Rigging & Trussing

About Rigging & Trussing

Rigging is the one department where a buying mistake is not measured in refunds. These guides cover the kit that holds everything else in the air — chain hoists, truss, slings and safeties — and the UK rules that come with owning it, from LOLER thorough examinations to what the D8/D8+/C1 hoist classes mean for loads over people.

Start with the chain hoist buying guide, which covers manual against electric, working load limits and chain lengths. Truss and staging live in their own guides under Staging & Drapes, and every product referenced is stocked in our rigging department.

None of these guides makes anyone a rigger. Loads over people need competent persons, engineered points and secondary suspension — where a guide reaches that line it says so, and the right next step is a phone call, not a checkout.