4 holes on the Receiver so you can install it vertical or horizontal.
Towing Recovery Made Easy!
It's a common risk with off-road vehicles that they may break down or get stuck in tough terrain. If you lack a bolted-on tow hook for financial, practical, or aesthetic reasons, then our Mytee Product's 2'' shackle hitch receiver with D-ring will provide the high-powered towing you need! With the recovery hitches' easy installment, you can keep the receiver hitch in all the time or simply have it available when needed.
Tow straps easily work with this tow hitch shackle and are available for purchase on our website as well. Our tow hitch receiver is the perfect tool for the recreational off-roader, professional vehicle recovery, and a lifesaver when you need to tow in a pinch! They fit in most 2” receivers and provide the pulling power you need to tow!
How to Install Trailer Hitch Receiver:
Unscrew the bolt then place the loop of the strap through the D-ring and bolt the 2-inch trailer hitch receiver back together.
Hand tightening should be effective enough to keep the strap in place - just ensure there is no risk of your strap or bolt coming loose during transportation!
Don't turn the tow hitch shackle when towing as you risk damaging, deforming, or bending the metal.
Keep the tow strap on the flat part of the D-ring to keep you and your vehicle safe!
GOOD Hitch Shackle Loading
BAD Hitch Shackle Loading
BEST Hitch Shackle Loading
When you need to recover a vehicle or load from tough terrain or pull it back onto the road, you're often side-loading the hitch shackle.
A good form for side-loading with a hitch recovery shackle is by using two equally distributed pulling points - do NOT exceed 120 degrees between them to avoid damaging your shackle hitch or strap/chain.
It's common and expected that recovery hitch shackles to have a symmetric load when they are side-pulled. This way, the D-ring hitch shackle can work at its maximum Working Load Limit without risk of deforming or breakage.
Our receiver hitch shackles aren'tdesigned to be side-loaded with just a single strap. It's assumed if you're putting a strap on one side of a shackle, that you're putting a second strap on the other side for equal distribution.
A bad form for side-loading your recovery hitch shackle with one strap comes when the angle of your pull is 45° - it can cause the shackle to derated to 70% its Working Load Limit instead of operating at its maximum limit.
Our recovery shackles likely won't break in a standard 4x4 recovery situation, as the working load limit of our hitch shackle recievers is 11,000 lbs. - but you can still deform it.
When using one strap, the best form for getting the strongest use of our hitch shackle receivers is when you pull straight on the recovery shackle.
This setup or the split symmetrical straps are most common in rigging and vehicle recovery. In these orientations, the shackle can work at its maximum Working Load Limit.
It's generally expect that you'll use a shackle in a straight line, as this is it's strongest orientation.