I picked up 10' of chain and new bolts. I will Need to open the chain just a little to fit the 5/8" bolts through it but I think the chain will not rust out like cable and will out last the rest of the stand. It's also stronger than the cable. Hopefully it will not have any unforseen draw backs. It may need to wait tell after season before I get to taking the stands down and work on fixing them. Raining now with 90% and climbing this morning for most of the day tell 5. one of these days I keep telling myself I'm going to make some nice shooting houses from bad weather but haven't yet.