There will be times when the weight information on loads will be in different weight units, and in order to select the best gear for handling these loads, weight conversions will need to be performed, so that all weight units are the same for all of the gear used. In most situations, you will have access to weight-conversion charts, which you can use to perform these conversions. In the next topic, we will look at some examples on how to go about performing these weight-conversions, using the weight-conversion chart shown below.
There will be times when the weight information on loads will be in different weight units and in order to select the best gear for handling these loads, some weight conversions will need to be performed so that all weight units are the same for all of the gear used.
In most situations, you will have access to weight conversion charts which you can use to perform these conversions as illustrated below:
We will now look at some examples on how to go about performing these weight conversions using the weight conversion chart shown.