What is the difference between transport chain and lifting chain?

Transport chain (Grade 70) secures a load to a vehicle and must never be used to lift. Lifting chain is Grade 80 or 100 alloy. The grade is marked on the links, and we will not build a lifting assembly from transport chain.

Can you make up binder assemblies to length?

Yes. We cut and fit transport chain assemblies with the hooks and binders you want, in our own shop.

Do you inspect securement chain?

We inspect chain against the published discard criteria for wear, stretch, gouges and distortion, and tell you what has to come out of service rather than guessing at it.

Peerless distributor

Peerless lifting devices and transport chain in Minnesota

Peerless are a chain maker first, and it shows in both halves of what we carry from them: below-the-hook lifting devices for the crane, and transport chain and binders for the truck.

Authorized distributor

Below-the-hook lifters and transport chain, from a chain maker

1,179 part numbers published

What we carry from Peerless

Both are published here by part number with Peerless's own working load limits on the row. The lifting devices are load tested and inspected in our shop; the transport chain is the same chain we make binder assemblies from.

Below-the-hook lifters

1,025 part numbers

Lifting and spreader beams, coil and roll lifters, sheet and pallet lifters, tongs and fork truck attachments.

Transport chain & binders

154 part numbers

Grade 70 transport chain, binder assemblies, load binders, hooks and links for tying a load to a trailer.

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More than the box

What we do with Peerless hardware

The reason to buy the line from a shop that also fabricates and inspects: the assembly, the certification and the repair all come from the same place.

Rigging Inspection

Tag it, track it, repair it — or take it out of service

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Custom Fabrication

Built to your print, in our shop, with the paperwork

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Training

From two-hour seminars to 40-hour qualification programs

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Talk to a person

Your Peerless contact

An area sales manager will come to the site, look at the job, and spec it with you. All of them are owners of the company.

Contact an expert

Stephen Barthold
Regional Sales Manager
sbarthold@sharrowlifting.com
Patrick Ramirez
Regional Sales Manager
pramirez@sharrowlifting.com
Dave Gerzina
Regional Sales Manager
dgerzina@sharrowlifting.com
Jim Sinz
Regional Sales Manager
jsinz@sharrowlifting.com
Jerry Knoche
Regional Sales Manager & Production Manager
jknoche@sharrowlifting.com
Nate Mertely
OEM Sales
nmertely@sharrowlifting.com
Todd Pagel
Customer Service Manager
tpagel@sharrowlifting.com
Andy VanBeusekom
Inside Sales
avanbeusekom@sharrowlifting.com

Questions

Peerless, answered straight

What is the difference between transport chain and lifting chain?: Transport chain (Grade 70) secures a load to a vehicle and must never be used to lift. Lifting chain is Grade 80 or 100 alloy. The grade is marked on the links, and we will not build a lifting assembly from transport chain.
Can you make up binder assemblies to length?: Yes. We cut and fit transport chain assemblies with the hooks and binders you want, in our own shop.
Do you inspect securement chain?: We inspect chain against the published discard criteria for wear, stretch, gouges and distortion, and tell you what has to come out of service rather than guessing at it.