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<blockquote data-quote="Matthew Haber" data-source="post: 31939" data-attributes="member: 190"><p>Re: required chain grade for overhead suspension</p><p></p><p>This thread has really taken a turn for the scary. As such, I am going to clearly state what others have hinted at because it needs to be said:</p><p></p><p>Tim, you are not a rigger. You (fortunately) seem to know it and we all know it. Rigger's know that their gut does not count more than industry guidelines and best-practices when it comes to material selection, riggers know that they can't use grade 70 chain to rig a line array, and riggers know how to do the things about which you are inquiring without asking strangers on an internet forum. Someone said that they hope you weren't planning on wrapping the chain around the beam you are rigging off of. I am going to add to that: I hope you weren't planning on doing anything. This is serious rigging and, since you are not a rigger, this is clearly well outside your area of expertise and it would be completely inappropriate for you to do it. Furthermore, whether or not this is a union job is 110% irrelevant and if you know the "head rigger" to be signing off on an unsafe design, you sure-as-shit better put yourself in a place to question him. That said, I am thoroughly comforted by the fact that you "don't anticipate anyone doing anything dangerous" since you are clearly so qualified to make this judgement despite all the contradictory evidence in your own statements.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Matthew Haber, post: 31939, member: 190"] Re: required chain grade for overhead suspension This thread has really taken a turn for the scary. As such, I am going to clearly state what others have hinted at because it needs to be said: Tim, you are not a rigger. You (fortunately) seem to know it and we all know it. Rigger's know that their gut does not count more than industry guidelines and best-practices when it comes to material selection, riggers know that they can't use grade 70 chain to rig a line array, and riggers know how to do the things about which you are inquiring without asking strangers on an internet forum. Someone said that they hope you weren't planning on wrapping the chain around the beam you are rigging off of. I am going to add to that: I hope you weren't planning on doing anything. This is serious rigging and, since you are not a rigger, this is clearly well outside your area of expertise and it would be completely inappropriate for you to do it. Furthermore, whether or not this is a union job is 110% irrelevant and if you know the "head rigger" to be signing off on an unsafe design, you sure-as-shit better put yourself in a place to question him. That said, I am thoroughly comforted by the fact that you "don't anticipate anyone doing anything dangerous" since you are clearly so qualified to make this judgement despite all the contradictory evidence in your own statements. [/QUOTE]
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