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Originally Posted by flintknapper

You're not going to "straighten out" the one I have posted above.

I use that type specifically because of experience/confidence gained from on "the farm" use with these.

I can assure you...we have tested them...and I don't mean "steady pulling".

We have jerked on these things with log skidders, big 4X4 tractors, dozers, dump trucks....you name it.

Now...I have no doubt.. some "made in China" undersized clevis/shackle can be overworked and then your advice to use the screw type becomes applicable.

But, I promise you...you'll tear something else up before this one fails (the black one).

The Black one pictured is slightly smaller than the one I witnessed being straightened it was a 1" used by the military for their large 8 wheel drive trucks PLS system, and in a lot of situations should have been fine.

But what happens is when the strap has slack in it the end loop can move to appox. where the fingers are in the picture, and since rarely can you pull directly straight, the shackle becomes side loaded effectively shearing the hitch pin used to keep the pin from falling out.

I'd rather keep my head and use screw type clevises.