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D-ring shakle mounts

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chevy wrangler

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i am looking for some for the front of my bumper.

which ones are best, the weld on tabs or the bolt on ones??

can any one point me in the direction of some inexpensive ones??

help is greatly appreciated
 
Bolt-on, IMHO, is for mall crawlers with Hummers. Weld-on is a great idea. However, in either case, what's on the other side?

See, if the bolts on a bolt-on vibrate loose, Bad Things happen. Even if not, or if they're welded onto a bumper at random, you're still pulling on the mounting surface, which is gonna make it bend. When you're stuck, you don't want to remove the bumper :haha: ... you want to move the truck :deal: ... and that can apply TREMENDOUS amounts of force. You want to attached the recovery points to the frame, as solidly as you can.

The CUCV's, for instance, have a 1.5x2 square tube about a foot long that bolts to the frame on the back side. I used the CUCV stuff on my home-made bumpers:

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The tubes go through the bumper and then bolt to the frame as part of the mounting. They're welded in front and back plus welded to the brackets I made out of angle iron, so they're not likely to go anywhere.

Anyway, compare that to trying to apply a coupla thousand pounds of pull on a factory-type bumper ... and you have a recipe for bent metal and/or injury or death.

-- A
 
The shackles on CUCV's were designed for holding the trucks down during transportation and are not really designed for the stress of recovery. That being said I have seen them abused during recovery and never seen one fail.

If I were to add more recovery points I would run some 1/2" flat stock in the same sort of set up as dremu, through the bumper and bolt it up flat against the outside of the frame, them weld to the bumper
 
NorCalKid said:
The shackles on CUCV's were designed for holding the trucks down during transportation and are not really designed for the stress of recovery. That being said I have seen them abused during recovery and never seen one fail.
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to be exact they where designed for lifting them with cranes and loading them onto lager vehicles* ships planes etc* for transport, much the same as the eylets on a shipping container, as well as tiedown points while in transit.
 
I have the CUCV type on mine. I use them for everything, from pulling me out to pulling downed trees around. If your smart and use common sense you should have no problem.
 
I *thought* the CUCV shackles were for tying DOWN, and decidedly NOT for airlifting. I know the HMMWV ones can be used to sling it under a Chinook, but those shackles are attached to the frame solidly. The CUCV ones ... not THAT solidly =))

Anyway, I would have used 1/2" or prolly 3/4" flat stock, but I already had the CUCV shackles and the tubes are set up for them ... and in the back, I'm gonna use the tubes to hinge my stinger tire carrier.

-- A
 
I had Kert make me up these doo-hickeys. I`m wondering if I should have a sqaure tube x-member made up to prevent the frame horns from being bent out.

They`re made to bolt to existing holes in the front of the frame, and drop down below the front bumper, and accept a shackle with a 7/8ths pin, which is HUGE!

These are 1" thick.

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.187" wall 1.5x2 square tube? :D

You see them here in the for-sale forum now and again, but you can buy tube from your local steel place.

-- A
 
I do a lot of rigging/lifting etc at work as part of my job. When I built my bumper I used 1/2 plate bolted to the frame using three 1/2" NF socket head cap screws (grade 8 or better)

I then added 1/2" round slugs to either side of the 1/2 plate where the shackle was meant to go through and drilled a 1" hole. My total width where the shackle attached is 1.5" which supports the pin on the shackle as well as possible.

Remember that all the beefy plate in the wrold is still only as good as what you bolt it to the frame with...and the frame is only .157" formed mild steel.

Use alloy shackles too, they'll be identified with raised latters telling you what the "WLL" (Working load limit) is. I like the 8 1/3 ton WLL shackles. Usually a 7/8" pin. On rigging stuff the saftey factor is more than 2X...so you're not gonna hurt a shackle of that size.

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you should be able to find rings like BILTIT posted at a fram supply store. I got a bunch at Tractor Supply when I did the tiedowns on my trailer
 
dremu said:
I *thought* the CUCV shackles were for tying DOWN, and decidedly NOT for airlifting. I know the HMMWV ones can be used to sling it under a Chinook, but those shackles are attached to the frame solidly. The CUCV ones ... not THAT solidly =))

Anyway, I would have used 1/2" or prolly 3/4" flat stock, but I already had the CUCV shackles and the tubes are set up for them ... and in the back, I'm gonna use the tubes to hinge my stinger tire carrier.

-- A
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dont know bout your CUCV shackles but mine are quite solidly attached to the frame lol.

the US DOD Tech Manuals list them as "Lift shackles" so one would surmise that they are in deed for lifting the truck, while i wouldnt want to lift the whole truck from one single point but instead use all 4 points to evenly distribute the load.
 
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