http://igor.chudov.com/tmp/boat-sling.jpg

It is a four way spreader for lifting boats out of the water, any idea
what it is called?

thanks

i

On 6/29/2013 10:06 PM, Ignoramus25172 wrote:
http://igor.chudov.com/tmp/boat-sling.jpg

It is a four way spreader for lifting boats out of the water, any idea
what it is called?

thanks

i


Spreader.

Or spreader bar sometimes.

It is a spreader bar for a crane or overhead of some sort to pick up
something that is wide.

The cranes around here have a set of them of a number of sizes -

Check Rigging.com :

http://www.rigging.com/shop/index.ph...ategory_id=262

Notice the pictures on the bottom of the page.

That bar is set for a specific width. You want a down drop of cables
not a diagonal.

Sometimes they use three. Two under a wide one giving 4 pickups over a
longer area than the two on the top one.

Martin

On 6/29/2013 10:06 PM, Ignoramus25172 wrote:
http://igor.chudov.com/tmp/boat-sling.jpg

It is a four way spreader for lifting boats out of the water, any idea
what it is called?

thanks

i

On 2013-06-30, Martin Eastburn wrote:
It is a spreader bar for a crane or overhead of some sort to pick up
something that is wide.

The cranes around here have a set of them of a number of sizes -

Check Rigging.com :

http://www.rigging.com/shop/index.ph...ategory_id=262

Notice the pictures on the bottom of the page.

That bar is set for a specific width. You want a down drop of cables
not a diagonal.

Sometimes they use three. Two under a wide one giving 4 pickups over a
longer area than the two on the top one.

Thanks. This one, was used for lifting boats out of water

i

Martin

On 6/29/2013 10:06 PM, Ignoramus25172 wrote:
http://igor.chudov.com/tmp/boat-sling.jpg

It is a four way spreader for lifting boats out of the water, any idea
what it is called?

thanks

i

Ignoramus25172 wrote:
http://igor.chudov.com/tmp/boat-sling.jpg

It is a four way spreader for lifting boats out of the water, any idea
what it is called?

I've heard them called a "strong back" in other
industries.