[Shop-talk] recommend a bolt

[Mark Andy]

Howdy,

This is interesting...

http://www.rockcrawler.com/techreports/fasteners/index.asp

Who knows if this guy is a real authority, but its on the internet with 
nice pictures so it must be true... :-)

Looks like there's no reason to choose a grade 5 over a grade 8 bolt.

The only thing the article doesn't address directly is which bolt will 
stand up better to this "non-torqued sheer" loading situation.

And, of course, that's also what's making me think a hitch pin is the 
smarter idea.

Mark