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• Home Depot item #163630 (but for some reason this number isn't on any of the displays - look at the picture though very easy to find)
• Price is around $2.00 a foot but will obviously vary with the price of raw material
• Each link weighs 1.5 ounces

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If you act sanctimonious I will just list out your logical fallacies until you get pissed off and spew blasphemous remarks.

So far, after calling just about everywhere, here's what I've found.

1) Most big named places (Home Depot, Lowes) only carry up to 5/16" chains.

2) Most big named Marina places (search anchor chains) do NOT carry 5/8" because it's too small LOL.

3) I've only found one store in my immediate area that can cut me 5/16" chains and it'll cost me $110 for two 5 ft lengths. But I'd also need additional chain to attach the 5/16's to so I can do my lower days (ie box squats) with them as well as speed bench. So perhaps it's a wash with APT since they also offer carabiners (sp) and additional chain. Plus they have a 20% off sale, so that'll knock out shipping.

OR, perhaps I'm not looking at this right. Perhaps when I hit up OCSC today, I can make an offer since they got enough chain to wrap around the globe.... Twice.

I figure every other payday (once a month), I can invest in something. Protein from TP every two weeks, APT every two weeks. I'm looking to pick up a true dragging sled with nylon straps from Scott (sandblaster) so I can start upper body work. Then it's on to monster mini's and average bands, then chains.

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i wonder if a junk yard....or a towing place would have some? or at least be able to get you the hook up.

Don't pay that much for chain. I'm sure you can find it *way* cheaper then that. Look for like a big rig type store or like agriculture. Or a scrap/new steel place.

IronWorker

or steal it.

Ok I found some weights:

http://www.thecrosbygroup.com/produc...g/body_190.htm

5/16" chain is ~1.1lbs/ft (110lbs/100ft)

5/8" chain is ~3.78lbs/ft (378lbs/100ft)

I know this isn't the 4x-5x that I claimed but I forgot to take into acount that as the individual links get longer it takes less links to make X length so that reduces your total weight by a factor.

Anyways, I hope this helps. I'm looking for a retail source for you.

IronWorker

Found this yesterday. Didn't have time to post it:

http://www.1st-chainsupply.com/

http://www.1st-chainsupply.com/chain/wlifting_chain.htm

That is a good find.

I'm not sure if APT's pricing is better. I didn't realize they have free-shipping as well.

http://www.prowriststraps.com/inc/se...hains&n=861098

I think, in general, though, failing a junk yard or something, if you go regular retail (stores) they'll be overpriced.

Th chains that APT uses are put together by my training partner Steve Slater. I can tell you that he makes sure these things are good quality. He also happens to make atlas stone molds, logs, etc. Very good guy, and an honest businessman.
http://www.slatershardware.com/
Not that most of you would be in the market for his stuff, but I can vouch for his chains.

Here is a vid of me using the chains on a log press (truthfully, a dumb idea)

And the man himself, Steve.