On Jul 17, 11:49*pm, "Eric" wrote:
...
I have zero experience with hoists except that all the ones I have seen for
the last 10-15 years have foolproof latches on them that do not permit a
hoist to fall, period. ...
Eric-

"Foolproof" means you haven't yet stumbled into the right fool.

The easier a machine is to operate, the dumber the operator they'll
hire. I watched a UAW girl load and start an antilock brake test stand
I had built. Her nose was buried in a Barbara Cartland romance novel
and she never looked away from it.

jsw