Soft shackles don't work on all attachment points due to sharp radius. That doesn't make stupid shit like split shackles or people leaving them attached all the time like jewelry good ideas.
Soft shackles don't work on all attachment points due to sharp radius. That doesn't make stupid shit like split shackles or people leaving them attached all the time like jewelry good ideas.
Soft shackles have worked fine on many many pulls on my bumpers where all I did was take the sharp edge off the tab openings. That does not mean that the opening should not be rounded as they are on my new front bumper. Considering that soft shackles are a technically consumable item, I will still choose that connection over a steel shackle whenever I can. That being said, I have seen no indication that I should retire any of mine, despite not being all that careful in how I use them.
Personally, I'd call that a d-ring. Every race transporter I've been in has the one I posted earlier in it (or a recessed version), and we called them d-rings. That looks very similar. I sent the pic to my neighbor. His response, "Those are shackles, stupid neighbor." Again - I'm so confused!
Yeah, and I'll bet there's a cotter pin missing in that photo. The US military airlifting an HMMWV over anything it doesn't want smushed would certainly warrant it.