The importance of a shackle

When it comes to shackles they are so diverse in many industries ranging from fishing, manufacturing, sailing, construction right through to your personal everyday uses of towing a trailer and a caravan.

Shackles come in many shapes and sizes including the bow shackle, Dee shackle, Pin Shackle, Snap Shackle and others to suit either a rope, wire rope or chain to be secured to.

Choosing the correct shackle to suit the type of industry may require a little research but this could be the difference between an accident occurring and a load being securely attached safely.

Here are some examples of the significant importance of ensuring you are using the correct shackle to suit the situation.

Fishing

When securing the load, the rope needs to be on a shackle to allow flexible movement to ensure the fisherman can safely move the netting and cages in and out of the water without loosing a catch.

Manufacturing

In the car industry the bow shackles play and important role when it comes to lifting the engine into the body of the car, and if the correct chain is not attached to the shackle, this could cause a great deal of damage causing the company quite a lot of money.

Towing a Trailer or caravan

The use of a Dee shackle is quite important when securing a trailer or a caravan to a vehicle. You need to make sure you have fed the safety chain through the shackles as well as connecting up the ball and coupe, to prevent it from dislodging and avoiding an accident from occurring.

Depending on what type of industry you are looking there is a variety of shackles available to secure a rope or chain to a load or some form of equipment to lift safely.