Connecting a choker chain to a tirfor cable hook?

[mendiplogs]

I make up 3/8 chain with clevis hooks on both ends and they do just about every job going, I use them as a choker, holding loads down, pulling and just general multi purpose chuck in the motor one thing does all bit of kit.

 

 

 

Hi BOB I have 2 of them yellow hooks I get for a £5 off a mate same size and new too I were happy 😜😜thanks Jon

[SteveA]

K I get it now. I think you're absolutely right, it will knacker your tirfor cable, not immediately, but over time. The tirfor cable is metal core, to resist crushing, and really doesn't like being bent at sharp angles. I believe the usual forestry drum winch cable is fiber core and has more strands in it's composition, thus making it more suitable for bending under tension.

 

Seems like you are getting a chain anyway, the only matter of debate is how to connect that chain to the tirfor cable. Well, thats simple, you connect to the hook. With a shackle or a master link. If the tirfor cable terminates in an eye - sans hook - then you just shackle onto the eye. Under no circumstances would you want to connect the load back to the cable itself at an angle, no how, no way :thumbup:

 

Great.

That's sorted me out.... I'm going for the master link jobby.

Thanks for your help.

cheers, steve