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What weight rating shackles to be safe?

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stevegreen:

--- 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.
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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.

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!
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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

madmatt:

--- 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!
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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
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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.

Nick666:
Devon 4x4 do different sized rated shackles. Seem like pretty good prices. The mud-club ones come from there.

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