Safety Chain Hookup

[crankman]

Cool looks sweet.

[Mike Hamm]

Cool looks sweet.

Thanks. Also, these are 5/8" ones and they slid in real easy.

[blwright]

I'm using 5/8" links for my chains and a 1/2" one for my break cable. As mentioned before, I'm also using a snap link on my cable.

[Cowpie]

I used Crosby shackles rated at 4.75 tons each with 3/4" alloy pins......

 

 

[crankman]

Cowpie those looks badass, and there not as shiny as my chain links i use. We all had to get out there and find something to work with those dang GM hitches didn't we. 

[Cowpie]

There is nothing that really looks shiny on my 2500 within a few hours of getting the truck washed except the front bumper.  Disadvantage of having to drive several miles of gravel roads to and from the house to go to town.  Rocks would beat the snot out of anything shiny hanging on the receiver, so kind of pointless.   for others, it might be worth it to get something with a little more class.

[Tom52]

Just went to dealer to pick up my new trailer. Walk thru guy couldn't hook up the light travel trailer hooks to the GMC heavy duty hitch. Is GMC really lazy - or just incompetent?

 

So, looking at this forum, looks like the shackle or the easy-link are the choices. Does the shackle leave enough room for the hitch pin? Seems pretty tight from the pictures.

[topshelfproducts]

On 12/10/2017 at 5:09 PM, Cowpie said:

I used Crosby shackles rated at 4.75 tons each with 3/4" alloy pins......

 

 

I see the hitch pin is not in.  With the hitch pin in do they still fit?