Product Description
Van Beest Green Pin Shackles are one of the most recognizable pieces of recovery and rigging equipment on the market. Well known and easily recognizable, Green Pin Shackles are designed, manufactured, and certified in The Netherlands. They are made of high strength steel, grade 6, quenched and tempered, with a Min Break Load equal to 6x their Working Load Limit.
Tips for Selecting the Right Sized Green Pin Shackle (always match shackle with attachment point rating):
- 1/2" GPS shackles (2.0 ton / 4,410 lb Working Load Limit) are typically used for UTVs and anything smaller. They are good for all winch lines and Kinetic Recovery Ropes 5/8" and smaller.
- 5/8" GPS shackles (3.25 ton / 7,166 lb Working Load Limit) are typically used for larger 'side-by-side' UTVs and smaller SUVs like the Jeep Renegade. They are good for all winch lines and Kinetic Recovery Ropes 7/8" and smaller.
- 3/4" GPS shackles (4.75 ton / 10,474 lb Working Load Limit) are used for most Jeep, SUV, and Full Size Truck recovery. They are good for use with all winch lines and Kinetic Recovery Ropes that are 1" and smaller.
- 7/8" GPS shackles (6.5 ton / 14,333 lb Working Load Limit) are recommended for use with larger vehicles, and pair with our larger 1-1/4" kinetic recovery ropes.
- 1" GPS shackles (8.5 ton / 18,743 lb Working Load Limit) are recommended for use with larger vehicles, and pair with our larger 1-1/2" kinetic recovery ropes.
- 1-1/4" GPS shackles (12 ton / 26,460 lb Working Load Limit) are recommended for use with very large vehicles, and pair with our larger 2" kinetic recovery ropes.
