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.
How many pounds does a gallon of imperial gas weigh. Depends on the density or specific gravity of the gasoline, which can vary lot to lot. An Imperial gallon of water is 10 lb (vs about 8.33 lb for US gallon) and typical gasoline specific gravity is about 0.74, so about 7.4 lb.