Engineering: If a hook is rated to 10,000 pounds does that mean that 2 are rated to 20,000 pounds?

[Joe98]

I have no engineering knowledge.

I have a 2 door JL Sport from Jeep Australia. I have no recovery hooks on the front and I wish to get a pair.

Presume that a hook is rated to 10,000 pounds and I have 2 hooks on the front. I am stuck in the mud and I need to be recovered.

My friend has a winch and attaches it to my hooks in a "Y" shape.

Does that mean the hooks together are rated to 20,000 pounds?

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[Zandcwhite]

I have no engineering knowledge.

I have a 2 door JL Sport from Jeep Australia. I have no recovery hooks on the front and I wish to get a pair.

Presume that a hook is rated to 10,000 pounds and I have 2 hooks on the front. I am stuck in the mud and I need to be recovered.

My friend has a winch and attaches it to my hooks in a "Y" shape.

Does that mean the hooks together are rated to 20,000 pounds?

.

The rating is in a straight pull, the y connection would create some degree of side loading. The bigger the y the lower the side loading but you'll never get to a full 20,000 lbs. That being said, odds are you'll never be so stuck as to need that huge of a load. Not to mention the odds that his winch will generate 20,000lbs of force without moving his vehicle before yours if you are that stuck are basically 0.

 

[Kreepin1]

I'd be more concerned about how you are attaching the hook to the frame. FCA is using a pretty thin material on these new Wranglers. The days of slapping on a pair of hooks with 1/2-20 bolts are over.

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