cranetruck

Excellent write up! Lots and lots of useful information.

It brings up a problem I have with the shaped!!!? and (IMHO) incorrectly "aimed" lifting shackles, mounted on the front bumper/frame of the deuce.
They cannot be used together unless a spreader bar is used and in any use, the shape is not efficient. Running a chain through both will deform them.
When I use the mounts, the shaped shackle(s) is replaced with a straight one and without a spreader bar they can only be used one at a time.

The image below shows the 1940's correct alignment of the shackles (hooks in this case). It goes to show that some things just can't be made better, just differently.

Angling the mounts on the bumper should be a first fix.

Shaping the lifting shackles on the deuce is one of the few "design" features on the vehicle that serves no purpose other than making it "look better" with the shackles folded over the bumper.

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