Hauling a bobcat

[teeroy]

Not talking SWL, talking about WL. They are either 5/8 or 3/4 chains. Largely overkill for a reason.

WLL is Working Load Limit.....the same as Safe Working Load rating....Breaking Strength is probably what you are thinking, which are not the numbers to go by.

 

[Cyle]

WLL is Working Load Limit.....the same as Safe Working Load rating....Breaking Strength is probably what you are thinking, which are not the numbers to go by.

Ya you can look at it that way. I know you go by safe working load, but in reality with the large safety margin built in, they will take much more. The SWL is still going to be well over half.

 

[teeroy]

Ya you can look at it that way. I know you go by safe working load, but in reality with the large safety margin built in, they will take much more. The SWL is still going to be well over half.

you can look at it any way you want, but it is transport law.

just a quick calculation.....a 4000lb bobcat being hauled on a trailer and coming to a dead stop in 5 feet from only 30 mph now weighs 25,831lbs. that is beyond the breaking strength of a G70 3/8" transport chain. like I said, the info is here, what one chooses to do with it is their own deal....

 

[Cyle]

you can look at it any way you want, but it is transport law.

just a quick calculation.....a 4000lb bobcat being hauled on a trailer and coming to a dead stop in 5 feet from only 30 mph now weighs 25,831lbs. that is beyond the breaking strength of a G70 3/8" transport chain. like I said, the info is here, what one chooses to do with it is their own deal....

No doubt, but a stop in 5 feet? Ain't going to happen unless you hit something like a brick wall, or a truck as sturdy as that and if that happens i'd be more worried about the hitch on the truck, or something else. As long as the tie-downs are not the weakest point I am happy, and they are far from it.

 

[teeroy]

No doubt, but a stop in 5 feet? Ain't going to happen unless you hit something like a brick wall, or a truck as sturdy as that and if that happens i'd be more worried about the hitch on the truck, or something else. As long as the tie-downs are not the weakest point I am happy, and they are far from it.

arguing with you is akin to winning a gold medal in the special olympics.....cool and all, but I'd rather not be retarded.

 

[JaySimon]

Well maybe if you knew your chit teeroy, or worked in the industry or something, then you would know what you can get away with.

 

[Andoo]

Hehehehehe this is good..........

 

[Mike270412]

arguing with you is akin to winning a gold medal in the special olympics.....cool and all, but I'd rather not be retarded.

I'm gonna pull a "Joey" and put Cyle on my ignore list now

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[goodngrubby]

3/4" chain? Holy fawk...I spent a good portion of my adult life hauling D8's, D9's, 330's etc. I have never used a 3/4" chain....ever, let alone on a Bobcat. I don't think I even have a tie point on mine that I could hook a chain or boomer that big. I use 4 -3/8" boomers and 4 - 3/8" tail chains to tie down. DOT's want to see you tie down a snowmobile with 4 points, why would a Bobcat be any different.

 

[koby]

opinions are like ASSHOLES - everybodies got one.

guy asks a legit question. just wants to be compliant

3 pages,,,,,,,, really,,,
that is so fawked

 

[magnet]

Not talking SWL, talking about WL. They are either 5/8 or 3/4 chains. Largely overkill for a reason.

really cyle?????? you should really read what you are typing sometimes.
before going to just pulling wrenches i moved heavy equip, and oil rigs for 10 yrs. only ever seen 1 chain close to that size and that was only ever used for the rookie swampers. haha. biggest chaini think anybody ever actually uses to tie down 100,000lb+ loads is half inchers sometimes guys will use bigger but i would like to see the size of frame rail that would actually hold until the chain breaks. you would need a friggen picker to lift your boomer on a 3/4 chain.
please stfu before you speak more often.

 

[oler1234]

No doubt, but a stop in 5 feet? Ain't going to happen unless you hit something like a brick wall, or a truck as sturdy as that and if that happens i'd be more worried about the hitch on the truck, or something else. it.

Brick wall..... Well it is a Chevy If u hit someone and the load breaks, well that's is my problem. Thanks teeroy for the info. 4 chains and boomers is the decision.

 

[teeroy]

Brick wall..... Well it is a Chevy If u hit someone and the load breaks, well that's is my problem. Thanks teeroy for the info. 4 chains and boomers is the decision.

everything now is "cover your ass" oler, just doesn't make sense to me to risk all you have worked for to save a few dollars or minutes.

 

[Cyle]

really cyle?????? you should really read what you are typing sometimes.
before going to just pulling wrenches i moved heavy equip, and oil rigs for 10 yrs. only ever seen 1 chain close to that size and that was only ever used for the rookie swampers. haha. biggest chaini think anybody ever actually uses to tie down 100,000lb+ loads is half inchers sometimes guys will use bigger but i would like to see the size of frame rail that would actually hold until the chain breaks. you would need a friggen picker to lift your boomer on a 3/4 chain.
please stfu before you speak more often.

3/4 boomer weights 27lbs.......Just because that's what YOU'VE seen used doesn't mean they aren't around or used. 3/4 are around and if you can't lift them by hand, then why is a 5 year old commenting? Because that's about the only person who can't handle them by hand with ease. 3/4 chain weights about 5.4lbs per foot, same thing applies....if you can't handle it by hand somethings wrong.

And as I said, that is the reason I don't use 4, the chains and boomers will hold in a accident, something else will go first. And whether 2 or 4 chains are used, you are attached to the trailer in the same 4 spots.

 

[Cyle]

everything now is "cover your ass" oler, just doesn't make sense to me to risk all you have worked for to save a few dollars or minutes.

If you were in a accident with 2, and they held you would not have anything to worry about in regards to tieing down. No doubt if I was doing a long haul it would be 4, but when your tieing down sometimes 10 times in a day, a few minutes saved turns out to be a lot. You would be just as liable with 4 if they broke and were proven to be to light. Plus i've been looked at by DOT plenty of times and never mentioned how it was tied down.

I'm far from worried.....

 

[buck50]

If you were in a accident with 2, and they held you would not have anything to worry about in regards to tieing down. No doubt if I was doing a long haul it would be 4, but when your tieing down sometimes 10 times in a day, a few minutes saved turns out to be a lot. You would be just as liable with 4 if they broke and were proven to be to light. Plus i've been looked at by DOT plenty of times and never mentioned how it was tied down.

I'm far from worried.....

not the only thing you're far from either......................

 

[underdog]

If you were in a accident with 2, and they held you would not have anything to worry about in regards to tieing down. No doubt if I was doing a long haul it would be 4, but when your tieing down sometimes 10 times in a day, a few minutes saved turns out to be a lot. You would be just as liable with 4 if they broke and were proven to be to light. Plus i've been looked at by DOT plenty of times and never mentioned how it was tied down.

I'm far from worried.....

Wait a second...... I thought you drove truck..... Not hauled a skidsteer. Or are you a contractor? I'm confused.....

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[underdog]

not the only thing you're far from either......................

BAHAHAHAHA!

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[Cyle]

Wait a second...... I thought you drove truck..... Not hauled a skidsteer. Or are you a contractor? I'm confused.....

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First off, never seen a skidsteer behind a dump truck? I though YOU drove. I do both.....I also drive a pickup.....Wow. Never seen that before.

 

[Cyle]

not the only thing you're far from either......................

Always here with your useful posts eh?