a device for connecting wire rope to a chain and comprising a wedge means adapted to be inserted into the center of one end of the wire rope for receiving the strands of the wire rope along the outer periphery thereof , said wedge means and rope strands receiving a socket member therearound whereby the rope strands are securely clamped between the wedge and the socket member , and a connector means threadedly engageable with the socket member and having pin means engageable with one link of the chain . the threading of the connector applies force against the wedge to increase the clamping pressure against the wire rope strands . the threaded end of the wedge provides a release means for easily removing the wire rope from the wedged connection .