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.
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. density of water= 1000kg per meter cube. weight of water= .0037854 * 1000 * 5 =5 * 3.7854 = 18.927.