I am after some collective advice. I need to get some shackles for recovery purposes, i.e. attaching snatch block to tree protector, attaching to truck (for whatever reason), attaching winch cable to the other end and any other purpose that might need it. What are most of you using - traditional, rated, (or not) steel shackles and/or snatch blocks. What WLL, breaking level, etc are you using. Brand would be useful, in fact just your own common sense approach to recovery. There's a lot on the web, but how much of it is fact as opposed to someone's mere lounge room experience???
I don't consider myself a novice, but over time, recovery equipment and techniques, etc have changed from the T16 Tirfor, gal bow shackle together with whatever could be used to secure the winch cable to a tree that I used to use to, well, whatever is now available. I have a 6000kg Canter fitted with a Warn 15000lb front mounted winch. And a pair of (Aust) OutbackAccessories recovery tracks which as previously described in this forum do the job nicely.
Please feel free to add whatever you like to this thread and maybe it could become some sort of "Recovery Gear" checklist for vehicles appropriate to this section of Expo.
Dieter
I don't consider myself a novice, but over time, recovery equipment and techniques, etc have changed from the T16 Tirfor, gal bow shackle together with whatever could be used to secure the winch cable to a tree that I used to use to, well, whatever is now available. I have a 6000kg Canter fitted with a Warn 15000lb front mounted winch. And a pair of (Aust) OutbackAccessories recovery tracks which as previously described in this forum do the job nicely.
Please feel free to add whatever you like to this thread and maybe it could become some sort of "Recovery Gear" checklist for vehicles appropriate to this section of Expo.
Dieter