Thread: Attaching a bridle to Jate rings ...

Go to a lifting/crane supplies place and get a couple of proper Bow Shackles. I picked up a couple of 4t ones for $15 each. They cost a heck of a lot more at 4x4 joints and they my not be correctly rated.

And thats 4t, with a vertical lift, more than enough for my 1.9t series 2a. Besides pulling horizontal is less of a load than vertical.

One of them and a 8000lb winch and I should be able to climb a tree in the old girl

Originally Posted by mojo

Just wondering if any of you use Jate rings as front recovery points, and if so how do you go about attaching a bridle to them? I don't like the idea of using a shackle to attach each end of the bridle to the Jate rings - it seems to me that would create a very small and highly stressed contact point of metal on metal.

The other option would be to attach one end of the bridle strap to a Jate ring by looping it through itself, but you wouldn't be able to do that with both ends ... do you use two short straps looped through each Jate ring, then join them (and your snatch strap) with a shackle?

Hopefully someone out there has a Jate ring setup and can answer my silly question ... I'm sure there's probably a simple answer staring me right in the face ...

Cheers

Sean

By looping the strap back through itself you are reducing it's Safe Working Load (SWL) or Working Load Limit (WLL), in this case looping around a "round" object reduces SWL or WLL by 1/3, if it was looped around a square object it's SWL would be reduced by 1/2. Using rated shackles (with SWL or WLL stamped on body) will be the way to go.
Keep your bridle as long as possible, keep the angle formed below 45 degrees if possible, increasing (using a shorter bridle) the angle above 45 degrees puts extraordinary strain on the strap as the 2 anchor points are trying to pull your chassis rails together. Most people think that by doubling the bridle strap they are doubling it's weight capacity, if the 2 anchor points are together, i.e. no gap between the ends then SWL capacity is doubled, but if you spread the anchor points wide apart then the greater the angle created the greater the tension is, which reduces the SWL or WLL, so be careful and think about what you are doing when doing recoveries, Regards Frank.