C-Hook
 

If anyone has a c-hook for sale (as supplied with a thrashing machine) please pm me with price, etc

Whats a C hook look like, and what does it do?

Well , it looks like a letter C , and it hooks ! It is used for hooking two chain ends together quickly , but is obviously not very strong , so needs to be made of good steel . You can also have an S hook to do the same job .

bend an old buckrake tine into one, they are much stronger:)

Boughtons used to make them in varius sizes. All tested by Hall Bros who were our wire rope suppliers

I kept one in the engine spud pan ready for work until went to use it one day and there it was gone...

I have seen them made from old half shafts.

Geoff Gilbert has a drawing of a similar 'S' hook in his Thrashing book. Get one made to that drawing Mike.

Speaking from experience, bow or dee shackles are safer.

JW

Thanks for the literal answer, I guessed as much, just didn't really know for sure, and it's use!

Cheers

Dave

Our local blacksmith made one up from an old half shaft. After very little use it started to split and crack. I guess he tried to work it at too low a temperature..

Most likely used the wrong heat treatment for the alloy steel that the shaft would be made from.

Come to think of it , Mike , I think that it might be safest to use a shackle with proper markings on it . A dodgy C hook could kill or maim , and using the marked shackle would cover your arse .

The amount of shackles sold that are not cirtificated for lifting etc, if amazing! Someone I know bould a load of them, none were cirtificated, so when the insurance man came, they all had to be disposed of....

Dave is bang on, there is a load of crap out there in the shackle line. I was in Machine Mart recently buying a pump and looked at the shackles in passing.

They are stamped, even came with a certificate and yet in each case the thread on the pin was barely formed and rattled loose with a little shake. I took the worst offendors to the counter and pointed out how crap they were and that they could seriously damage someone or something... The manager just shrugged and I guess they went back on the shelf when I left.

The old adage, "you pays yer money and makes yer choice" applies here. We buy ours from an establsihed lifting supplier, but less experienced customers would not realise.
David

Dead Right David

We have chosen to supply Spanset as the quality is excellent.

I was once taken to the Spanset factory in Germany for a few days visit, courtesy of a local supplier. I was very impressed with everything I saw and learned a lot about lashing down loads with various materials and why webbing came out best.

I went back to Foden's with an idea for clamping the round fuel tanks with webbing straps in place of steel as we were having big problems with fuel tank rotation at the time. I think it was a step too far for the engineers as they refused to put my idea onto a test vehicle.

Later of course someone found an easier way of making square section tanks which made life easier.