Posted by Sherman in Idaho [72.47.153.112] on Friday, March 21, 2014 at 11:43:41 :
In Reply to: snatch block question posted by Bill K. [184.156.1.23] on Friday, March 21, 2014 at 11:30:23 :
You could load it until it breaks, and then divide by five to get the safe working load.
Short of that, I'd just take it to a rigging shop and compare its physical size with that of other blocks of known ratings and go with whatever's closest. Could be "Model 4", "4000 lbs" or "4 tons".
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