Clevis or shackle

[Qweaver]

I am a sailor and we call them shackles.  Here in the WV hills they call them a clevis.  Sailors call the pin that goes thru the holes a clevis pin.  someone has to be wrong!  Not much to do on a cold night in the hills!!

[Kbeitz]

Shackles is something we put on our cars back in the 60's
on the leaf springs to raise the rear of our cars....



 

[elk42]

GOOGLE said this

The clevis is a U-shaped piece that has holes at the end of the prongs to accept the clevis pin. ... The combination of a simple clevis fitted with a pin is commonly called a shackle, although a clevis and pin is only one of the many forms a shackle may take.

[gspren]

   I was a sailor as in Navy but not sailboats. I call them a clevis. After you figure why it's different to a sailor then figure why is it that a rope is a rope until it's used on a boat and then it's a line. Print out your findings and post them on your bulkhead, or is it a wall.

[WH_Conley]

When I was working construction, if it had a pin that slipped in and was held by another pin then it was a Clevis. If the pin had screw threads then it was a Shackle.

[luvmexfood]

AKA. A thing a ming jing.  :D

[Al_Smith]

I don't know what the skimmers called them,I was a Uboat sailor .In the construction biz we called them a shackle ,usually made by Crosby .

[barbender]

I've heard them called clevis more commonly, or rarely, screw pin shackles.

[coxy]

clevis here and a bulk head is the front half of a snowmobile and the tunnel is the back half

[Logger RK]

Are local hardware calls them shackle's. A older guy working there said,farmers call them clevis's & construction guys call them shackle's. This Logger call's them clevis's  ;D

[Grandpa]

When I was working construction, if it had a pin that slipped in and was held by another pin then it was a Clevis. If the pin had screw threads then it was a Shackle.

Yup

[ozarkgem]

 A clevis would have a half twist with a pin that pushed through. A shackle would be a straight U shape with threaded  pin. At least here anyway.

[WV Sawmiller]

   Better be careful with those Navy terms. i worked with a guy one summer who had just gotten out of the USN and he was about ready to fight when I told him to use the come along to close a rail car door. He swore it was a "Clocking hoist" and was sure we were making fun of him. Actually I think the Navy was probably very happy to see his stern leaving.

[clww]

I don't know what the skimmers called them,I was a Uboat sailor .In the construction biz we called them a shackle ,usually made by Crosby .

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