I just bought a drum of 3/8" BBB galvanized chain from these people very
reasonable delivered to my door in NC. I shopped everywhere and they gave
me the most bang for the buck and a good product.
http://www.hkchainusa.com/index.html

Phil

"Steve" wrote in message
t...
Be careful of using industrial chain if you are going to buy a anchor
windlass in the future. Most anchor winch manufactures size their chain
wheels to ISO standards for chain. A lot of times an industrial supplier
will sell chain that is sized using ISO for the wire size and the
dimensions
for the links are built to metric dimensions. The reason for the lower
price on this type of chain is their is less welds per foot.

If you are not going to buy an anchor windlass, you don't need to worry.

When you are buying a windlass from a dealer who also supplies the chain,
the fit of the chain to the windlass is usually guaranteed, if you supply
the chain from an industrial supply house, you are responsible for the
fit.

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Thanks,

O_salt

"Glenn Ashmore" wrote in message
...
As I have said before, Walk into West Moron and ask for 3/8 high test
anchor chain and pay $5/ft. Walk into an industrial supply house and
ask for hot dipped Grade 40 and pay $2 for the same thing.

DSK wrote:

Jeff Morris wrote:


Sounds a bit cheaper than West Marine - WM is $3.99 for the 5/16HT I
use, your place is
$1.19!


Yep. I thought for sure there must be a catch, but after closely
examining the chain from both
sources, the chain seems identical.



But am I missing something? I always thought a shot was 90 feet. Did
you really get 3600
feet of chain for $100?


Sorry, I was using "shot" informally & casually... I wonder if the NIS
T
has a shot-measure
standard, call 'em up and tell 'em we need to calibrate.....

Fresh Breezes- Doug King




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Glenn Ashmore

I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack
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