trailer shackles?

[captainrob]

I get out of touch pretty quickly being away so much - never heard about this, is it Australia wide?

[Batfink]

wonder if there is a quick money maker selling JUST the threaded pins for existing shackles LOL

[Zoro]

Haven't heard about it up here.
Doubt they'd police it either, normally see the chain dragging along the bitumen...
Police up here are usually tending to drunks in the park which prevents any real Police work from happening.

[Tony Nitrous]

[Shordy]

Technically it's correct....maybe when the coppers have stopped checking to see if helmets have ADR stickers, they check a few of these for a little more revenue.

[Batfink]

If you really stop to think about it, our trailers are very under certified for what they do. Take the "required" D shackle, who says what chain type is needed, or how it's attached to trailer? Then how is the trailer made?
I have seen lots of "farm" trailers that got prettied up and registered, these things shouldn't have been used on a farm much less the road. Get some steel, or timber even, spend a weekend making your trailer, add shocks, hubs, wheels, coupler and lights and presto you got a register able trailer. No minimum specs or certification required.
Last time I got a trailer checked after lights working they did quick check of shock rating (how many leafs in my case) and rating of tyres. The tyres was what dropped the Mac load of my trailer, had standard car tyres on it lol topped out at 450kg. In my case the steel trailer was made by qualified boiler maker and I knew it could take a lot more than its max load.
Will be modifying that trailer and getting it inspected very soon.

[harky]

[Zoro]

But what about the NDT and load test inspection of the shackle's attachment point to the tow bar?
Its normally a piece of chain welded to the tongue or a hole drilled in it, at best.
ie. A 2.5Te rated shackle tied to 3mm chain link welded on by the trainee fresh out of high school...

[Corpsedealer]

Have being using the bow shackle on cranes for years, much better design. I use on my trailers as well.

[shorty]

Soooooo much wrong with this! Ok so they want a rated bow shackle? Fine! But it's going onto a crap (unrated) mild steel chain that's been weakened at the attachment point by welding it on? If they were fairdinkum they would be condemning the whole lot and making people use grade 80 chain fixed via hammer locks to a certified attachment point on the chassis. Their LACK of attention to detail leads me to believe that this is nothing more than an uneducated CASH GRAB!