A shadoof is for lifting what?
Shadoof direction. Shadoof A shadoof or shaduf (an Arabic word, , "šādūf") is an irrigation tool. A less common English translation is swape and it is also called a counterpoise lift, well pole, well sweep, or simply a sweep in the US., and a Jiégāo in Chinese. The shadoof was an early tool used in irrigation by the Minoan civilization (c2100 BCE), ancient Egyptians (c2000 BCE), the Mesopotamians, the Chinese (c1600 BCE), and others. Irrigation is a way of watering crops using basins, dikes, ditches, walls, canals, and waterways. The shadoof was used to lift water from a river or lake
Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 and pulley systems and forklift trucks. The regulations apply to all workplaces and all the provisions of the 'Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998' also apply to lifting equipment. A safe working load (SWL) should, according to the regulations be marked onto lifting equipment with the relevant SWL being dependent on the configuration of the equipment, accessories for lifting such as eye bolts, lifting magnets and lifting beams should also be marked. The load itself would be based on the maximum load that the equipment can lift safely. Lifting equipment that is designed for lifting people must also