[SML] proper batten clamping device for pipe-downs

[Bill Sapsis]

You¹re right.  Listing on my website is not clear.  So I checked with our
supplier.

Vertical rating is 1250 pounds
Horizontal rating is 1800 pounds

I¹ll get the online listing corrected

Thanks
Bill S.

http://www.sapsis-rigging.com
Bill at sapsis-rigging.com
+1.215.228.0888   ext 206
+1.267.278.4561 mobile




On 10/1/14, 12:24 PM, "Joe Wilson via Stagecraft"
<stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:

>On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 12:12 PM, Jim Vogel via Stagecraft
><stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
>
>> But is it safe to assume that same load rating when the clamp is used
>>in a
>> vertical orientation?
>
>
>Decidedly not, which is what prompted my original question.
>It may carry a vertical load rating, but if it is not stated, I don't
>feel comfortable using it that way.  I REALLY wish
>dealers/distributors would put that info on their websites.  Or at
>least the MANUFACTURER'S info, so that I can go to them.
>(I'm looking at you, Rose Brand.)
>
>That said, iWeiss carries a MEGA Gridlock clamp with a vertical load
>rating:
>http://www.iweiss.com/rigging/mega-hardware/mega-gridlock.html
>
>It LOOKS very similar to the one sold by Sapsis, but I can't know for
>sure if they are the same thing.
>
>Contacting the distributors would be the next step...
>
>~joe
>
>
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