CPO Product Spotlight : Bubba Rope Synthetic Gator Jaw Shackle

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Stronger Than Steel!
Breaking Strength: 32,000 lbs!
Gator-Jaw® synthetic shackles are made from Plasma® rope which is the highest strength synthetic rope available. These superior tow rope connectors are stronger than comparable steel shackles. Gator-Jaw® shackles won’t rust and are so light they float. Towing applications include: 4x4 off-road, agriculture & mining equipment and various marine uses.
Advantages Over Steel Shackles:
Stronger than steel - 32,000 lb. breaking strength!
It floats - no more losing shackles in the water or muck!
Flexible - easily wraps around the most difficult pulling points!
One piece construction - no pins to fasten!
Uses:
Off-Road Recovery
Marine
Farming
Industrial
Mining
How To Use:
Open Gator-Jaw® shackle by loosening and slipping off loop over knot
Thread through eye of Bubba Rope or strap and through tow point
Check your vehicle’s owner’s manual for proper attachment points
Do Not attach to bumper, trailer hitch ball or sharp edged tow point
Loop Gator-Jaw® eye back over knot and pull to tighten
Pull as normal. Gator-Jaw® shackles are designed to take the load without stretching
CARE & MAINTENANCE
The Gator-Jaw® shackle by Bubba Rope can be washed off with water and air dried. While Gator-Jaw® fibers are stronger than steel they are susceptible to wear and cutting. Always inspect shackle before use for excess wear, cutting, or worn and frayed areas.
Rope diameter: 7/16"
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@DSMattitude 7 жыл бұрын

A couple pf these would be AWESOME for hooking two straps together. I have personally seen one of those 3/4 shackels go through a bumper because it was used to attach two straps, and one strap broke. It was a missle.

@H.pylori 7 жыл бұрын

Sir, nice demonstration of the Gator Jaw. You clearly show how it is attached. The WLL comments are useful as well and not meant to be critical. Still, for simple towing, within weight limits the Gator Jaw is preferred. Information is everything!

@zachtheripper124 2 жыл бұрын

The breaking strength on a cheap 3/4, 4 3/4 ton d ring shackle is 59,000. A 3/4 good one has a breaking strength of over 130,000. I prefer soft shackles myself but if you are going to talk rigging then you should know it. You are thinking wwl which is 4 and 3/4 tons. That's safe to work with the break strength is 4 to 6 times that depending on the shackle brand.

@oshkosh850. 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, Crosby 3/4 rates at 4.75 ton wll with a 5:1 safety rating that's a 9500 lb wll with 5:1 being 47,500. Much more than the 32,000 break of the synthetic. They are handy but do hav e their place as do the traditional shackles,

@Jtwizzle 7 жыл бұрын

The metal 3/4 shackles are rated for 4-5 tons working loads with a 3 to 1 safety margin minimum(most are 5 to 1).

@4everjeeper 8 жыл бұрын

I still use one D ring on front to hold winch hook, it does not move at all

@jakecarter2414 8 жыл бұрын

cpo, try Daystar d-ring isolators for your metal d-rings they keep them from banging against your bumper.

@o3djeeps 8 жыл бұрын

Hanks for the tip. While the isolates work well for the street and casual wheeling, the faster paced "adventure wheeling" I prefer tends to be more than the isolators can take! Lol

@mikew7644 8 жыл бұрын

You are confusing "Breaking Strength" with Working Load Limit. Most 3/4" D rings are rated at 4.75 tons Working Load Limit or WLL. WLL is assigned by the manufacturer and it is not to exceed one-third of the complete assembly breaking strength. So 4.75 ton WLL rated D ring has AT LEAST 28,500 breaking strength. Many major manufacturers rate their D rings' WLL at 1/5 material breaking strength. So a quality D ring rated at 4.75 tons WLL will have a breaking strength of 47,500 lbs. You are comparing WLL of steel to the breaking strength of synthetic rope. Apples and Oranges. If you're in the business of making or selling any type of load bearing rigging, you should know the difference. In fact it's unlikely that you don't know the difference and more likely intentionally misleading potential customers.

@o3djeeps 8 жыл бұрын

Fair statement, except for the whole "business of making or selling any type of load bearing rigging" part. That's wrong. I don't make or sell these... so I get zero "customers". I just show off what I use.

@mikew7644 8 жыл бұрын

Oh, ok. I didn't know you were just reviewing these. Please accept my apology, I assumed you were affiliated with the manufacturer.

@o3djeeps 8 жыл бұрын

+Mike W no worries. Thanks for pointing out the issue. You made a good point.

@mikew7644 8 жыл бұрын

Just FYI it stems from overhead rigging. Long before Jeepers were using these, they were used and rated for lifting heavy objects overhead. So anything that could possibly fall and kill people needed to be overbuilt for safety. The minimum safety margin is a factor of 3, but most use a safety factor of 5.

@DrewNorthup 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mike W... I'm going to continue along the line of your remark for a moment. Those of us who dangle our butts off of ropes generally prefer a 12:1 minimum safety factor. Stay physically out of the way of anything with a narrower margin than around 8:1 when it is loaded, especially if there are knots involved. A snapping 11mm kernmantle nylon rope (~6500 lbs mbs, frequently significantly higher for any test specimen) can possess enough energy to nearly "cut a man in half" if he's too close at the time (if nothing else, expect lots of damage including broken bones and busted blood vessels). In any case, I just looked up the spec sheet for Cortland Plasma® 12-strand 7/16 rope, and the minimum tensile strength is 21000 lbs (10.5 short tons, close to 9.5 metric tonnes), not the 32000 (16 short tons) Bubba Rope is claiming. Either they're not using a stock Plasma® rope, or something is a bit off about their claims. (Yes, I can see that it is braid-in-braid construction with splices, that's not what determines breaking strength.) The other thing that is notable is that Cortland states in plain language that knots in Plasma® rope can't be expected to hold knots due to the slippery surface of the rope itself (and that's after applying the stock polyurethane coating), aside from their concern about knots decreasing the effective strength of the rope. (For most knots the factor is around a 50% decrease.) I would hope that whatever coating Bubba is using is manufacturer approved.

@stewartj3407 7 жыл бұрын

I can assure you that a 3/4 shackle is stronger than the rope. Definatley not a 1/3 of the strength of the rope, that was kind of a ridiculous statement. Although it is a cool product, many uses and it'll get the job done.

@davidd415 2 жыл бұрын

Whats the best synthetic rope would you recommend to use in a marine application ?

@goranhikl1180 3 жыл бұрын

I understand that a soft shackle are sooo cool and it’s a big selling pitch But I don’t understand why we are downgrading the steel shackles . This 3/4 inch will never break no way

@jamesgardner8098 3 жыл бұрын

Your info is incorrect, the D-ring shackle rating is not breaking strength, its work load. Most of them have a times 4 or 5 for breaking strength.

@beri232 6 жыл бұрын

Have you used one of these personally? How easy is it to remove that soft shackle after you’ve just towed a heavy load? My experience with ropes is they cinch up so bloody tight you can’t loosen them up for removal later.

@o3djeeps 6 жыл бұрын

beri232 it's all I use since I got them...so yes... plenty of experience with them now... And they always come undone no problem. They cinch up....but it's not knotted,so it's pretty easy to pull apart.

@johnallen5380 4 жыл бұрын

That shackle should have a 4-1 or even a 5-1 saftey factor if is a quality product

@emmanuelbicental3536 7 жыл бұрын

how would that gater jaw shackle fit in the hole in the reciever where the d ring normally goes?

@madpogue 2 жыл бұрын

I *THINK* the idea is, you loop the soft shackle to your strap or rope or winch cable or whatever, and then stuff it in the receiver hole and put the receiver pin through the loop in the shackle, and of course put a lock pin on the receiver pin.

@jamesmoore1124 5 жыл бұрын

Do I need to use the D ring shackle to attach to the bumper tabs then use the soft shackles?

@johnkaldeway 5 жыл бұрын

I would. I've seen one of these threaded through a 1" tow-point hole and hooked to a winch cable. The metal edge sheared right through the rope as we started pulling. Great for tree straps, roll bars and such though.

@johnsmith-ub7vr 3 жыл бұрын

you would be defeating the purpose of the soft shackle by using a steel shackle with it because if something breaks you still have a steel missile which could kill you and no do not use a soft shackle on a sharp edge either it is either one or the other depending on what you are hooking it to

@rev.dr.funnyshoe7497 4 жыл бұрын

Errrrrebody has been making their own for the last 10 years. Who would buy these? I literally made 30 yesterday, but in the stronger 230%, configuration. Mine are much cheaper, stronger, sized as I want.

@jonathanfriedman8343 2 жыл бұрын

You’re confusing the working load limit (WLL) stamped on the bow shackle with its breaking strength. The WLL does not reflect the standard industry safety margin of about 5X. Its breaking strength is actually about 5 times its WLL or about 5 times the 4 to.5 tons you mentioned,. making it much stronger than the soft shackle which is stamped only with its actual breaking strength. Your suggestion that the soft shackle is stronger is simply not accurate.

@Asymmetrical.athlete_ 7 жыл бұрын

Those are 5x as much money as a regular shackle....

@rev.dr.funnyshoe7497 7 жыл бұрын

I'm sure you have been told already how off you are on your shackle synopsis, so I'll leave that alone. These soft shackles are fairly easy to tie on your own, with the key being the tightening up of the button knot. I can't imagine buying something as simple as this when I could just buy the Amsteel rope and make about 6 or 8 in and hour.

@avantnut 7 жыл бұрын

I stopped watching when you stated the stamped WLL of the shackle was its breaking strength

@neilfrasersmith 4 жыл бұрын

That's a 'bow' shackle, not a 'D' shackle.

@o3djeeps 4 жыл бұрын

Ahh..... one of those guys. ;-) Yeah.. I get it. In the rigging textbook, that's what it is. On the trails... it's a D-ring. I call it by it's common name so that people understand. If this was an rigging video, things would be different.

@marineone7507 4 жыл бұрын

@@o3djeeps I guess d-ring is easier to say than bow Shackle. It is like in the shooting world people call magazines, clips.

@o3djeeps 4 жыл бұрын

@@marineone7507 I'd say it's closer to calling a cartridge a bullet. The bullet is technically just a component of a cartridge, but it's commonly accepted terminology to just refer to the entire cartridge as a bullet. With the magazine, it's not commonly accepted to call it a clip.

@nachocousin 7 жыл бұрын

Proper term is Screw Pin Anchor Shackle.... D-ring is something else entirely. Damn neophytes..

@nachocousin 7 жыл бұрын

Here's the situation Chris. Use it or not. D-ring is simply.... INCORRECT. It's hobbyist SLANG. ...and if you buy these from the 4x4 stores you're paying too much.

@swisstony6069 7 жыл бұрын

nachocousin it's actually a bow ring shackle.

@andymullen684 5 жыл бұрын

I was about to comment, but then saw that you already had! I wonder what they call a dee shackle?