I got my first call for hoisting a hot tub over a garage it is 2,700 pounds. If all the info he gave me is correct it will be a 60 foot reach I'm good for 4,200 pounds. What is the best way of rigging it, I'm guessing there are no attachment points
Yeah lantraxco, this one came to mind . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7M...e and would be a really easy mistake to make.
Heck they just didn't know your not supposed to fill it with water first.
I think I saw somewhere that the crane op had the wrong counterweight configuration entered in the computer. The crane thought he had the full stack of weights and he only had half on it. Don't know if that's actually true but that makes sense and would be a really easy mistake to make.
I gave him a call and re-enforced the importance of me having all the correct info,the tub is 17 ft long 8 ft. wide and 5 ft. deep and it would be closer to a 70 ft. pick, and the only people there would be him and a truck driver. So... I called a friend with a small mobile crane, he's going to do the pick and i'm going to rig for him. On paper I'm still in chart but with something that big 20 ft. in the air over a house not much would have to go wrong to get real nasty real fast.Thats a big hot tub! Set a 14'x32'x6' deep fiberglass pool last week that weighed 2,700lbs. Might be a bit bigger of a hot tub then you're thinking. If it is closer to a Jacuzzi pool or something they come should from the factory with a few pieces of chain molded into the fiberglass that you can strap to.
On paper I'm still in chart but with something that big 20 ft. in the air over a house not much would have to go wrong to get real nasty real fast.
So I'm going to treat it as a good opportunity to learn from someone with a lot more experience than me.