Hard-To-Find Chains Found Here

Hard-To-Find Chains Found Here SPECIALTY/SERVICES Specialty/Services 29-5-37 Finding chain for chain-driven farm machinery is getting tougher and tougher as old companies go out of business and new machinery switches to belts or hydraulic drives. That's why business is booming at Farmchains.com. Owner Ken Novak, self-styled "Krazy Ken, the Farmer's Friend," says customers can order chains from his website, from the catalog or over the phone. "About a year and a half ago, I started selling direct," explains Novak. "All I sell are chains. I offer different quality levels of common chains and some chains that are hardly used anymore except by the Amish." Novak carries gathering chains, precision welded chains, rod and pintle chains, T-Bar and T-Rod chains, agricultural roller chains, and more. He also carries rare chains like steel detachable. "I have guys calling up looking for it for 40 to 50-year-old machines," he says. "It was the first real æag' chain. I deal direct with the only manufacturer of steel detachable chain left in the world." Even Novak can be stumped when it comes to some kinds of chains. A close working relationship with Allied Lock Industries comes in handy then. "Their engineers have helped my customers design around obsolete chain problems," explains Novak. "Sometimes it simply requires a sprocket change." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Ken Novak, Farmchains.com, P.O. Box 77, Dixon, Ill. 61021 (ph 800 648-5429; fax 915 288-6790; chsupply@grics.net; www.farm chains.com).

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