Common Weights for
Items on a Platform
Hoist
External overspeed brake bolt-on
Unit weight in lbs
72-250 lbs
10-18 lbs
Unit Weight in Kgs
34-114
5-8
17
8
17
50
40-80
8
22.67
18-36
33
30
75
1
41
55-3,800
30-150
130
5-25
250
20
15
14
34
.5
19
25-1,727
14-68
59
2-11
114
9
40
45
18
40
100
45
75
34
50-1,000 lbs
19-455 kgs
0.8 lb./ft.
0.6 lb /ft
0.36
0.27
2.3 lb / ft
1.7 lb /ft
Varies- 40 lbs
20 lb / gallon
1.5 lb / ft
1.04
0.77
18 kg
9.07
0.68
Primary Wire Rope
5/16 wire rope - per 100 feet
2nd Wire Rope (if collected)
5/16 wire rope - per 100 feet
Weights to hold down wire ropes
Wire winder
Power Supply
Power cord per 100 feet
Yoke
Transformer
Remote Control or Pendant
Air Hose – per 100 ft
Platform/work cage/fly decks
Stirrups
Corner Sections
Face Rollers
Workers - each
Fall protection/worker
Typical items contractors carry
5 gallons of water
5 gallons of paint
5 gallon bucket of
debris/concrete
5 gallon bucket of
plaster/mud/stucco
Sandblast hose or
gunnite/concrete pumping hose –
per 100 feet - EMPTY
Aluminum Pipe, 1-1/4” (1-5/8”
OD) Schedule 40
Aluminum Sheet, 1/8” x 4”
Steel, pipe, 1-1/4” (1-5/8” OD)
Schedule 40
Steel, Sheet, 1/8” x 4”
Concrete, block, 8 x 8 x 16
Wet Concrete
2 x 4 stud, pine
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