Ray didn’t answer. He pulled the laminated from its clip beside the window. The paper was soft and smudged from years of use. He ran his finger down the column: 80 ft radius, 120 ft boom, on outriggers fully extended . 48,000 lbs capacity.
“Still under,” Manny said.
Manny did the math. Total weight of the load plus the gear: 42,000 + 1,200 + 750 + 400 = . They only had 48,000 lbs of capacity. That left just 3,650 lbs of safety margin—not six grand. crane load charts