Thanks for taking the time to go through all these with us. We use pretty much only continuous slings doing arborist work so it's nice to see other styles and have some explanation to go with them. We also occasionally use dead eye slings rated for crane work. They have a spliced eye in one end and you tie the other end. We use them when balancing tree tops. Our rigging for lifting personnel has a 10:1 safety factor as required by ansi Z133-17.

Thanks for the great video. Learning a whole new language

We use to make the chain belts but haven't done one for years now.

very interesting video and also very educational i didnt know alot of that will be cool to see the new gear in use

Awesome as always.

Very interesting. This is definitely giving me some good ideas.

I really like the opening shot of the “ Drive over shot”

Great info I like the comments on the straps on the support trailer. I go thru the rub rail and hook the strap to the trailer frame Haven't read all the comments, but haven't seen anyone notice that you have chain tie down points/chains right on the trailer deck

Great explanation! There is definitely a lot of things to look at and inspect before you just go lifting stuff!

That was actually an interesting commercial you had. It was kinda quick but if I caught it right, it said the manufacturer was Gorbel and they were showing a small crane that you can fit in small areas but I didn't catch how much weight it picked. Your video was also great and you did a great job explaining it all without making it a five hour video. Thanks again.

Those Chain Slings are pretty neat. Never seen anything like that. Great Video.

I worked in a precast concrete plant for a few years, ran bridge crane (hoist) all day. We didn't have any poly/nylon rigging as it wouldn't take the abrasion. I preferred chain over wire rope. The only one that was hard to handle was a four leg 5/8" 12' drop chain. Lower the hook to waist height to get on hoist as that's about as far as I wanted to lift the ring.

Very nice

Great info. The last part where you mentioned the 5:1 safety factor explained a lot. The steel rope had me puzzled at it’s capacity. It looked big enough to lift two of my trucks. Now I see that it could but it’s safety factor doesn’t allow it. I hope you get some shots on the crew rigging the new slings next week.

Of course man!

good job i injoy your Chanel just getting back into the business with heavy haul experience testing within a week tLL will be taking the other two as well also some rigging classes I have a question are you a union shop

That was a good explanation on the different slings for the lay man, that's why you have me keep up the good work. You wouldn't like what I'm doing at the moment I'm cleaning my stainless steel section on the front fence I built due to tea stain, each section is 2x1metres and there are 5, after cleaning I'm going to coat with a sealer so don't have to do again will send photos.

Along with the fiber optic strand are twin path continuous loop. $$$

You seem like a good teacher better than me

Some states will write up for going around the aluminum rub rail on flat bed trailers. I'm not trying to be critical. Great information on the straps and cable's 👍

V nice video sir...From India

Jimmy.. where can I find a video of u using the new to u alloy coil sling?

Great video Jimmy! I was always a big fan of a nice 4 way set of grade 80, 20’x3/8” lifting chains with shorteners attached to the D-rings. For most lifting 2 of the 4 chains was sufficient and the other 2 could be draped back to the D-ring. Occasionally we would have to break out the 1/2” set, but the weight difference is surprising. When using a set of chains like this, would you have any problem using a hook to hook connection to form a large basket type configuration? Chains seem to have fallen out of favor in the past cpl decades in favor of more nylons, but I’m still a big chain fan. 👉👍👈

Very interesting, I've always been under the assumption that the nylon was the best for all things,.... and..... I've been wrong ! 😊 Shoot, guess I can't use those lifting straps here in southern Arizona in the summer if you can't go over just 194 degrees ! 😊 Good info Jimmy, thanks! Thanks for sharing and take care. 👍 👍

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How about those hammer locks those been a while since I have had to put them together and when I did tree work and condemned a climbing line we coiled it up and run a knife through the hole coil rigging line too

I use my chains regularly for lifting but thats with my farm tractor which can only lift like 1.2 k. Very interesting

If you don't mi d me asking...where did you buy those Chain Slings for Coils at? Thanks!

with the naked eye how can someone tell if there purchasing alloy chain or logging chain

Jimmy, I was wondering who is responsible for inspecting the chains and other rigging?

Great video but there’s 1 huge oops. Your trailer in NOT D.O.T. Compliant. All tiedown attachment points must be inboard of the rubrail. They don’t even want your chain hook tips on the outside. I got hammered hard on this in 2011. The only thing thats allowed outside are your bungee cord hooks, strap hooks or other tarp securement devices. My drivers were made to change everything at the scale houses. Those coil lifting chains are really nice. The company that made ours also made aluminum softeners for us.

Jimmy your tie down chains your loosing half of it working load limits the way you have them ran though the spools to the stack pockets per dot rules. The straps are rated shock load limit not tie down strength

I truly think you're just making this stuff up as you go. So how many pieces of rope / strand can be broke in one lay? 5 or 10? Isn't the whole piece called a rope, the individual pieces that make that rope is called rope, and the individual pieces that make that rope called strands? You have completely lost me!

You should really look up the FMCSA rules for tiedown strap and chain ratings before you make expert statements on how they are rated. It is part of the same basic rigging rating system, and while they are not usually rated for overhead lifting, they most certainly have safety margins in the rating, thus why the rating is SWLL, not breaking strength. Remember that while you think of your world as much more dangerous than transportation, just because your toys are more expensive lol, every single thing that you lift has been hauled down the road at 60 mph, and our tiedown systems have to be designed to handle that weight under extreme and unpredictable conditions, such as potholes, hard braking, expansion and contraction going from the mountains into the desert, etc etc, where you work and plan to avoid all such shock loading and unpredictability. Each rated device is rated and designed for a specific use, and there is nothing inferior for a different rated device, as long as you are using it for the correct application.

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