Enclosed head racks worth it?

as a rule (not alleging anyone specifically)
dumbassery is what you do
Dumbassedness is what you are...

 

I remove the clip before I ever put them on the chain. They just get caught on things.
With Regular flatbed fright (building materials and raw steel) the slip hooks would not be very useful IMO.

I use them on equipment and anything I want to hook to directly that a grab hook won’t work on, like the I beam base of a load. Something I don’t have a picture of unfortunately.

on some of thes boxes the edge is too thick to grab with a grab hook and you have to use a slip

 

Winch style headache rack without the winch and with the working deck is my favourite layout. Room to walk around and comfoetable grab chains instead of balancing and stretching to grab what i want. Handles on an enclosed rack tend to freeze. Look after your ratchets and they won't