Tiedown ratings

[serial14]

My M923A1 has tie down points on the side of the bed all around. I've seen these before on other vehicles and I know they are commonly referred to as a "nuclear kit" for the Deuce.

My question is, what are those tiedown points rated in terms of WLL? The swivel point looks to be the weak link.

Thanks

 

[gimpyrobb]

They are very stout. I have lifted a deuce bed using 4 of the hooks.

 

[gunboy1656]

Mine held my m105 with no issues and those are what almost 2800 pounds.

 

[clinto]

I can't find it right now (I'm on my phone) but one of the threads out there had the rating for them. It's high.

I have also lifted multiple beds using only 4 of the hooks.

Edit: found it

Shoot, I can't get the url to paste. Hold that thought

 

[Recovry4x4]

Proof

 

[gimpyrobb]

Looks like 4 hooks work for 5ton beds too!

 

[gimpyrobb]

I can't find it right now (I'm on my phone) but one of the threads out there had the rating for them. It's high.

I have also lifted multiple beds using only 4 of the hooks.

Edit: found it

Shoot, I can't get the url to paste. Hold that thought

Insert Jeparody theme music here!

 

[clinto]

http://www.steelsoldiers.com/deuce/78708-cargo-hook-capacity-anyone.html?highlight=cargo+tie+downs

 

[hndrsonj]

Wow, 2300 pounds!

 

[serial14]

excellent, thanks for the details

 

[CUCVFAN]

I'm not sure what a HMMWV A2 tie-down looks like, but it probably does not swivel. And, if it does, it is probably more like the tie-down in an M105A3 trailer, or the M1101/M1102 trailers. Those are different than the style that are welded to the bed sides.


I seriously doubt those little tabs or their swivel base will handle 2300 lbs. That would mean you could put a 7000+ pound truck in the bed of a 5-ton and lift the bed off the truck with just 4 of those tie-downs. I doubt it.

Since 4 of them can obviously support the weight of a 5-ton bed in a static lift, I would say you can assume they will hold at least 500 lbs.

Of course, the type of loading will affect their reliability. I'm sure whatever rating they carry is specified for a specific load direction and it decreases as you move away from that.

In any case, when you are tying something down in the bed to *multiple* points, I think it would have to be darn heavy to cause a failure of one of these, unless it was really done improperly.

 

[Recovry4x4]

I've been a part of a lift where a 5 ton bed was lifted diagonally with just 2 of them. I turned because I didn't want to see the destruction but it worked. As a matter of fact, I recall the bed tweaking from lifting from opposed corners. Those that remember the W50 that was on here for a while, had a 5 ton bed? That was the bed.