains, and the steel can be recycled with low cost, and in the production people are increasingly utilize renewable energy, these traditional industrial products are much more environment friendly than ever.
As we know that in the transportation industry , the industry standard truck chains basically refer to binder chains and tire chains, and chains as products have much more than just those tie down chains , there are proof coil chains, high test chains, twisted link chains and more, and for towing and recovery needs, tow chains are there to stay, almost all these chains are alloy steel products.
If not being specific , tie down chains usually means grade 70 binder chain , some people call them binder chains, there are two different standard bodies governing these chains, American Society for Testing and Materials, and NACM. The ASTM standard requires chains to be short link, while NACM are regular link chains. People use short link chains when they need more flexibility, for instance the short links can wrap around the corner easily, NACM chains won’t work under these conditions. We can see that most tie down chains are being deployed on the trailers, most of the time for securing truck load, no doubt you can use these chains for some other purposes, such as towing, etc.
Tire chains and snow chains are the same thing under most circumstances, obviously tire chains don’t equal snow chains, because you will use tire chains when its ice covered. We always see tire chains sold in pairs, because you can’t just chain up one tire, and you can replace just one piece of chain at one time. Most tire chains are made from steel. People choose tire chains based on their vehicle type and tire size, if you have a passenger car you will be looking for car tire chain, and if you drive a 18 wheeler, you’re going to need truck tire chains.
When it comes to hardware chains, there are a lot more than you can imagine, there are too many chains for all kinds of purposes. For example, there are machine chains , twist or straight link, and coil chains, twisted or straight links, sash chain , proof coil chains , hot dip or electro-galvanized, and all those decoration steel chains, of course there are more steel chain product. These chains have their own features and special use case, grade 30 chains, aka proof coil chains, are the popular one, as an example, grade 30 steel chains can be used to build oil capture net.
Last but not least, let’s check out towing chain , we usually only see 5/16” tow chains, it has the WLL of 4700LBS, actually this strong enough for almost all cases, due to standardization of tow trucks, only a few varieties of tow chains are needed, in fact the tow chains only have 2 lengths available, 6′ and 10′, long shank J hook and sports T & J hook, since tow trucks all have same design and set up, only a few varieties of the tow chains are required, both towing businesses and chain manufacturers can benefit from this standardization.
