Changes made after the 1st printing

When the 3rd edition of the Rigging Handbook was release in May of 2007 we thought it was free of errors and typos - however even though we were diligent about proofing the manuscript we still overlooked some mistakes – sorry. With this 2nd printing in April of 2008 we have updated many of the pages to provide you with better illustrations to clarify some of the areas our readers have informed us about.

So if you are wondering what is different in this printing from the first printing, here is the list of the changes:

Page 19 - Clarified cautions and warnings about using the capacity table values vs actual WLL
Page 20 - Changed HS to HT (to represent Hand Tucked)
Page 72 - Combined previous content with page 71, added WLL cautions
Page 74 - Included alternate methods (turned tail) for securing wire rope ends on wedge sockets
Page 87 - Clarified the use of wire rope clips for rigging
Page 88 - Corrected illustration to show the wire rope clips properly installed
Page 91 - Added carbon steel shackle WLL's, revised illustration to incorporate both Carbon and Alloy
Page 92 - Clarified sling side loading with new examples
Page 131- Modified formulas for inclined planes (old formula was conservative) to provide better results
Page 139- Revised and expanded illustration for the eyebolts used with angular lifting
Page 140- Revised illustrations to include AMSE B30.26 values for angular lifting with eyebolts
Page 150 - Clarified maximum included angles use for hooks and Shackles with new illustrations
Page 151 - Moved some hook use examples previously on page 150 to the bottom of this page
Page 157 - Improved upper graphic on lever hoist use
Page 179 - Clarified wording for the typical load weight that a timber beam can support
Page 212  - Updated the table on wire rope classifications (previous columns were incorrectly labeled)