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I've seen stuff pushed off a hook with a properly functioning spring snap. One wonders how? Fortunately, no climbers, and so far nothing holding much weight.

Wonder why they don't come up with a locking snap, say secured with a pin or something, it doesn't seem very difficult. Never have seen one on a crane. Use it when required. Hanging off the hook there is no interference from the block. A new thing is some kind of magnetic snap that can be...

I guess that there are options in terms of what type of block, but I'm not sure what the advantages/disadvantages are. I see that my usual guy has one of those large pulley types in his storage, but for tree work has gone with a simple collar type becket.

I like the idea of welding a D shape on the side of the becket, but in these parts, no modifications like that are allowed to pass inspection. I don't think that you can weld on a becket. Strict about that sort of thing here. You guys using shackles above the hook, I guess your crane outfits...

It took a leap of faith to go from sitting on a sling with my lanyard through the hook, to just hanging off of my climb line. It's a good progression for scared. Nice and comfy sitting on a sling too. Most of the old timers like to sit on a sling, though I worked with a fellow once that liked...

Branches getting caught in the hook makes me pucker, and it can be painful when the operator can't see what is going on.

I work with a few different crane companies utilizing different type blocks or ball or collar type hook arrangements, and there are some differences in how I might be attached when riding the hook, sometimes my lanyard through the hook, or my climb line through a steel ring through the hook when...