$!#& Chain Hooks

[WranglerX]

After getting off tractor at least 3 time per lift I go tired of hooks that won't stay hooked....

Small hole drilled, a little "bailing wire".... Sometimes its the simple things....



Dale

 

[Snobdds]

The safety police are going to loose their minds...

Good idea and I would do it...

 

[stuckmotor]

Did you have any trouble drilling through the hooks? I thought they were hardened.

 

[WranglerX]

Did you have any trouble drilling through the hooks? I thought they were hardened.

Cheap Chinese junk with good name attached.... Mild steel, drop forged at best .... Not hardened....

Dale

 

[WranglerX]

The safety police are going to loose their minds...

Good idea and I would do it...

If one is relying on outer tip of hook.... Keep off my property....

Wire only keeps hook in place till one can bring tension on chain/hook...

Dale

 

[CobyRupert]

I've never had a grab hook that wouldn't stay hooked? Usually the load, or just gravity, keeps it tight. A case of chain going slack and tight repeatedly?

My biggest problem is slide hooks, especially when you've climbed a tree, at the risk of life and limb, to put a cable around it so you can pull it over, then cable falls off as soon as you've climbed down and put some tension on it! Then you get to climb up again! Grrr!
One day I'll be smart enough to replace it with a hook that has a built in snap on it. I'm more likely to go the baling twine route too. I'd probably wouldn't drill it though.

 

[bcp]

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latching grab hook

Bruce

 

[stuckmotor]

Cheap Chinese junk with good name attached.... Mild steel, drop forged at best .... Not hardened....

Dale

I'll be. Someone somewhere wrote a piece about one of the benefits of weld on hooks being that they aren't hardened like common chain hooks - or - maybe I misremember.

 

[WranglerX]

Google

latching grab hook

Bruce

All my experiences with latching hooks have been the latch assembly gets bent up and become worthless and latch assembly has to be removed or constantly repaired... Your experiences may be different...

Dale

 

[WranglerX]

I've never had a grab hook that wouldn't stay hooked? Usually the load, or just gravity, keeps it tight. A case of chain going slack and tight repeatedly?

My biggest problem is slide hooks, especially when you've climbed a tree, at the risk of life and limb, to put a cable around it so you can pull it over, then cable falls off as soon as you've climbed down and put some tension on it! Then you get to climb up again! Grrr!
One day I'll be smart enough to replace it with a hook that has a built in snap on it. I'm more likely to go the baling twine route too. I'd probably wouldn't drill it though.

How about welding a little ring or loop on outside rim of hook and use wire... I had that though but then with my welding skills and bulk of loop I declined...

Dale