lifting strap and rigging help ?

[sweetk30]

anyone know the stuff real good ?

i scored some smaller stuff with labels and its all top notch USA made and name brand and like brand new .

but the BIG boy has me stumped on capacity as its HUGE almost got a hernia moving it .

smalls are liftall brand with clear tags on them . shackles are CM brand with clear info .

the BIG boy i need to unwrap and check out for a tag . but its huge . qty=4 4" wide 3-layer fabric straps on a massive ring of just a hair under 2" thick solid steel . 5 gal bucket next to it for size reference .

 

[logical]

I assume that 4 straps wide bundle is just both ends of two loops, unless there are 4 hooks buried in there. Either way, that's some big boy gear.

Sent from my garage.

 

[sweetk30]

nope . just unrolled it wow what a job .

4 seperate straps at 43ft each and the tag was found all the way at the end .

now to roll it back up . . .

friend of mine who use to be in the overhead lifting world said the 2" thick x 7" inside dia of the ring alone should be good for 102,600 lbs WLL and proof tested to 205,200 lbs

 

[tarmy]

You are going to need a bigger tool!

Time to get a crane...or a damn big trolley crane...

 

[kctyphoon]

I suspect that was probably from someone with a crane. Obviously with the lengths, slings would be much lighter and more compact than chains.

But yes - all good brands. There should be load rating labels on the smaller slings to coincide with different methods of use. Probably 3. Straight / basket / and choke.. you can probably determine (or at the very least get an idea) of the overall or combined load rating of that 4 legged sling just from the master link if there is no other info anywhere. There should be a grade and size stamped on it somewhere, and you can look it up. The nylon slings may have their own individual load ratings on them also. Slings like that will sometimes have their own metal tag with the total load rating (as tested) attached to it. If nothing else - each hook should have info stamped on it..

I’m not a rigging expert by any means, but that might help.

 

[lardy1]

This thread reminds me that I still have three 1" X 600' plasma lines stored out in my shed. It was used for mooring 1,000' lake freighters. The stuff is as strong as the wire rope it replaces. I couldn't refuse the offer for it. But now it's a white elephant. What the hell to do with it?

 

[NUTTSGT]

I think I would be selling that big honking strap.

 

[Wamsutta]

Are there hooks on the end like in Logical's picture?

 

[PCustoms]

This thread reminds me that I still have three 1" X 600' plasma lines stored out in my shed. It was used for mooring 1,000' lake freighters. The stuff is as strong as the wire rope it replaces. I couldn't refuse the offer for it. But now it's a white elephant. What the hell to do with it?

Want to sell one?

Assuming shipping wouldn't ****

 

[sweetk30]

unrolled it and found the master i.d. tag . also no hooks just wrapped over eye points like up on the BIG ring but each separate .

i am going to call the manf company with the item # and ser# and see if they still have it on file . and if so give me some more info .

all the little ones have there tags also and yes 3 load capacitys aspr the style of pick being used on the strap . i got 2 12foot x 2" 1 6ft x 2" and 4 30ft x 2" some new and others used 1-2 times max via the amount of dirt on them .

also got the 4 1 1/8" 12ton shackles and 2 8 ton and 2 6 ton shackles all the same brand made in the USA all of the stuff .

 

[kctyphoon]

That master link probably costs as much as all the other slings and some shackles combined..
The short slings are probably not very expensive. (Relatively speaking). The 6 footers are probably around $30 new. Maybe even cheaper depending on rating.
The shackles and master link itself will likely be the most expensive items.

I think (if i remember) that it would need to be grade 80 at least for overhead lifting. Might even be grade 100. Grade 120 stuff seems to usually be blue from what ive seen, but like i said, I’m no expert.

If you can read the #’s of that big one, you can try to google the manufacturer’s name and model #. Maybe it will come up somewhere, but the hand written info on that makes me think that might be a custom ordered part. The nylon slings / lifting strap stuff prob isnt very expensive. If that were chain it would be a different story.

 

[sberry]

What is it you gonna call them for?

 

[kctyphoon]

If its custom made, with an individual #, he might be able to figure out how old it is and verify max capacity. Maybe even who ordered it, but i dont think they would share that. He’s probably just curious.

 

[sweetk30]

If its custom made, with an individual #, he might be able to figure out how old it is and verify max capacity. Maybe even who ordered it, but i dont think they would share that. He’s probably just curious.

x2 on this . if they give me info great . if not oh well it was just a phone call .

thanks for the help guys . i will let you know what i find out on this big massive unit .

 

[matt_i]

My interpretation of the label is you don't get more than the 55k total balanced between 4 legs. Probably each leg is good for 15k working if you used less than 4.

If you had an appropriate sewing machine (or knew a shop with one) that could stitch it, you have a lot of good material there with which to make more useful rigging. Obviously that takes proof testing at the end to verify the work, and won't be good for anyone else.

I'm going to WAG it was used in shipyard service.

 

[IndyGarage]

That's a big lift sling. The kind used in heavy construction every day.

I'd guess each leg being a triple 4 inch strap probably more than 30K each - which means It probably wouldn't break until about 100K. If you evenly weighted the legs you could probably lift 50 tons with that. You're not likely to have a crane that big in your backyard.

Probably cost $5-10K new.

 

[MattT]

This thread reminds me that I still have three 1" X 600' plasma lines stored out in my shed. It was used for mooring 1,000' lake freighters. The stuff is as strong as the wire rope it replaces. I couldn't refuse the offer for it. But now it's a white elephant. What the hell to do with it?

The offroading crowd will buy it to use as ****** ropes. I know guys who use ropes bigger than that but they look to be regular rope not plasma line. So lighter and stronger should sell easy

 

[itstippy]

They used a rig like that to get the whitetail buck I shot last year out of the woods. Around my place the deer eat corn and grow big. I forgot to take pictures, so don't ask.

Other than that I don't know what you'd use it for. Lifting steam locomotives?

 

[kctyphoon]

If you decided to list the slings (not sure if you have a use for em) - I’m sure theres a towing or recovery place that would be interested. I think most big companies would avoid it simply for the liability. At the very least some guy that did off roading would carry that for years just waiting for the day he could be a hero.

I have a smaller version of that (2 legs, like 20’) sitting in my trucks tool box i “acquired’ a long time ago. I have literally never used it. Not once.

 

[Lwel9226]

That sling is about the right weight capacity and length to pick up a 40 ft. shipping container, if you have a big enough crane.... We did... I was one of the operators...
The contractor I worked for for 25 years used 40 foot containers to ship our tools to job sites around the country... They usually weighed around 30k/40k..
On the job the containers were shop/office/lunch room...

LynnW

 

[ChrisLS8]

You won't be able to offload that to any company worth their salt. Any harness or lifting straps need to be inspected and signed off. We had a near fall at work a few weeks ago with a harness and we took all the equipment straight away and cut them all so they can't be reused.

Second hand straps even new would be a huge liability as far as I can see.

 

[Evilunclegrimace]

This thread reminds me that I still have three 1" X 600' plasma lines stored out in my shed. It was used for mooring 1,000' lake freighters. The stuff is as strong as the wire rope it replaces. I couldn't refuse the offer for it. But now it's a white elephant. What the hell to do with it?

Cut it into 25-30 foot lengths and splice eyes into the ends of the rope and sell them as recovery ropes

 

[Evilunclegrimace]

Want to sell one?

Assuming shipping wouldn't ****

600 feet of 1 inch plasma weighs just over 140 pounds.

 

[lardy1]

I can carry an entire 600' length of it if I can get ahold of it. It's unbelievably light for how strong it is.