4.5" wide table top chain, $2 a foot [TANKS]

[William and Melissa Johns <bill-at-gizmology.net>]

Hello everyone.

After ages of messing around, it's finally here.  I've got 374 feet of 
table top conveyor chain (read: 1/6 scale tank track) in my living room.

I wrote about this track, offering it to you guys, some time ago.  I 
apologize for the long wait.  I don't have an explanation, as I wasn't 
given one myself.  The guy I got it from, who works at the Gatorade plant 
in Phoenix, AZ, intercepted this track on its way to the trash and offered 
it to me.  Then he disappeared for quite a while, and then mysteriously 
reappeared and asked if I still wanted the chain.  He didn't say what had 
happened, and I didn't ask.  Whatever happened, it's finally ... FINALLY 
... here!  (And wow, is there a lot of it.)

So, here are the specs:  It is Rex (Rexnord) 5705 MatTop chain.  4.5 inches 
wide, 0.5 inches thick, with a 1.5 inch pitch.  Polyester plastic, 
perfectly smooth on one side, it is very tank-tracky looking on the other 
side (see the pic). 420 pound chain strength.  It weighs 0.72 pounds per 
foot. (And is FDA approved for direct contact with food, just in case you 
ever feel like eating something you've run over.  Hmm.)

Here is the URL for more info:

http://www.rexnord.com/flattop/product_selection/rex_chains_details.asp?chain_code=5705%28MTW%29&series_code=5700&chain_description=Rex%AE+5705+%28MTW%29+MatTop%AE+Chain

Yes, the URL really is that long.  If that doesn't work, search on the 
number 5705.

I've also attached a picture that I swiped out of the PDF you can download 
from that site.  The stuff I've got is a brown, rather than grey.

IT IS NOT NEW.  It is worn on both surfaces, though not badly.  However, 
nothing I've seen on it would seem to compromise its strength.  All the 
wear seems to be on the surfaces, not the pins.  I pulled several pins and 
they're all in great shape.  Considering the treatment it will get in tank 
service, the wear is moot.

The price I am asking is $2 a foot.  Not exactly free, but only enough to 
cover my expenses ($400 to ship it here), figuring that I won't sell all of 
it, and rounded up to the nearest dollar - all surplus will go to placating 
my wife who is on the verge of killing me for spending $400 to fill her 
living room with this stuff.  I take PayPal, personal checks, trade, etc, 
just ask, I'm easy.  (Anyone have a case of Moxie?  I can't get Moxie 
around here.)  Shipping will be by USPS parcel post, and will vary 
depending on where you want how much of it sent.  By way of example, 
shipping 20 feet of it (15 pounds) from NY to CA will be $24.

Any interest?


Bill

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