WIRE TONG SWIVEL
When two wire tongs are hooked side-by-side on a conductor, that portion of the conductor between the tong heads may kink, because the weight of the conductor pushes down on the lift tong and pulls outward on the holding tong. By attaching the swivel to the lift tong and the holding tong hooked into the clevis attachment, there is only one tong hooked on the conductor, and since the clevis pivots to permit the tongs to assume correct positions, there is no kinking of the conductor.