Originally Posted by tm america

when i put my winch on it had a bolt i put the correct shear pin in there . it broke just winding the cable up on a tree with light load on the breaks.put another one in was testing the winch lock broke another one .that was the last time i used a shear pin .now i use a grade three bolt .havent broke the bolt broke the cable once but it had a bad spot in it i make sure to use snatch blocks if needed just dont like loading the cable like that if i can help it