Shackles & hooks

High-quality shackles and hooks for your off-road and recovery use: discover soft shackles with chafe protection, robust bow shackles, and winch hooks for a reliable connection to your recovery gear. Buy shackles and hooks online now and be perfectly equipped for your next recovery job.

3 products

Soft shackle with shear protection

From CHF 29.90

Bow shackle

From CHF 2.90

Windenhaken für Kunststoffseile 4 Tonnen Bruchlast

Winch hook for synthetic ropes 4 tons breaking load

CHF 19.90

Shackles & hooks for off-road and recovery

With the right shackles and hooks, you create a reliable connection between your vehicle, winch, and recovery gear. At horntools you'll find soft shackles, bow shackles, and winch hooks for a wide range of off-road and recovery applications.

Reliable connection for your recovery gear

Shackles and hooks are essential equipment for off-road recovery. Depending on the intended use, different connecting elements come into play. Soft shackles are made of high-strength synthetic rope and stand out for their low weight and flexible handling. The additional chafe protection shields the material at points of particularly high wear.

Bow shackles made of metal, on the other hand, offer a particularly robust and rigid connection. They're suitable, for example, for connecting recovery straps, ropes, and suitable recovery points on the vehicle. Winch hooks additionally serve as the connection point at the end of the winch rope, allowing for quick and secure attachment during recovery maneuvers.

Soft shackle or bow shackle?

Which variant is right for you depends on your recovery setup and the specific application. Soft shackles are especially light, flexible, and space-saving, making them ideal for many typical off-road recoveries. Steel bow shackles are heavier, but particularly robust and rigid.

For a versatile recovery setup, it can be worthwhile to carry both variants. That way, you're flexibly equipped for different attachment points and recovery situations.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you check shackles and winch hooks for wear?

Soft shackles should be checked regularly for abrasion, cuts, or damaged fibers. For bow shackles, watch out for corrosion, cracks, deformation, and damage to the pin or thread. Winch hooks should likewise be checked for deformation, cracks, and a properly functioning safety latch.

What is a soft shackle used for?

Soft shackles are used to connect recovery gear components with each other, for example a recovery rope or recovery strap with a suitable recovery point on the vehicle. Thanks to their flexible construction, they're especially easy to handle.

When do you use a bow shackle?

Bow shackles are suitable for applications where a robust metal connection is needed. They can be used, for example, to connect recovery straps, ropes, and suitable attachment points on the vehicle.

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