"Nate Nagel" wrote in message
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On 11/28/2011 08:33 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:28:53 -0800, "Steve
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On Mon, 28 Nov 2011 01:22:28 -0500,
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On Sat, 26 Nov 2011 21:00:09 -0800, "Steve
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A cheap padlock will yeild to a bolt cutter. A good one will just
laugh at it.

Huh? I have a pair of bolt cutters that is about four feet long.
I'd
like
to see something it can't cut, so long as it can get it half way into
its
jaws. Maybe there is some exotic metal, but it has yet to fail to
cut
whatever I can get in it.

Steve

But have you used it on a hardened steel shackle by a quality
manufacturer? The only place I see hardened steel that anyone would
need to cut is on locks.
And chains

Yes, it definitely cuts hardened chains. Those be the ones with the
slight
discoloration of a greenish yellow shiny tint, right?

Steve

not necessarily

greenish yellow tint says to me cadmium plating, not necessarily an
indication of any hardening process...

nate

I went to the trailer store last week to buy the necessary items to put
safety chains on a friend's trailer. In the bucket were 25' lengths of
hardened chain. They were some off color, not chrome, not black. I just
tried to describe the color I saw. But the man DID say they were hardened.
I would say that man knew what he was talking about. The bolt cutters cut
it with no problem.

Steve