Crane Load Charts May 2026

“Barely,” Ray replied. He looked past the chart to the actual ground. The left outrigger was sitting on a patch of fresh gravel, not the compacted dirt in the diagram. The wind was gusting to 18 knots. And the chart’s 48,000 lb rating assumed a perfect world—a level crane, no wind, a brand-new brake.

Then he checked the fine print at the bottom. crane load charts

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. “Barely,” Ray replied

“But the chart says we’re legal at 80 feet!” 000 + 1