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Parts & Service 21/09/2015
SECTION 5:
Safe Lifting
5.0 SAFE LIFTING PROCEDURE
Your Wedgelock Quick Coupler may have been manufactured with an incorporated lifting eye as
part of the side plate of the coupler or it may have a welded lifting eye fitted to the rear plate of the
coupler. Either of these two options offers the operator a safe lifting point that can be used to lift
loads suspended from the coupler body.
Before suspending any loads from the lifting eye you must first do the following
• Remove any attachment or bucket that is currently fitted to the coupler. If lifting with a Tilt Coupler, position the
coupler into the upright vertical position.
• Understand and verify the maximum suspended load that the carrier machine can lift taking into account the mass
weight of the coupler.
• Understand and verify the working load limit of the coupler lifting eye by referring to the coupler aluminum data
plate affixed to the coupler body or the stamped markings next to the lifting eye.
• Ensure that you use the correct lifting rigs and lifting procedures for the loads that are to be suspended. A Bow
Type Shackle is highly recommended to be used through the lifting eye.
• Ensure that co-workers KEEP WELL CLEAR at all times during the lifting procedure.
Refer to the following attached appendices’ for the working load limit of the certified lifting eyes that are either part of
the side plate or welded to the rear plate of your Wedgelock Coupler. If you can not identify the W.L.L from either the
aluminum data plate, what is stamped on the coupler or chart below please contact your nearest Wedgelock dealer
immediately for further assistance.
5.1 APPENDICES SCHEDULE
DRG #
Title
910-300-1-D
WEDGELOCK COUPLER LIFTING EYE IDENTIFICATION CHART
910-300-10-D
LIFTING EYE CERTIFICATE (DICK JOYCE CONSULTS LTD)
