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  1. 4th March 2015, 06:09 PM #21
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    I bought two rated 1.5T shackles for the van in Tassie,, put them on and drove away. A guy stopped me and said you cant use gal shackles to tow with,, I said they are rated, he then said why dont they have a coloured pin.
    so now I have another two rated shackles with pretty red pins,, though after two months of constant use the red paint is starting to wear off !
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  2. 4th March 2015, 07:12 PM #22
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    And yet you didn't need to do it....
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  3. 4th March 2015, 07:31 PM #23
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    A test a few years ago by a popular, nameless 4x4 magazine, showed a 4.75 tonne rated shackle, fail at around 30 tonnes.
    Just adding it to the mix. I use two 2 tonne rated shackles.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift View Post
    ... red pins,, though after two months of constant use the red paint is starting to wear off !
    In that case, you had better get them galvanised!
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    Or paint your original set. ...
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    The original steel shackles were bigger than all the rated ones
    "How long since you've visited The Good Oil?"

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    '97 to '07. sold.
    '01 V8 D2
    '06 to 10. written off.
    '03 4.6 V8 HSE D2a with Tornado ECM
    '10 to '21
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  7. 5th March 2015, 07:37 AM #27
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    Quote Originally Posted by Don 130 View Post
    I use two 2 tonne rated shackles.
    Don
    Must be substantial chain Don?
    "How long since you've visited The Good Oil?"

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    '01 V8 D2
    '06 to 10. written off.
    '03 4.6 V8 HSE D2a with Tornado ECM
    '10 to '21
    '16.5 RRS SDV8
    '21 to Infinity and Beyond!

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    Has Qld Caught Victorian Disease?

    A mate at work told me he was pulled over in Qld for towing his camper without rated shackles. He was fined $120 on the spot. This is not a regulation in WA.. or at least if it is, no-one enforces it. So disappointing, I thought Queenslanders were sensible, pragmatic folk like us West Aussies and didn't get into such anal regulatory stuff like those silly Victorians who fine you for putting antennae on bull bars!
    This guy is actually a qualified rigger and pointed out to the cop that the colour coding means zilch anyway unless the shackle is regularly inspected for wear and tear. I wonder if the cops bother to do this?
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  9. 5th March 2015, 07:47 PM #29
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    This whole thing is an urban myth,, log onto any caravan website, or was it Bunderburg Police? that refutes all this crap,,
    "How long since you've visited The Good Oil?"

    '93 V8 Rossi
    '97 to '07. sold.
    '01 V8 D2
    '06 to 10. written off.
    '03 4.6 V8 HSE D2a with Tornado ECM
    '10 to '21
    '16.5 RRS SDV8
    '21 to Infinity and Beyond!

    1988 Isuzu Bus. V10 15L NA Diesel
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  10. 5th March 2015, 07:57 PM #30
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    No myth , my bil was booked for non rated safety chains on his trailer that he tows with a Merc truck.

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