There are many types of lifting slings ranging from eye & eye, triangle, triangle choker, endless, reverse eye, light duty cargo basket, all the way to heavy duty cargo basket slings.  How do you know which sling you need?  A lot of that will depend on the application you intend to use the sling for.

The eye & eye sling is the most popular of the nylon webbing slings.  A great choice for multiple applications. By using the twisted eye, you also gain additional wear surface by turning the eye inside out allowing you to use the other side of the eye.  A straight eye will lay flat just like the body of the sling when it is laid down, whereas a twisted eye will lay at 90°, or perpendicular, to the sling body.  If you are going to hook the sling to a rough hook, you may want to consider a triangle sling or triangle choker sling to help prevent the eye from abrasion from barbs on the hooks.  A screw pin anchor shackle may also be an alternative. 

The endless lifting slingis the most versatile sling of all the nylon and polyester lifting slings. Unlike the eye & eye sling, the spot where the object wears on the sling can be rotated to help prevent further wear, thus extending the life of the web sling.  Just like the eye & eye sling, polyester endless slingsoffer an alternative with minimal stretch and added strength for those specialty jobs and added convenience.

Triangle slingsare great for adding protection from wear on the eye of a lifting sling.  By having steel triangles at the ends of a sling, this web sling provides optimum protection from barbs on rough hooks or other rough edges that may rub and wear on a nylon sling.  These nylon slings are very versatile by working in vertical hitches and basket hitches.  However, in order to use a choker hitch, you would need the triangle choker nylon lifting sling.

Triangle choker lifting slingsalso offer the same protection from wear as the triangle sling but it can be used in a choker hitch as well as the vertical hitch and basket hitch.  The triangle choker nylon sling has a larger triangle on one end with a slot cut in it allowing for the smaller triangle on the other end to pass through for the choker hitch.  Great for versatility, protection, and the pricing is great.

Continuous eye wide body lifting slings, or cargo slings, are used for basket hitches only.  A wide body heavy duty basket nylon sling's primary function is for applications that require a wide body for load stability or proper handling of fragile or finished surfaces. This heavy duty web sling is not the most versatile of the nylon lifting slings being it is a basket hitch application only. But this lifting sling can be essential when handling delicate cargo.

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