QRTRHRS
Elite Member
</font><font color="blue" class="small">( From what your are describing in the quote below.. the chains should not be hooked to itself but to the stake pocket? Is a binder used
only in the middle to take up slack or is it to be used as one end and attached to D ring or Stake pocket?
"Chains should be "fed" either down through the pocket and up either side with the hook hanging on the either side. They can also feed down outside the pocket and come up the inside with the hook hanging on either side. )</font> )</font>You have little choice with a D ring but to hook the chain to itself. With pockets, if you hang the hook over the top, even if it slacks, it will not drop off. Even a loose chain is better than one unhooked. Of course the same thing could happen to a binder hook which is why you tighten them correctly and stop periodically as required to check the load.
Binders don't have enough slack to hook to the pockets or D rings directly.
only in the middle to take up slack or is it to be used as one end and attached to D ring or Stake pocket?
"Chains should be "fed" either down through the pocket and up either side with the hook hanging on the either side. They can also feed down outside the pocket and come up the inside with the hook hanging on either side. )</font> )</font>You have little choice with a D ring but to hook the chain to itself. With pockets, if you hang the hook over the top, even if it slacks, it will not drop off. Even a loose chain is better than one unhooked. Of course the same thing could happen to a binder hook which is why you tighten them correctly and stop periodically as required to check the load.
Binders don't have enough slack to hook to the pockets or D rings directly.