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Title: What weight rating shackles to be safe?
Post by: spy on October 13, 2006, 17:51:40: Sorry to ask stupid questions but here we go anyway!

I have a strop and shackles that I have used once (pulling a lightweight car out of soft sand) but that I never risk getting out of the boot if someone is properly stuck as I dont trust them. They were cheap and bought at a stand at a show where he said he thought they were rated to 5tonne.

Anyway, its about time I bought some I am willing to use! What rating of shackles do people recommend? What about a strap? I am on a budget as ever but dont want rubbish either. Any recommended suppliers?

Cheers all,

Mike
Title: What weight rating shackles to be safe?
Post by: the loon on October 13, 2006, 18:35:19: I have a couple of sets one 3 ton one 5 ton I would say go for MINIMUM 3 ton. Others will probably say different though :lol:
hope this helps
Title: What weight rating shackles to be safe?
Post by: muddyjames on October 13, 2006, 19:10:38: If they have been tested they will have the tonnage writen on them in metal raised up.

I bought mine from Old Sodbury along with a tirfor cable and a tree strop and car tyre to put cable in all for a tenner.

Rpoblem I have is that my small shackle is rated lower to than the tirfor but my towing eyes are small so I have 2 small ones and put 1 in each recovery eye and put tow rope between the 2 to make a bridle that way you are adding up the pulling load of the small shackles in theory. eg 2 1.5tonne shackles in a bridle makes a 3 tonne recovery towing point.
Title: What weight rating shackles to be safe?
Post by: Jim-Willy on October 13, 2006, 19:43:23: Mine are 4.7 and were not dear. They are as good as when bought.
Title: What weight rating shackles to be safe?
Post by: madmatt on October 13, 2006, 19:53:34: Machine Mart do good quality 3 ton strops and 4.7t tested shackles, or seach for Damar Webbing on ebay, every size and weight of strop known to man in their shop!
Title: What weight rating shackles to be safe?
Post by: stevegreen on October 13, 2006, 21:10:38: Quote from: "muddyjames"
Rpoblem I have is that my small shackle is rated lower to than the tirfor but my towing eyes are small so I have 2 small ones and put 1 in each recovery eye and put tow rope between the 2 to make a bridle that way you are adding up the pulling load of the small shackles in theory. eg 2 1.5tonne shackles in a bridle makes a 3 tonne recovery towing point.

Not strictly true unless each is pulling at right angles to the mounting point, if you are using it as a bridle then the included angle is important, at 120 degrees, each leg will see the full load.
Title: What weight rating shackles to be safe?
Post by: spy on October 13, 2006, 21:18:44: Quote from: "madmatt"
Machine Mart do good quality 3 ton strops and 4.7t tested shackles, or seach for Damar Webbing on ebay, every size and weight of strop known to man in their shop!

I was already looking at the machine mart strop 5tonne 4.5m for under a tenner! Cant seem to find the 4.7t shckles tho, any chance of a link? My steering guard has two recover point on it, I am also looking for a suitable bridle. There is a bridle complete with shackels on machine mart but it doesn mention break weights.

Thanks for all the help people!

Cheers,

Mike
Title: What weight rating shackles to be safe?
Post by: madmatt on October 14, 2006, 20:04:50: Quote from: "spy"
Quote from: "madmatt"
Machine Mart do good quality 3 ton strops and 4.7t tested shackles, or seach for Damar Webbing on ebay, every size and weight of strop known to man in their shop!

I was already looking at the machine mart strop 5tonne 4.5m for under a tenner! Cant seem to find the 4.7t shckles tho, any chance of a link? My steering guard has two recover point on it, I am also looking for a suitable bridle. There is a bridle complete with shackels on machine mart but it doesn mention break weights.

Thanks for all the help people!

Cheers,

Mike

No I meant use machine marts lifting skings, IE a 3 toone SWL 4 meter strop, these are much better quality than that thing for under a tenner! the do 4.7t shackles complete with test certs for a fiver ish don,t have links as never been on mm website can list page numbers of catalouge when I find it though.
Title: What weight rating shackles to be safe?
Post by: Nick666 on October 14, 2006, 20:46:43: Devon 4x4 do different sized rated shackles. Seem like pretty good prices. The mud-club ones come from there.