chain fail

Avoid using chain to secure your property. If possible, use case hardened steel lines. Chains, like most inexpensive hasp locks, can be easily cut with bolt cutters. Criminals are professionals. Like most professionals, they have the tools of their trade. Bolt cutters and pry bar are, to a criminal, the equivalent of a cellphone and a laptop to the traveling executive. Just because you don't normally carry them in your trunk doesn't mean the criminal won't. A smaller gauge chain will be easily snipped off, and all the money you invested in locks and fencing will be rendered useless. While encased steel cables are harder to manipulate, they also are also much harder to cut. If you use simple chain, get case hardened and the heaviest chain you can find.