Winch hooks

[boofdtl]

Went out on sat up to the wombat to maps some tracks for some up coming trips and camping nights with thw family.
A mate got stuck in his D2 and i went to winch him out and as soon as i got him out and the calbe went lose the hook snaped.. Yes i had the calbe bag on as well it was a light pull and about 3mtrs long...

1 Has this happen to anyone?

2 Going to run a D shackle as a point know.

[alien]

I bought a cheap cleaved hook for my winch a while back.
While it was the same size as the origional Warn one I didn't like it.
It looked it might do as yours did
Ended up with a yellow one from a rigging shop rated higher than the cable.

[Mick-Kelly]

Havent had it happen but i noticed the other day that there are a lot of fourbys getting around with winchhooks that are twice the size of mine at least.

[Tombie]

Never trust the cheap winch hooks..

Go to a rigging shop as mentioned above.


"Where the Desert meets the Sea"
'Did I mention some great 4WDriving is just 5 minutes from home?'

[Blknight.aus]

I now use a chain onto the eye direct with either a shackle Or a hammerlock.

the end of the chain has a self closing eye type fitting on it.

[Tank]

Use a Rated shackle in the eye of the rope, stronger and safer, Regards Frank.

[wardy1]

Funny that. I put a rated bow shackle on my rope as the hook I had on the original cable wouldn't go over the thimble. Had it on for ages now and it works a treat, better than a hook I think.