Winch Shear Pin Comparison

On my last little business trip I managed to pass through Memphis so I arranged a stop at Memphis Equipment for some shear pins for the trucks. Since I was there I tried to get all I would need over the next few years since I don't get to Memphis too often, anyway I got pins for the 10K, 20K and 45K drag winch on the wrecker. The price comparison didn't make too much since but I needed them and no shipping so I got several Deuce pins for about $1.75 each, two 5 Ton pins about $13.50 each and two pins for the 45000 lb. drag winch about $13.75 each. All told about $70 worth, but no shipping. I did notice Saturn had the Drag Winch pins for $6.50, anyway you can tell by the photos below the prices don't represent material or machine time between the shear pins, must be supply and demand or availability!
James

I just bought five 5ton front winch shear pins....

$70 after shipping.....now White Owl has zero in stock....

I still cant believe I paid $12 + s/h per pin....HOW can they cost that much?!?!?!?!

i called Saturn to get some but was all out of pins so i had to go with memphis. But you are right. pricing scale seems little strange. But you got a good deal on them vs memphis shipping cost. it cost me $13 to get a pound of shear pins shipped up.

I work at an Aluminum casting/rolling mill, I will check at work to see if they can spectrograph the three different pins, I wonder what the differences are in aluminum grades, especially between the deuce and 5 ton pins?
James G.

What are those Deuce pins (w/head) made of, is it black anodized aluminum? The do look more like a common 5/16" steel bolt to me...
I recall Kenny saying that they don't have the correct ones....???

G.

rumplecat said:

I work at an Aluminum casting/rolling mill, I will check at work to see if they can spectrograph the three different pins, I wonder what the differences are in aluminum grades, especially between the deuce and 5 ton pins?
James G.

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Want a broken, known correct shear pin for testing/ comparison to the memphis pins w/ heads?

I like my mil-spec stuff, but somebody should test the aluminum bolts available from Mcmasters for example, cheap and easy to keep in place with a locking nut.....

McMaster-Carr

Stock deuce pin is 2024 aluminum.

Here's a thread that pretty well covers all the SS research that has went into the makeup of deuce shear pins.

http://www.steelsoldiers.com/deuce/7948-winch-shear-pins.html?highlight=winch+shear+pins