Well my kids came through and DIDN'T buy me shirts this year. I asked for a decent quality "recovery strap" and they picked me up one. It is a 2" (kind of wanted a 3") but is seems to be well constructed.

However, I went looking at D-Rings today just to have a couple handy and am very confused. I picked up a pair of 3/4" D-Rings but they were rated at "2Ton" versus the same size, and similar looking ones I am seeing at the 4x4 shops rated at 10,000lbs (5 ton).

These puppies are from a farm/tractor supply and while they are made in China, seem pretty stout. What am I missing here? Is one a pull rate and the other a lift rating, or are there truly that much difference between the two?

Thanks

 

There is a difference - most 3/4 D-Rings are rated closer to 4.5 ton - Not sure what the deal is with yours. You may want to return them and shop around. I live in WI and actually was looking at some tonight myself - you can get 3/4 standard D-Rings for about $10 and the ones I saw were 4.5 ton working load. This was for both the D-Rings with a screw and a pin closure.

Hope it helps!!

 

I kept having trouble calling these things "D-Rings" as it seems most do. Finally realized that what we call D-Rings in Jeep lingo are called Clevises on the farm. So did a little research.

My $7 3/4 Clevis that I just bought is dimensionally the same as the $14 one up the road, however the rating of 2T (4,000lbs) is due to the manufacture process. The cheaper/weaker version is cast (hot metal poured into a mold) versus forged (beaten into submission from bar stock).

Forged is what you want as the same clevis/d-ring is from 10,000 to 13,000 lb rated over the cast part.

Now I understand "D-Rings" and it's time to go shopping again.

 

Learn something every day - appreciate the update and informaiton!

 

I personally like the term clevis, but everyone seems to use the d-ring term instead. Oh well.

 

I like the word cleavage better...................

 

Shackle = clevis = d-ring. I've seen all three terms used.

Sort of.

And yes, for off-road applications, forged is what you want, not cast.

Before using it, you should also try to figure out if the tow strap that you got for Christmas is designed to stretch or not. This will make a difference in how you use it.

 

Just as an added note:

In the metallurgy process, die cast leads to a more "porous" material (filled with more "air" holes), making it much weaker than forged in virtually every case.

 

I'll have to agree here,, this word is much much better!

 

I had this same problem when I was purchasing d-rings. I asked people for them and they had no idea what I was talking about. I then said shackle and they understood. The off road shop guy didn't even know what a d-ring was until I pointed to a poster on the wall. Loser!