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.
Weight of Imperial  Gallon of Water  1 gallon [UK] = 1.201 gallon [US, liquid]  One US gallon weighs 8.34 pounds, so an imperial gallon weighs  about 16.6 percent more, or â¦ almost exactly 10 pounds. . 21 people found this useful. The question and answer are locked and cannot be edited.