There were a few main points I took away from this exercise. The first one was that we really needed to be able to estimate the weight of something for a "worst case" scenario. "Hope for the best and plan for the worst". Second was the minor details with the rigging gear itself. With chain you need to make sure the weld is facing outward when engaged by the rigging hook. With rope you need to make sure that it's padded where it rubs against what you're lifting. That way there isn't extra stress on that part of the rope. Obviously with any of them you want both sides to be the same length for stability.
Rope is handy for protecting whatever you're lifting from getting scratched. Chain on the other hand is what you use on an ugly POS that you aren't very concerned about scuffing up the paint job on.
More pictures are coming.
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| Handy tool for leveling an engine or manipulating it to where you need it to be. |
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| This is the ugly one that chain would be fine to use on. |
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