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Originally Posted by buzzy bee

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