Lifting operations and equipment safety. JPR 1700.1 8.5-1 Rev. J, Change 2 (August 2011) Verify this is the correct version before you use it by checking the on-line version. This could be you . . . A crane load fell 3 feet from a 20-ton overhead crane hook. The operator was concentrating. on the load itself and not on the path of travel. A section of the hoist rope hung up on an air.
| Reference.com. https://www.reference.com/vehicles/weight-hydraulic-oil-per-gallon-4aed52915a98a07d. A gallon of hydraulic fluid weighs 7.2 pounds. It is slightly less dense than water, which weighs 8.2 pounds per gallon.
The US gallon, which is equal to approximately 3.785 L, is legally defined as 231 cubic inches. A US liquid gallon of water weighs about 8.34 pounds or 3.78 kilograms at 62 Â°F (17 Â°C), making it about 16.6% lighter than the imperial gallon. volume of water = 1 gal= .0037854 cubic meter.