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Handling and lifting

Lifting hook

Lifting hook fitted at the end of the dipper arm, on the link: the hook carries a yellow safety catch closed, and two orange textile slings are passed through it to hold a concrete unit.
A slinging point provided, marked, fitted with a safety catch:
lifting with an excavator is not forbidden, it is regulated.
Synthetic image.

A slinging point provided, marked, fitted with a safety catch.
Lifting with an excavator is not forbidden:
it is regulated, and it assumes a part made for it.

Other names for this tool: bucket hook, coupler hook, slinging point, hook with safety catch.

The essentials
Family
Handling and lifting
Classes (t)
All
Coupler
On the coupler or on the tool
Power source
None — passive tool

Identify your coupler →

01 Use

What it is for

On the left, the slings go through a hook with a safety catch, designed for lifting. On the right, slung from a bucket tooth, the load is held by nothing. Computer-generated image.
the slings go through a hook with a safety catch, designed for lifting slung from a bucket tooth, the load is held by nothing
Left: the slings go through a hook with a safety catch, designed for lifting.
Right: slung from a bucket tooth, the load is held by nothing.
What sets it apart:
according to whether it is on the tool, on the coupler or at the end of the dipper arm, the permissible load changes.
Computer-generated image.

Slinging on a tooth or on a tooth adapter is still a common practice, and it rests on nothing:
none of those parts is calculated for tension, and nothing holds the sling if it slips.
The hook is the part provided for that.

It is found bolted on the back of a bucket, built into the coupler, or fitted at the end of the dipper arm.
The place is not a detail:
it moves the point where the load is applied, so the reach, so what the machine can really lift.

The hook alone does not make the operation regular. Lifting with an earthmoving machine assumes suitable equipment, safety devices in working order, an informed driver and a periodic inspection.
We supply the part and the information;
the conformity of your organisation is yours. See the lifting eyes.

02 Key technical data

On which machine?

They exist for machines from 11 to 32 t.
For example, on a 10 to 20 t excavator, the weight is generally from 290 to 810 kg.
A lifting hook attaches to the coupler or to the tool, for all machine classes.
The machine lifts according to its lifting chart, with the safety devices required for lifting.
The class suited to your load and to the location: we calculate it with you for your machine.

What the tool does

It is a passive hook, for handling and lifting.
The weight of the tool: we calculate it with you for your machine.

What is needed on the hydraulic side

It needs no hydraulic connection: it is a passive tool.

Figures taken from 7 models on the market.
Your study sets the exact value for your machine.

All the measurements found for this equipment →

How to read these values →

03 Your study

Have your machine checked.

Tell us what you lift, with which machine, at what reach and from what hitching point.
We will tell you whether a hook is enough or whether other equipment is needed.

What we need to answer you
  • Your machine Its make and its tonnage.
  • The auxiliary circuit Its flow in l/min, its pressure in bar, single- or double-acting.
  • The coupler in place Its system and its class.
  • The work The use, and the material.

Without these details, the study still begins: we will ask you for them.

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Book an appointment with the specialist

Or call 01 84 16 55 49 · our lines are open 7 days a week, from 7h to 22h.

Written study within 3 working days, once the file is complete.

Not to be confused
  • Pallet forks and lifting hook Principle — forks on a fork carriage, and a hook, with no hydraulics.
    Use — they take up a palletised load where a forklift cannot go: soft ground, slope or trench bottom.
  • Pallet fork and loader carriage Principle — a carriage and two forged forks, on the hitch of a loader or a telehandler.
    Use — it carries the pallet on its forks instead of hanging it from a sling, and it does not fit on an excavator.
04 Choice

What determines the choice

  • 01 — The place On the tool, on the coupler or at the end of the dipper arm:
    the lever arm is not the same, and neither is the permissible load.
  • 02 — The safety catch Without it, nothing holds the sling when the load swings or is set down.
  • 03 — The maximum working load It is declared beforehand.
    It is not discovered on the site.
  • 04 — The marking An illegible maximum load protects nobody and cannot be checked.
05 Check

What is checked before ordering

  • The carrier's lifting load chart The weak point is almost always the machine, not the hook.
  • The safety devices required Present and working before the first load, not after.
  • The interface Coupler designation or pin dimensions:
    the hook is fixed somewhere.
  • The periodic inspection It exists, it is planned, it is recorded.
The other hitching points
Knowing what you are lifting
In the same family
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