I watched this video and few questions
1:17 where is the rope
Coming from ( on his left,did someone
throw
It to him)?
1:41 little
spanset he chokes around the
line ( what is the name of the
line and is there a special name for
That little
spanset? Is he doing a double
choke?)
2:10 he takes the working end of rope and puts it through the orange thing (what's that name of that orange thing ; is that a
bridle?)
2:15 what knot is he tying?
6:10 what is that brown bag called he's removing?
I'm thinking there is a guy on the
catwalk lowering the whole thing ?
What is he lowering ; is it a motor
?
7:35 why is he doing a
clove hitch on the pole ?
On a scale 1-10 how difficult was this rig?
Is ther a name for this type of rigging?
Lots of questions I have
Thanks for all replies!
The rope appears that it came from the
catwalk from another rigger that is pulling up the rigging
point.
The
sling that that person is using is not a
SpanSet type
sling, it is a narrow
flat webbing sling normally used for rock climbers and arborist. These slings normally do not have a load capacity tag and are use for person use. All slings used for overhead suspension of loads must have a load capacity tag stating the Work Load Limits (W.L.L.) in a Vertical
hitch,
Choke hitch, and
basket hitch which is based on a 5 to 1
safety factor. This is an
OSHA law. If that
sling he was using has a legible load capacity tag on it, then it can be used to suspend loads above
ground level.
The orange think that you are referring to is called a
shackle which is the main load
shackle of the 5'
basket hitch that was used.
That rigging
point that was being lowered was a dead hang not a
bridle, although
basket hitch are used on
bridle legs as well.
The knot that is commonly used and is a standard knot to use for pulling up and lowering rigging cables is called a
Bowline.
The brown bag is called a
burlap which is used to pad the steel beam that the
basket hitch cable goes around to prevent abrasion on the steel cable
sling and the steel beam.
There is a person on the
catwalk assisting the rigger on the steel beam to lower the rigging
point to the
ground rigger.
He is not lowering in a
hoist, he is lowering in the cable
sling leg that was attached to the chain hook of the
hoist.
hoist was already on the
ground.
The
clove hitch that he tied was just to secure the end of his rope so it does not
drop down to the
ground. I'm surprised to read that you know what a
clove hitch is and not knowing that he tied a
Bowline on the
shackle.
Since the person on the beam structure is not the one pulling up or lowering in the rigging points then difficulty to do the rigging in that building would be low as long as a person has hands on training for rigging points on an open steel structure.
Since the rigging was done in an
arena it would be Open Steel
Arena Rigging when there is not a false ceiling panels to take out before the rigging can be performed.
I hope that answers your questions and if you ever have any others please do not hesitate in contacting me at my email
address:
[email protected] or
call my office: 1-413-585-9869.
I read a disturbing comment on here from the person egilson1 (Ethan Gilson). Its sad to have to read lying and slandering remarks from a person that doesn't even know me and I certainly do not know him. Students here learn all aspects of rigging hands on mostly and class room. It's 7 days of at least 82 hours in that week with a hands on and written test for the Rigstar certification. Students get to make up slings as well as break test them. We do make up a 3/16" cable
sling with Nico Press oval sleeves.The students are shown the efficiency of having 3 crimps compared to having 4 crimps swaged. The question on our written test for how many crimps are required for the oval nico press sleeve for a 3/16" cable would have a correct answer of 4 not 3. So I don't know how some one like him can slander me like that. We have a good relationship with the National Telephone Supply Co. that manufactures the Nico Press products that we use in the field and teaching students the correct use of their products.
Using some of the Nico press tools to
swage crimps on a 3/16" cable only require 2 crimps where some of their other tools require 4 crimps.
See the attached PDF file publication of the National Telephone Supply Co. tech sheet that I have high lighted so you can see proof of this.
Ethan Gilson does not have the complete knowledge as I do if he is slandering on a public form website which is grounds for a law suite against him.
Some people thing they can get away with say lies about some one just to get the business for themselves.
Look at my credentials compared to his. I'm 62 years old and been involved in rigging the majority of my life on major tours and manufacturing ect.
Please
call me so I can answer any question you may have to set the truth straight. I'll give you as many phone numbers as you want of past student that have attended my certification course.