Wire Rope Slings
The cable that pulls a roll off container onto the truck. It lives outdoors, gets dragged across gravel and is cycled hard every day, so it is a wear part — the question is not whether it will need replacing but how often.
7/8 inch is our standard and covers most trucks, but we build them from 1/4 inch to 1-1/2 inch in 6×25 or 6×37 IWRC EIPS, in any of the five end configurations below.
Features
- Sizes available from 1/4” to 1-1/2”
- 6×25 or 6×37 IWRC EIPS wire rope
- Made in Hatfield, PA
- Heavy duty stainless steel tag on request
How to order
- Specify wire rope size — 7/8” is standard
- Specify overall length
- Specify end fitting
- Specify button length and diameter
Bring us the old one. Matching an existing assembly off the truck is faster and far more reliable than working from measurements over the phone, and it is the button dimensions that usually catch people out.
Cable assembly types
Five standard end configurations. All are made to order in any length and any of the rope sizes above.
11-9-0Thimble eye + master link
11-8-0Thimble eye + pear link
11-CE-0Swaged button + roll-off hook
11-SB-0Swaged button one end
11-SB-SBSwaged buttons both endsRoll off container straps
Hooks to the bottom rails of a standard roll-off or roll-on waste container, to meet the securement requirement in 49 CFR §393.134. 5,000 lb working load limit, 2.8 lb each.
| Stock No. | Working Load Limit | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1400-7700 | 5,000 lbs. | 3” × 5 ft |
| 1400-7600 | 5,000 lbs. | 4” × 5 ft |
Roll off hook
Alloy steel, for 7/8 inch wire rope, with a 17,000 lb working load limit. 4.075” wide by 12.27” long. This is the hook fitted to the 11-CE-0 assembly above.
| Stock No. | Working Load Limit | Dimensions |
|---|---|---|
| 1400-7700 | 17,000 lbs. | 4.075” W × 12.27” L |
The printed catalog gives the hook and the 3” container strap the same stock number, 1400-7700. One of the two is a typo — call and we will confirm which part you are getting.
When to take a sling out of service
Look at a sling before every lift, and have it inspected properly at least once a year — more often if it is working hard. Remove it from service and destroy it if you find any of this:
The rope
- Ten randomly distributed broken wires in one rope lay
- Five broken wires in one strand in one lay
- Wear or scraping of one third the original diameter of an outside wire
- Kinking, crushing, birdcaging or any distortion of the rope structure
- Heat damage — melting, charring, or weld spatter
- Severe corrosion, or pitting you can feel
- A section that has stretched noticeably thinner than the rest
The ends and fittings
- Broken or worn wires at or near an end attachment
- A cracked, deformed or worn end fitting
- A hook opened past the manufacturer’s limit, or twisted
- A missing or unreadable identification tag
- A sling that has been shock loaded
- Any repair not made by a qualified person
This follows ASME B30.9. A sling with no legible tag cannot be used, whatever condition the rope is in — and retagging is not something to do from memory, because the tag has to match what the sling actually is. Bring it to us and we will identify it, test it and tag it, or tell you plainly that it should be replaced. We also inspect on site and cover all of this in rigging training.
Need a price or a lead time?
Most stocked items ship the same day from Hatfield. Call and we’ll confirm what’s on the shelf.