Crane Load Charts [2021] [480p]

Manny did the math. Total weight of the load plus the gear: 42,000 + 1,200 + 750 + 400 = . They only had 48,000 lbs of capacity. That left just 3,650 lbs of safety margin—not six grand.

Ray didn’t answer. He pulled the laminated from its clip beside the window. The paper was soft and smudged from years of use. He ran his finger down the column: 80 ft radius, 120 ft boom, on outriggers fully extended . 48,000 lbs capacity. crane load charts

“Manny,” Ray said, “you forget the rigging?” Manny did the math

“And the block? And the ball? We aren’t lifting with magic. Add it up.” That left just 3,650 lbs of safety margin—not six grand

The sky over the Houston ship channel was the color of old pewter. Ray, a crane operator with twenty years in his bones, climbed into the cab of the Manitowoc 999. Below him, his new oiler, a kid named Manny, was already on the ground, hands in his pockets.