Practice question
When hoisting a long pile from a horizontal staged position to vertical in the leads, the load on the hoist line changes how?
- It stays constant throughout the entire pick
- It can increase as the geometry changes and the full weight transfers to a single pick point; the operator must account for this
- It always decreases to zero
- It is unaffected by the lift geometry
Answer: B — It can increase as the geometry changes and the full weight transfers to a single pick point; the operator must account for this
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