USMC6062

I used my winch for the first time today, what a disappointment. I was trying to pull a K5 blazer out of the mud that was barried to the frame. The first time I put tension on it, the shear pin broke. I didn't even feel much of a strain on the winch, or hear anything pop. The pin I had in it came from Saturn Surplus. I put another pin that I found laying in the tool box of my latest duece purchase. I was able to winch my now stuck self out, but that second pin sheared right before I had the cable almost reeled in. The second pin at least held long enough to feel like the truck was doing something, and "popped" when it let go. I think it was Doghead who had trouble with Saturn's pins, and I'm thinking too, that they are made of weaker material. I'm gonna start making my own out of something, I may try brass, I saw it mentioned in here that it had similar shear strength to the aluminum pins.