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Hey folks,
Just got my tire chains in the mail today. Used and rusty but in good shapeI'll be mounting them tomorrow so use should clean them up. Will need to store them afterwards. They cost enough to justify a glass case and hang them above the fireplace, but that's prolly not practical....

Anyway, want to keep them decent and rust free without the mess of soaking them in oil. Was thinking about a 5 gallon bucket and a bag of rice (wheat, oats, ? for moisture) . What if I just hang them on the wall and give them a shot of silicone or WD40? Like the bucket idea better, but I's got CRS and would like to be able to find them next time I need them.


Dave
 
It's nice to have a place to hang them inside. Here's what I do; I unlatch the chains, and drop them where the tractor sits, useually somewhere near the pole barn. Then drive off the chains. Any more, the time flies by so fast, next thing I know, I'm dragging them into the heated pole barn, and putting them back on. They clean up on the first plowing. Doesn't hurt them any. Who knows, maybe some day I'll have a place to hang them.
 
I just hang the ones I own on a wall and leave them. They do not rust enough hanging to hurt them so I just hang them and let them hang till I need them again. Ya they have a little rust but so what there chains
 
What I do is hang them on the wall (on nails) and I soak mine in a mixture of used motor oil and diesel fuel for a few hours and let drip dry while hanging on the wall, I use a piece of cardboard to catch the drips. I know have my tire chains on the tractor, they hang up in the summer months.
 
Don't bother hanging them up (or risk the hernia). Run/drive them clean, put down a couple layers of cardboard and plie them on it, then dump a little diesel fuel on them. next year put down clean cardboard. has worked for us for 30 years.
 
I just trow mine in a pile in the Quonset now,,,,,I use ta leave them laying out side some ware out in the yard ware ever i took them off in the spring and then after we would get our first big snow in the fall id start looking and digging for them LOL,,,,,O ya,,,It was real #@%$! handy alright,,,,,,And in case anybodies want to know,,,,,No i have yet to win any awards for my management yet,,,LOL
 
I store mine in 5 gallon plastic buckets inside the barn. Nothing but surface rust.

Dean
 

They weigh the same or a little more than frt wheel weights that I haven't been able to find, maybe I'll just drape them around the frt loader frame :roll:
 
I don't unhook the outside of the chain till I go to put them back on. I just unhook the inside and drag them sideways. That keeps them from crossing themselves up.

The rust you get on them will not hurt a thing if stored inside. Chains wear out, never rust out.

Just yesterday I found cam latches to put on old chains, less than $5.00 each -- All my chains will have them by fall. I have looked for several years for them. Min. order is twenty five, but I could care less, the best thing since toilet paper was invented.
 
(quoted from post at 18:44:56 01/30/10)Just yesterday I found cam latches .
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Online by any chance? My latches aren't the greatest. I doused them w/ penetrating oil right away.

Dave
 
They have a web site, but they do not show them in there at all --kinda stupid to have a web site, and not have all the products listed.

They may be trying to channel everyone to a dealer is my guess.

They sell two different sizes.

I can give you a phone number of the dealer if you like. Post again in case I forget to check this post, I often do that.
 
Dad puts them in 5 gallon pails and puts them in the shed. No oil or penetrant. Just tries to make sure they're somewhat clean when he pulls them off in the spring.

Donovan from Wisconsin
 
If the chains are salty, I'd rinse 'em off. Other than that, there's no need to do anything other than store them in a dry place. I leave mine piled on the floor under my air compressor; hanging them on the wall is a good way to hurt yourself.
 
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