Shackles + Rigging Hardware

Shackles are the connectors — the small pieces that join a recovery rope to a recovery point, or a winch line to an anchor. They matter far more than their price suggests, because a shackle that lets go under load becomes a projectile.

That is why the industry has moved toward soft shackles: braided rope loops from Agency 6, Yankum Ropes, ARB and Deadman Off-Road that are stronger than the steel they replace — and if one ever fails, it drops to the ground instead of flying through a windshield. Snatch blocks and recovery rings for redirecting a winch line live here too.

If you buy one thing from this page, make it a soft shackle, sized for roughly four times your winch capacity so the winch stalls before your gear breaks. With 70 products here, the brand and type filters are the fastest way in.