When two wire tongs are hooked side-by-side on a conductor, that portionof the conductor between the tong heads may kink, because the weight ofthe conductor pushes down on the lift tong and pulls outward on theholding tong. By attaching the swivel to the lift tong and the holdingtong hooked into the clevis attachment, there is only one tong hooked onthe conductor, and since the clevis pivots to permit the tongs to assumecorrect positions, there is no kinking of the conductor.
