Deck chains are not a perfect science, with experience adjusting them gets easier to do "on-the-fly". To answer your question, it depends on the size of your deck chain (there are 3" and 4" links out there) and how shallow your bridles are. If you were to have 2 beams that are say 10 feet apart and you're using a 5' basket and 10' + 3L legs on each side, a single link would move your point differently than if you're using 20'+3L legs on both sides. A single link would effect the bridle differently if one leg is say a 10'+3L and the other leg was a 20'. When working with deck chain, honestly best practice is to do the math for your starting point. If you miss, take an educated guess on how much a link is going to move your point, and have the up rigger make the adjustment. If you miss again, you now know exactly how much a link moves your point and you can make a more educated guess on the next attempt.
Generally speaking as long as you are doing the same thing on both side, the difference is pretty negligible (note, not non-existent, just not enough to be of concern in most situations).
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Nice explanation. Thanks! One more week of classes and I'll be taking the rigger test. This helped me in my studies.
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Amazing. Thanks!
I actually understood all that! lol Cool videos guys!
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Perfect exactly what I was looking for. Thank you
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Question, how much sway do you get on the ground for each link of deck chain added to one of the legs?
Deck chains are not a perfect science, with experience adjusting them gets easier to do "on-the-fly".
To answer your question, it depends on the size of your deck chain (there are 3" and 4" links out there) and how shallow your bridles are. If you were to have 2 beams that are say 10 feet apart and you're using a 5' basket and 10' + 3L legs on each side, a single link would move your point differently than if you're using 20'+3L legs on both sides. A single link would effect the bridle differently if one leg is say a 10'+3L and the other leg was a 20'.
When working with deck chain, honestly best practice is to do the math for your starting point. If you miss, take an educated guess on how much a link is going to move your point, and have the up rigger make the adjustment. If you miss again, you now know exactly how much a link moves your point and you can make a more educated guess on the next attempt.
How different would it be if I had to make a split-15?
Generally speaking as long as you are doing the same thing on both side, the difference is pretty negligible (note, not non-existent, just not enough to be of concern in most situations).
right on thanks tried explaining this several times to people but pride stops them from learning
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