Update: I used to eyeball my load charts for every lift under 10 tons.

After a close call last month on a site in Tacoma where the wind picked up, I started double-checking the chart for every single pick, no matter how small. It only takes a minute and now I feel way more solid, you know? Do you guys always check the chart or just for the big lifts?

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williams.luna1d ago

Wait, that's still a MASSIVE load. You should be checking the chart for EVERY lift, period.

juliaa651d ago

My crew almost dropped a 500 pound compressor last year because someone eyeballed the rigging. Luna is totally right, you have to check the chart every single time, no shortcuts. I got chewed out by my foreman for trying to lift some I-beams without looking it up first. The math on load stress is not something you can guess at all. Have you seen guys get lazy about this on your sites too?

casey3421d ago

Remember my buddy who thought he could lift a small generator without the chart? The rigging looked fine but the chart said the angle cut his capacity way down. He got lucky, the sling just stretched and creaked. After that he checks every single pick, just like @williams.luna says. It's not about the weight, it's about the setup.