Ok so the end of last season I broke a chain on my snow blower. It was a new to me blower that was said to already have a new chain on it #40 Roller chain from tractor supply (county line chain). This season I started off with another brand new County line chain and only got 2 used out of it before it broke. When it did break I thought maybe I could put another master link on it but after inspecting the chain I noticed EVERY link is cracked right where the connect to each other. That was a bit odd to see I use to race motorcycles and have never seen that even with the abuse we give them. To keep it short in the box is enough for 2 chains so I made another one and again same results.
This next time around I got some better quality chain , nothing extreme just your typical #40 chain but this time U.S.A. made not china made. I did more with the blower yesterday then I have with the other two chains , a lot of the snow I was moving was in-crusted with ice because I had to let it sit while I was waiting for my order to come in.
After getting though the day I wanted to see what condition the chain was in, expecting to see some stress cracks because I am thinking something must be wrong, but nope its perfect , the chain didn't even stretch.
You get what you pay for so .....avoid County line chain its soft garbage sold at tractor supply.
This next time around I got some better quality chain , nothing extreme just your typical #40 chain but this time U.S.A. made not china made. I did more with the blower yesterday then I have with the other two chains , a lot of the snow I was moving was in-crusted with ice because I had to let it sit while I was waiting for my order to come in.
After getting though the day I wanted to see what condition the chain was in, expecting to see some stress cracks because I am thinking something must be wrong, but nope its perfect , the chain didn't even stretch.
You get what you pay for so .....avoid County line chain its soft garbage sold at tractor supply.