Building chain anchor

Hi, i recently started climbing into the Massive tree inside my backyard, i want to reach the top and build a permanent Anchor there for training rope techniques.

However it cannot find any info on which type of chain to use.

I know for quick links you can buy ce/uiaa rated ones. Or pre assembled anchors like fixe has but i just want to throw A chain around the crotch of a big branch so these arent suites. Off course i would do this equalized around two branches for redundancy. Now i bought 4meters length off 6mm steel chain. It has a little pictogram depicting a downward pull rated to 160 kg which is assume is static load. I wonder if this would hold up to Dynamic shock load from falling and debate if i should thrust it or not. Now i am only actually ascending on static rope so falls are unlikely.

I just don't want to do something stupid.

PS. This tree is tall

5/16th galvanized steel chain is pretty standard where I'm from. 6mm is less that 1/4, so you're definitely on the small side. 3/8 if you want to make it overkill.

Diego Serneels wrote:

Hi, i recently started climbing into the Massive tree inside my backyard, i want to reach the top and build a permanent Anchor there for training rope techniques.

However it cannot find any info on which type of chain to use.

I know for quick links you can buy ce/uiaa rated ones. Or pre assembled anchors like fixe has but i just want to throw A chain around the crotch of a big branch so these arent suites. Off course i would do this equalized around two branches for redundancy. Now i bought 4meters length off 6mm steel chain. It has a little pictogram depicting a downward pull rated to 160 kg which is assume is static load. I wonder if this would hold up to Dynamic shock load from falling and debate if i should thrust it or not. Now i am only actually ascending on static rope so falls are unlikely.

I just don't want to do something stupid.

PS. This tree is tall

Too late.

What kind of weak ass chain did you buy? A 6mm chain should have an SWL of around 500kg.