This handbook is a valuable resource for riggers, crane operators, in-house maintenance personnel and engineers. It's attention to detail is unsurpassed, addressing wire rope and inspection, rigging hardware, slings and safe working loads, chain data, calculating sling load & angles, pre-lift planning, critical lift planning, ANSI/OSHA standards, mobile crane set-up and stability, boom trucks, railroad cranes, offshore cranes, tower cranes, overhead cranes, and yes - there's more!