The spread adjusts in 6" increments along the lifting beam and the bail also adjusts horizontally to enable lifting of unbalanced loads and allows handling of a wide range of loads. Hoists Direct supplies lifting beam and spreader beam products manufactured by Caldwell and Harrington Hoists. A lifting beam has a simple design consisting of a beam with a single attachment point centered on the top side of the beam for connecting to a crane, hoist, or other lifting machine. It has a safe working load rating of 2000 kg and s CE marked and has an identification number with a declaration of conformity. The adjustable spreader bar for rigging provides tension or slackens the lines in various rigging applications.

Options: Additional lengths, Higher capacities, Upper and lower shackle design, Wire rope top rigging. Features a low headroom plate style design that incorporates a machined bail to ensure a better connection to the saddle of the hook.

Caldwell’s standard spreader beams are manufactured up to 130-ton capacity and lifting beams 40-ton capacity. The load beams have a high-quality finish and are painted with a robust 2-component varnish (RAL 1023 traffic yellow). A spreader beam, also referred to as a crane spreader bar, converts lifting of the load into compressive force on the beam and tensile force on the slings. With different criteria such as the lifting beam top suspension type, beam lift capacity, lifting beam material and lifting beam span to name a few, DLH Online has got all the boxes ticked!

Its standard features include the main spreader bar 250 mm wider than core bar length, a set of two drop chains 762mm long with shackles and 2 leg chain with single lifting ring. With most of the lifting beams the information, specification and dimensions are offered as a guide in good faith for illustration purposes only to give the end user an indication of the type of beams that are commercially available, usually them modified to suit individual requirements. OPTIONAL (SEE ABOVE): Grade 100 Alloy Chain Sling, 2-leg, designed to fit clevis pins on this spreader beam. Options: Additional lift points, Additional lengths, Higher capacities (supplied with upper shackle), Upper shackle, Upper shackle with oblong link, Additional hooks.

The beams also come in a wide range of working load limits, from 2,000 pounds (907 kilos) all the way up to 100,000 pounds (45,359 kilos). Available with Adjust-A-Leg® rigging for off center load adjustment (minimum lifting capacity will be approximately 10-15% of beam rating).