create a hinge based rope?

im not sure of a good way too make a hinged rope, using only one instance of an object. id just like to be able to create a line of objects in the correct order in the layout editor and let them auto find the correct object that they should hinge 2. i need to know this because im trying to make a tank tread, and the way im trying to do it, (see my soft bodied object in uploads) doesnt seem too work if i add more objects too the chain, i dont understand why

anyone have a way to fix whats happening or a different way completely

could you just make them all have a private value , for example Rope and label each one rope 1 rope 2 rope 3? maybe that would be a way to start.

Or maybe by X/Y position, depending on the initial direction your tank is in.

i guess that would work for a rope, but for a cicullarly wrapped tread, it'd be a different story