Basic Rigging Section 5

What is the rated capacity of a hoist?

• It is the maximum load a hoist is designed to handle safely.

• Is the minimum load a hoist is designed to handle safely.

• It is when you go over the the maximum weight.

• It is when you put to much weight where the hoist will not work.

What do you do when inspecting wire?

• Look for any cuts/dirt.

• Don't look at all.

• Let someone else do the job for you.

• Put it back where you dot it without looking at wire.

What is cribbing?

• Provides a foundation to support a load while it is being moved.

• Does not provide a foundation.

• Isn't used to support a load.

• Has knots to hold up the rig.

When placing multiple slings in a rigging shackle, the shackle should be placed on the crane with the ________ up.

• Right ear

• Bail

• Pin

• None of these are right.

Two cheeks, a pulley and a yoke make up this piece of hardware.

• Turnbuckle

• Sling

• Rigging block

• None of these are right.

A U-shaped piece of rigging hardware is called a ________.

• Wedge socket

• Shackle

• Master link

• None of these are correct.

This is used to dead end a wire rope and is sometimes also called a becket.

• Choker hitch

• None of these are correct

• Swivel

• Wedge Socket

Multiple cross-overs of wire rope on a winch drum or tangle of slings is also known as________.

• Bird cage

• Rat's nest

• Basket hitch

• None of these are correct.

When the strands and/or the core of the wire rope have recoiled away from the center line of the wire rope from a sudden release of load tension.

• Bird cage

• Crushing

• Lang lay Wire rope

• None of these are correct.

a coupler and link which are seated together due to inner link wear.

• Non-hinging components

• Crushing

• Bird cage

• None of these are correct.