A warning to all who lift heavy stuff at home.
Whilst lifting a 1 ton mill in the garage the other week this component when bang very loudly.
I don't think that I'll use redundant climbing karabiners again even though I've trusted my life to them before.
Charles
Is that a cast part? shouldn't be used for lifting if it is as the stress on that curve would be far over what it would carry.
Glad you're OK though :-))
Peter
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So would we say it went 'ping' then Charles?
Glad no one was hurt - hopethat you had you Toetectors on.
AWEM
Was your wallet lying on the mill table? Mark.
No, but I'd left the household bills on it.
Charles
Were you using rope or something else?
Tom
Just a few rolls of Andrex, I shouldn't wonder...
Regards, Tony
Two short nylon rope slings
Is that significant?
Charles
I wasn't referring to the aftermath! :-)
Tom
It could have been if you had been using chain, providing a stress riser. However you were breaking a cardinal rule of lifting. A karabiner of 2.5 ton is only good for .5 ton as the safety ratio in lifting is deemed to be 5 : 1.
Tom
As far as I know the rating on karabiners is the breaking strain, not the safe working load.
Dave
Correction - I should of course have said the breaking LOAD
Dave
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