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Old 02-07-2008, 10:13 PM
bigcountrysg bigcountrysg is offline
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I buy all my recovery gear from Tractor Supply Company. I have a combo pintle hook on the back of my truck. It is a pintle hook with a 2 inch ball. I have yet to have any problems with what I use. One word of advice do not and I mean do not get those farm shackles that use a cotter pin to keep the pin in. I have seen those fail many times because of rookies in off-roading. It is not the shackle or the pin that fails. It is the cotter pin that fails which allows the pin of the shackle to slide out. Creating a sling shot for the strap.


Bad Clevis
http://www.tractorsupply.com/wcsstor...00/0268852.jpg

Good Clevis
http://www.tractorsupply.com/wcsstor...00/0268072.jpg

Good Strap
http://www.tractorsupply.com/wcsstor...00/3040106.jpg

It also doesn't hurt to have a couple of these either. For when you can't hook the strap directly to the vehicle you are recovering.
http://www.tractorsupply.com/wcsstor...00/3001770.jpg

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