[SML] Spreader plates

[Bill Conner]

In process of inspecting 20+ year old rigging system. There are
spreader plates for one every 5' basically, not unusual for the time
but deficient based on today's standards and "best practice" of one
every 2'. Easy enough to add on most sets but the shell sets are in
the 4000-5000 pound range, and of course weights never removed. Since
the spreader plates generally are to keep the weights on the arbor in
the case of a runaway, does it matter on a lineset where the weight
never changes? Is it really worth deading off the load, and unloading
and reloading thousands of pounds of weights?

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Bill Conner FASTC