S SPECIAL CASH DISCOUNTS to provont loooonlng own II thoy on worn omoolh. (Soo diagram.) Rowralbla chain koto longer. ★ 5/16” Flat Link ★ % ” Paddles ★ Pull Up To 750’ Of Chain All Discounts Apply To Orders Received By Sept. 10th J-STAR BARN CLEANER CHAIN - Face The Facts FICTION: The Stronger the Chain the Longer it will Last... FACT 1. The life of barn cleaner chain is not directly affected by its tensile strength. The strength of a new chain considerably exceeds the maximum pull of the drive unit. For example, the pull of a J-Star model 750 drive unit - the heaviest and fastest drive on the market - is only 33% of the tensile strength of J-Star’s hook link chain. Enough said!!! FICTION: All Hook Link Chain is Basically Alike... FACT 2. The life of barn cleaner chain, for a given installation, js affected by its wear area and hardness. The greater the wear area, and/or the harder the wearing surface, the longer a link will wear before it ultimately pulls apart. Now, how does J-Star chain stack up? * J-Star chain is hardened by the same process to the same hardness range as all competitive hook link chain NO DIF FERENCE HERE! BUT... * The first point in a chain to fail from wear is usually the end of the eye. J-Star chain, as compared to the other brand for exam ple, has 35% more area in the hook link eye. Note the graphic difference shown below. FICTION: The Life of a Barn Cleaner Chain has Nothing to do with the Kind of Drive Unit Used With 1t... FACT 3. A chain wears at the point where the links contact one another. The rate of wear for a given installation increases as the amount of “grinding” between hook and mating eye increases. This “grinding” occurs when the chain “bends” going around corners, such as corner wheels, reverse curves, hold-d Own shoes or wheels, and around drive sprockets. Most com- ■ , petitive barn cleaners are about equal in the degree to which they “bend” the chain going through most of these points. HOWEVER • hook link chain does “grind” less when it goes around the J-Star 5-tooth drive sprocket than when it goes around the other brand 4-tooth sprocket. YOU WON’T BEAT OUR PRICES &, SERVICE EXAMPLE: Hook link Chain Starting @ $8.95 Per Ft. Includes Paddles ★ Totally Forged, Hook Link ★ % " Paddles ★ Heaviest Hook Link Made AM-forged Hook-Link 9 chain... available on Super 300 and Super 500 barn cleaners Extra thick steel at all wear points IMPORTANT: Look for the “parting line” on any barn cleaner chain you buy. It shows where excess metal has been trimmed off. It is your assurance that the link was totally forged, not just punched out of a flat steel bar with grain flow in one direction only. You want a totally-forged link because forging changes the grain of the steel, causing it to curve in unbroken flow lines around the contours of the link, giving the link greater strength to serve you longer. P’S 5935 OLD PHILADELPHIA PIKE, GAP, PA 17527 PHONE: 717-442-8134 WE SERVICE WHAT WE SELL Radio Dispatched Trucks I Chain V - >\ 72* \ J-STAR to* / OTHER 3E m ★ STAR SILOS ★ Precast Concrete Storage Tanks... the concrete advantage • Durabla and Malntananee Frea • Coat Effactiva • Quality Control • Appearanca • Fawar Joints • Watartlght Conitructlon • Full Haight Panala • Exlanalva Ranga Bunker Sil • Energy-Pak Bottom Unloading With Little David Ring Drlva' Unloadars • Star “Toppara" • Precast & Poured Manure Storage Structures • SCS • Precast Fsed Bunk & Cattle Guards ...Committed to superior perforn Forage Management Systems. ★ STAR ★ SILOS VAN DALE 717-866-5708 630 E. Lincoln Avenue Myerstown, PA 17067 After Hours Call: Robert Brubaker 717-464-3136 John Swope 717-933-4758 Lancaster Fanning,, Saturday. August is. 1992-Di 105... the concrete Service & Equipment Dealers advantage • Fast Installation • Low Cost • Durable > Moveable • Attractive • Quality Storage for corn silage, haylage and high moisture ground ear corn. • Other Uses Storage for bulk materials, retaining walls and manure pits. e in inn 7 / '' ( hi} 3 155
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