Chain Advice needed please.

[Jungle Jane]

Those turnbuckles look good & the price is ok too,can you turn them to extend the length a bit too I think by the looks of it
https://www.toolstation.com/shop/p71...641QIVBbftCh25

[Potstubsdustbins]

^^^^^^^^You certainly can. Their use to put slack cables etc under strain, the threads on the extending portions are one right hand and one left. The idea being that you extend the two parts out connect the cables and the turn the central part this shortens the device equally and puts the cable under stress.

[Lumpy]

^^^^^^^ What size would I need to get Potty?

They all seem to be M sizes.

[lottie dolly]

Lumpy,could you not use the old fashioned garden line pully method,with something to trap the rope onto the pully when let down,i know what i mean,hope you can,

[Dynamite]

That jack chain isn't designed to carry much weight, a wet hanging basket is likely to end up on the floor as the links are open and the 2mm wire bends fairly easily(another ex sparky)

Sorry Bernie, had to laugh, that's absolutely NOT true. Trust me, it's my trade. It will hold a hanging basket on one hanger let alone probably three and you could swing off it too at the same time. The fixings in the wall will come out first.

Regards.......Rob

[Dynamite]

Thanks Burnie...........................toddles off back to the drawing board.

Don't worry Lumpy, it's not true, crack on. You will find it's actually better quality than the same designed jack chain that is attached to most hanging baskets that you can buy. Mountain out of a molehill, absolutely fine. Here's another place to buy it. If you still are unsure, it's 7.5kg for an entire single 10mtr length so will be no problem times three and in short lengths, will be in excess of somewhere at least over 25Kg minimum.

https://www.toolstation.com/shop/Lig...k+Chain/p61745

Regards.........Rob

P.S. Just a thought Lumpy......I would be more worried about your fixings in the wall holding the weight rather than focussing on the chain if it's that heavy. Worrying about the chain loading pails in insignificance.

[Potstubsdustbins]

^^^^^^^^^^That looks the way to go old chain off 3 longer pieces on jobs a good'en as they say.

[veggiechicken]

What an idiot I am! Looked at my hanging baskets and I've done just what you want to do



Summat like this should do it!
9 x 21cm / 17cm / 11cm Long Metal Steel S Hook Multi Purpose Home Kitchen Garden | eBay

[Potstubsdustbins]

I am saying.......................nowt.........................LOL

[veggiechicken]

Cat got your tongue Potty?

[Lumpy]

Tom baskets now snuggled on garden chairs until I investigate the fairy tale world of truckle thingies and jack thingies (see I know how to placate Grapes)

Thank you all for the advice..................next year I plan on having reachable toms.

[burnie]

Jack chain was not used without safety wires in the oil industry, due to it being prone to failure, I saw a couple of aftermaths where light fittings had fallen from the sky, luckily no one was injured.

[Potstubsdustbins]

No VC still got me licker but am to much of a gentleman to speak ill of people so there

[Dynamite]

What an idiot I am! Looked at my hanging baskets and I've done just what you want to do

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Summat like this should do it!
9 x 21cm / 17cm / 11cm Long Metal Steel S Hook Multi Purpose Home Kitchen Garden | eBay

Good way to extend VC and Oh look.......jack chain holding a hanging basket up!

[veggiechicken]

I've no idea what sort of chain it is - its whatever they use to make hanging baskets. Don't want to get involved in discussions about chains - I'm just a simple chicken and Lumpy's an elephant We do things with string and pegs