Hello,
Would 1/8" inch, 220# pound test quick link be okay for coyote traps?
Thank you,
Want To Be.

I'd go with the 3/16". They hold everything I've ever needed up thru wolves and they fit thru most chain. Can't think of any reason to go smaller.

Why screw around and take a chance, surely you're using chain big enough to take a 3/16"! Boss Paul sells them for $37/100 at the store.

3/16 = no worries

NO!

But, 3/16" will. Make sure you tighten them.

I use the 3/16", without worry or problem. I make sure to tighten them.

Would someone, anyone care to explain why? with a 220# working load the break test is likely ~600# and it seems it would take big coyote to break one. I have never tested these and don't use many q-links so you've all got my curiosity up.
I have had chain that 3/16 links would not pass through.

I've had 1/8in open up. Won't use again unless doubled up. They were cheap an the threads weren't all that good. Go with 3/16 an if it won't fit thru your chain just stick a punch inside the link an give a good smack with hammer is what I do to make fit

I cant explain it from a technical standpoint but the 1/8" links cant hold up to the pounding/pulling a coyote can subject it to overnight. Will some of them hold up with coyote catches?...yep. Will all of them hold up?...nope.

I use the 1/8" links on beaver snares and have never had a problem but beaver cant pull like a coyote.

I use my j-hook tool to open the link on #2 to pass the quick link thru

Will 1/8th inch links hold grey fox, raccoon, or bobcat?

Yes,I believe so but always tool tighten them.

Chain only as good as the weakest link!

Probably...but what if you catch a coyote?
Always rig up for the strongest critter you're likely to catch.

Are these defective quick links USA made? are they stainless or zinc? They open up and straighten out, or they break?

I played around with some numbers and unless I bungled it, a 40# coyote traveling 40mph should hit the end of the chain at ~261# force, I'm not sure a coyote can jump at 40mph.

I use 3/16 on just about all my use of quick links.I have use the 1/8 ones for drown rigs with out any problems. But dry land it is all 3/16.I have got some in the past from Dobbins .

I only used 1/8” quick links one year and had one failure. Not sure if the link broke or pulled apart, never went back with a metal detector but couldn’t find any pieces. I assume that it pulled the threads !

Everyone has different standards. For me, one failure is one too many when I knew better and I could and should have prevented it.

Well It pretty much depends on how long your chain Is. A 1/8 Inch quick link hooked up to a 10 or 12" chain isn't going to take much stress. Put It on 36" of chain and things can go wrong.

I went through this phase. Had a failure and that was enough.
6 gauge j-hooks do anything the Qs do trapping wise for me.
They are handy little gadgets though.