Securing Crane Counterweights

They're top heavy for sure, the house on the other hand is a sweet load. This is in Tennessee on I24 a few years ago, I always like this picture.

 

3 11 ton slabs=66000 lbs. Using 6 chains?

 

I was wondering that myself. How does one legally scale that. Plus the tie down factor, but I kept my fingers off the keypad for a change

 

I hauled the upper works of a 4100 once on a multi axle to take to Ca. I had one of the blocks start to blow out on me in Weatherford Tx. 2 20 ton hand jacks and replaced the bad block with a newer block. Fun fun

 

Antler 24, are you at a gas plant in Md.
Got a friend if mine who is waiting to ld a track section. He got there Monday late to ld today. He's still waiting to ld.
Going to Tx

 

My guess would be 11k lbs each not tons?

 

What happens when a chain breaks?

And they will.

You're the driver, you do what you want, but my personal rule, as a minimum, was legal plus 1 or 2. Often times I ended up with more. In fact, sometimes I had securement that exceeded the weight of what was on the deck. It depends on a lot of factors. A counterweight can do a lot of damage if it comes loose. And I have done a lot of crane moves.

YMMV

P.S. Seeing as you're in Canada, I am going to assume those weights were 10 tonnes each, or a little over 22,000 lbs each.

 

What size chains? 5/16 would've been under-secured.
Where did you hook to? Chain pulls or just stakes/spools?