Thimble

Thanks. Mine is OK then.
The only other concern I have is with the hook. Are you better with a shackle or a hook ?
Vince

I prefer a Shackle but make sure it's a load rated one and not an el cheapo with no SWL marked on it. I must say I used a hook for years and had no problems.

I don't know how to add photos to my posts yet.
Can anyone else do that for me :-)

No i can't! I recently enrolled with photobucket.com to be able to do this, but following the instructions failed to get the photo to appear - but some else re-typed the link at did it for me. There must be a super secret something else in the process.

Here is a site which has a lot of good info.

Just scroll down to Thimble

Site Link

Thanks Skippy - a very informative site.

I still love you ice cream van picture. I have 'borrowed' it to sent to my daughter who will be driving an ice cream van in the Pilbara shortly.