Sometimes you need a batter way to store chain.

 

Get a old one gallon paint bucket. Start one end on the chain into the bucket.

 

Pick the bucket up by the handle and be happy. To use, just grab the hood and pull the chain out of the bucket.

This is how some firefighters store their escape ropes, just with a bag instead of a bucket. 

Man that was a while back.

Still use the chain in a bucket method for storage. Big chain is in a 5 gallon bucket. Write the chain length on the side of the bucket for reference.

 

 

When on location and not being used, lay the chain across the road. You will not forget where you put it, and the chain no longer hides unseen in the grass when it is time to go home.

I tend to throw it in the back of the pickup when not in use; that way even in the dark it will go home with me. 

When in the back of the pick up you will always have it when needed.