Hammerlocks, Cold Shuts, Lap Links, Quick Links... 

I like this guys voice. I wish he could narrate my life, specially when i get into wacky shenanigans

I operate a tow truck for a living and we get our hammer locks from BA . use them to attach grab hooks, J hooks and snatchbloks to our chains. rollovers, recoveries,winch- outs... They never fail!!. Everyone watching this they are definitely worth it.

I have had a tiny HammerLok tattooed on my arm for over twenty years, such is how handy I find them! - the only tattoo (of all my ink) that I actually did myself…

Hammer links best invention for chains since the invention of the chain!! Good video!

Cold shut is cheaper but not practical for quick disconnect constantly which I want the screw type would be better. Cold shut can be welded all depends what you use them for. I'm just using fir gates on dog crate ir kennel or quick disconnect on various chain leash ends

Thank you for showing us how the hammerlocks work. Going to install them on my truck hitch. Hope I can get them on relatively easily; i'm sure it's much easier on the bench :)

Excellent video, well done

Very Informative !

I came here learning how to use the laplink. Nicole should look a little too weird for me another strong. Put it in the vice and welded it up. Thank you for the video on different methods. I use this to attach a chain to a turnbuckle

Very informative !

Great instructional - thanks.

And I thank you for teaching me. I am looking for something secure for my yacht mooring. I found that mousing wire is useless, it just unravels, putting my boat at risk. The Hammer-lock looks as though the springs will be eaten up by the ocean. It looks as though I need a straight-through (unthreaded) shackle with a bolt and two locknuts with threadlock.

Could the double clevis be used to extend the safety chains on a travel trailer? The factory safety chains are Grade 43 chain. The double clevis is Grade 70.

Have you used shackles (with bolt / nut on both sides + pin by the nut)? Those oughta be fairly reliable, though I wouldn't drag them through the grass either.

I use hammer locks on my receiver hitch for my Raptor because hole locations are just ridiculous.

I bought a set hammerlocks for my f250. I was able to get one installed but the other one is fighting me. The set I have doesn’t have springs.

Great video, sir. Any Made in USA Hammer Locks you're aware of?

On 7;30 does it matter which way you put that"middle bushing" ?

Can the hammer lock use more than one time install and uninstall for many time?...

I prefer hammerloks on all my chains and hooks.

How are quick links made with the right thread timing

One option you didn't cover is those that you peen over the rivets. I was trying to find a way to connect two stainless chains where they will still run through and anchor windlass and this seems to be the one thing you (or anyone else on youtube) didnt cover.

Hammer lock links are on oil drilling rigs. They are used to attach the spinning chain to the cat head. Grade 10 chain. If I ever use a cold shut, I will use a 3/8" on a 1/4" chain. I will use a 1/2" cold shut on a 3/8" chain. I work in a rough environment. Yesterday I was swapping a log loader from an R model Mack over to an old Mack Super Liner. I'm 52 and have a 3/8 chain with a 1/2 cold shut in it. Been like that over 30 years. We have used log skidders to pull out dozers with that chain. It came out of a card board baker at a store and was two ten foot pieces. So, I bought two Clevis grab hooks and a 1/2" cold shut, and was in business. We had pulp wood trucks at the time. There is another link like the hammer link that has a piece that hammers in the middle with two separate halves. Use them on drilling rigs for spinning chains also. Re usable just like the other one. But, let's say you put a 1/4 cold shut in a 1/4 chain. That is too weak and will not stay. It may work for a personnel barrier chain at a movie theater. Maybe a chain on a gate around a fence post. But I would not expect much. I have personally seen if you use a 3/8 cold shut in a 1/4 chain, I have seen the chain break somewhere else. The split links will work. They are bigger and low grade so be sure to weld inside and out. I can't stress enough the need to up size on your repair if using low grade cold shuts, screw links, split links, lap links. The double Clevis you threw out works good too.