Hanging Scaffold

[Chad Tuck]

Question for you all. When hanging from a beam is there any specs or anything that says how far from the beam clamp the 90 should be? Using safway system scaffold

[Justin T. Wittwer]

Ready for the answer nobody likes...? "Well it depends,..." There are several pieces of information missing from your question, like the following:

1. How far down are you going? 

2.How many bays are attached to the leg attached to the clamp?

3. How many plank levels are there? 

4.What capacity are you trying to get? i.e.Light, medium or heavy duty? 

These are just a few questions that should be answered before you can pose the very broad question above. I'm sure someone can give you an answer that they heard one time from that one guy on that one job somewhere else, but I believe anyone who could actually answer that question, i.e the qualified person, is not going to give you an answer without more information. Helpful? Not really, just honest. Sorry

[michael wilson]

He ask that because the job we are currently working days that we can not hand a leg more than 3 1/2" from a the bean clamp no matter the circumstance. They found a1200 lb rating for beam clamp set up 3 1/2" from the clamp and say that is max. I have been building scaffold for quite a while now and I have never heard this. 4800 lbs capacity across for legs hanging on a light duty scaffold. I have hung up to 12" out on single deck scaffold many times and didn't lose any sleep at night from it.

[Justin T. Wittwer]

The only way you can get a more definite answer would be to get one from the manufacturer of the tube showing the load bearing capacity of a tube in a cantilever of 12", or of course you could consult an engineer, but theyre going to ask for many more answers before they give you one:) Sorry I couldn't be of more help.

Incidentally where did the 3 1/2" specification come from? . 

[Felix Ortiz]

If it is over 12 inches must have extra support or 45. to hold the weight

[Justin T. Wittwer]

Thank you mr Ortiz, now where did you get that information. Do you have a verifiable source ? I think what we are after in this is a source we can point to that says that. Manufacturing documentation, engineering opinion or other written source?