Product Focus
Outrigger Pads will accept up to a 20-inch square or 24-inch round outrigger float and has a rated capacity of 350,000 pounds.
LevelRight is made of SafetyTech material with DICA SafetyTexturing on the top and bottom surfaces. It also has a built-in bubble level to provide operators with confirmation when they have a level surface under their equipment’ s outriggers. In situations where cribbing blocks are needed for extra height, LevelRight can be used as the base under DICA ProStack cribbing blocks to ensure the blocking is on a level surface.
Bigfoot Construction Equipment offers both custom composite and water sealed wood outrigger pads in a variety of sizes and colors as well as steel crane mats, known as American Armor. Bigfoot’ s outrigger pads range up to 60- by 60-inch pads rated to 200 tons for cranes, with thicknesses depending on the application ranging from one to four inches. In order to address heavier equipment up to 500 tons, Bigfoot offers American Armor steel crane mats.
Custom composite outrigger pads
from Bigfoot come in both stock and custom sizes and can be modified to include an A-frame bevel around the edges that prevent 45-degree outriggers from sliding off the pad. Bigfoot also offers a slide pad option, allowing the outriggers to go up and down with the outrigger pads attached, commonly used for spyder cranes.
Bigfoot’ s customizable pad options include a range of handles such as standard nylon rope and internal pad handles, safety chain handles for heavy-duty pad sizes that are rated at 3,100 pounds, wire rope / steel choker handles for larger pads being used in extreme conditions such as mud, ice or snow and stainless steel metal handles.
Industry Guide
SC & RA, the Specialized Carrier & Rigging Association, has unveiled a new resource— A Guide to Outrigger Pad Materials, Selection and Usage. The guide provides information and best practices on the types and selection of supporting materials, such as pads, dunnage, etc., to minimize the outrigger bearing loads imposed on supporting surfaces during load handling activities.
The resource promotes awareness of existing standards and regulations, lift planning preparation, supporting materials and types and jobsite requirements. Controlling entities, lift directors, site supervisors or others who have responsibilities by standards or regulations for lift planning will find this guide helpful.
The document was developed by members of the Outrigger Task Force, including Christian Coronel Armijos, Bragg Companies; Pat Clark, Patrick Clark Consulting; Dan Durrett, Maxim Crane Works, L. P.; Tyler Elliff, Precision Crane Service; Kris Koberg, DICA; Jeremy Landry, Deep South Crane and Rigging, LLC; Kevin O’ Neill, Bay Crane Service; Jonathan Parnell, ITI – Industrial Training International; Ingo Schiller, Path Finder Consulting Group LLC; Bill Smith, NBIS; Jeff Steiner, Bigfoot Construction Equipment; Mark Wade, Capital City Group, Inc.; and Michael Walsh, Dearborn Companies.
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