length of chain to start my girl on

I have only one dog and a decent sized yard. She is 3 years old and about 40 pounds and is used to being on a 20ft cable tie out.

I have about 18 feet of 1/4th chain and will have the hardware soon.

What length of chain should i put her on. This will be her first time with a chain??

thanks for any responses.

 

I personally use a 10ft. chain. That's a good place to start. What kind of hardware are you gonna be using?

 

IM gonna be using the stuff from here. It should be good because she will not be on it all day.

http://www.bulldogsupplycompany.com/hardware.html
Im gonna use the the heavy duty o ring on the axle, and lap links, 4/8 swivel and 3 inch o ring to thread the collar threw.

 

Just my opinion but i thing 1/4" chain is a little too thin. I have mine on 5/8" chain about 12' long and it seems to be the perfect setup for me.

 

as long as you use a high test chain, like GR43 which is 2600lb load rated or even better GR70 which has a 3150LB load rating 1/4" is more then enough to get the job done. Unless your trying to secure a hippo I don't think you'd ever need a 5/8" chain on a tie out. 5/16" is the biggest I would use.

 

i would say 10-12 feet of 1/4 chain would work great for just one dog at 40 pounds.and as stated earlier 1/4 chain with the right payload is more than enough to hold the dog with out straining the neck muscles.good luck with the set up.

 

I use 5/16 chain and 20ft of chain length. For my smaller dogs like the girls i use 5/16 with 12ft of length.

 

thanks for posting i will probaly put her on about 12-13 ft to start.


edit:: i thought it would be nice for her to be on all 18ft or something like that but i dont want to put to much strain on her neck and i will listen to you all advice

 

This is your best advice, I use grade 43 and its working for all my dogs

 

I use 5/16" at a 12ft. length. I use one chain for all 3 dogs and it can handle all the tugging. I dont like to use anything too long(that just means I'd have to hunt more to find all the poop..lol)

 

My female is on a 5/16 chain...about 9 feet....3/8 is really big...you need to use the right sized chain, because too heavy can be hard on they necks and body.

 

go with a 100' cable cable and 6ft chain. We use 12ft on 50ft runs. You can go with a smaller chain size due to the cable giving slightly. To me good swivels, 0-rings, s-hooks and double locking snap hooks(best thing to use besides ringing a collar) are key to focus on. Use all galvinized hardwear and heavy cable.
On the cable run the best way to get it taught is to use axles on either end... dig holes where you want the ends to be (measures out to the length or the cable).....run the axles about 6-8" underground and drive them in simultaneously or at the same rate (this will stretch the cable better over driving in 1 at a time). Good luck

 

Damn my bad i meant to say 5/16" not 5/8", yea thats definately way too big

 

Just skip the swivels. The setups I used before had swivels on them, but they caused more problems than they helped down by the axle. I recently just got rid of them and haven't had one problem yet. The less moving parts you have, the easier it is. I use an axle, o-ring, laplink, chain, laplink, then a swivel/o-ring combination I bought from Anarchy Kennels. Trust me on this.

 

thankyou to everyone who replied

im gonna go with 13 ft and this same set up

 

I'd go with S-HOOKS over those laplinks the hooks leave a smoother connection and dont move around. Plus some of those lap links can have sharp edges and protruding edges as you can see in that pic. S-hooks leave you with a streamline connection and wont dig into your dogs. Just an FYI

 

Well, I use limekill(about2 1/2") chain on all my dogs over 2 years of age. When they get to where they can drag a 12' section of it with no problem and can jump 4' off the ground with it on, they are ready to be used in my car/truck towing business. Saves gas.

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did i read that right, you use a 2 1/2 inch chain on your dogs?

 

I would use as much chain as you have space. I don't see any issue with using the entire amount. You can always cut it down if it is causing an issue. 10 feet is great if you have space constraints but more is better in most cases. 1/4" High Grade is the best setup for all dogs. Larger chain is unnecessarily heavy. Instead of spending the extra money for larger chain you should just buy better chain. Your setup looks great man. The forged swivels like that are your best bet in my opinion. It looks like a solid setup.

Kind Regards,

B

 

Look at the very bottom of my post [JK]. It's one of them days!! I use1/4"-3/8", depending on the price when I buy. The last time I purchased, I bought a Harbour Freight, they had it on sale, 3/8" -14' long, w/hooks(which I didnt need) for 14 bucks!! That's a dollar a foot, when the hardware store here was hitting 2.65/ft. they had 20' of 5/16" for...24 dollars I believe, with the hooks also. I get my large harness rings from Eppinette Kennels for 1.50 ea, I also get my bullsnaps there for 2 bucks I believe. Their site shows prices including shipping, but in person it is cheaper.