“Tell them to move the pick point 10 feet closer,” Ray said.
Ray held up the load chart against the window and tapped the warning one last time. Then he gave a thumbs down— not for lack of capacity, but for lack of respect. crane load charts
Ray pointed to a yellow sticker on the chart. It showed a crane tipping forward, a stick figure crushed beneath the cab. The caption: “Tell them to move the pick point 10
Silence. Then: “Uh… the slings are only 350.” Ray pointed to a yellow sticker on the chart
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.
“Still under,” Manny said.
“Manny,” Ray said, “you forget the rigging?”