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  1. Kryptonight

    Shackle bolt size

    It can't hold a side load as well as the hitch pin 5/8" and thick walled reciever upgrade is In the works. So regardless of the hitch pin there has to still be a ideal ratio of bolt hole size to material.
  2. Kryptonight

    Shackle bolt size

    I have no liability as far as general public. Just my own use on my own truck. Not for any job related activities. Yes the double shear looks accurate. The load being applied is dynamic and variable depending on conditions of recovery, if vehicle is stuck in mud or pulling a fixed object like a...
  3. Kryptonight

    Shackle bolt size

    This is an example if the link...
  4. Kryptonight

    Shackle bolt size

    I'm not sure if this is proper place to ask but I know no one that knows anything close to this topic. I'm fabricating a trailer hitch recovery shackle insert. 2"x2" cold rolled solid square bar stock to insert into my trailer hitch. I'll have a 5/8" cross pin hole drilled in it to secure it...

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