Deaths from towballs

[PeeBee]

Really!!!

A shackle failure is pretty rare! Operator error I reckon! I have seen a shackle fail only once and that was when it was set but they put the pin through and did not do it up...

Have you got a link to a follow up story Krisso? Keen to read it if you do mate.

Speculating, it could simply have been too small for the load. I have come across guys using shackles you would attach to the emerg chain on a 6x4 trailer heading to the local tip once a year - you know the ones you can buy in a hardware store.

If the shackle was correctly rated, yes, agree, would be very unusual.