Date Current: 20 November 2012

LIFTING PROCEDURE

FOR LIFTING & INSTALLATION OF AUS PITS PRODUCTS USING:

Aus Pits Designed & Manufactured Self Locking Lifting Pins or Aus Pits Designed & Manufactured Manual Locking Lifting Pins.

Situation: Where pits are to be lifted into the air for the purpose of transport, loading, unloading and installation. The following steps should apply.

1. Use Aus Pits Designed & Manufactured Lifting Pins [Self Locking / Manual Locking] which are rated at 3.08 tonne SWL. Each lifting pin is stamped with a test number and also has an individual identity number welded on the backing plate.

2. Pin Placement For Self Locking Lifting Pins - Place self-locking lifting pin in the lifting hole in the upside down position (refer Photo 1). Rotate lifting pin to lifting position at 180º to ensure locking mechanism is engaged (refer Photo 2).

Pin Placement

For Manual Locking Lifting Pins – Place lifting pin in lifting hole and slide collar over lifting pin inside of the pit. Insert locking pin through hole in collar and shaft of lifting pin to secure. (Refer to assembled photo below).

Disassembled Assembled

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Parts to Manual Locking Lifting Pin 1. Manual Locking Lifting Pin 2. Collar 3. Locking Pin

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Date Current: 20 November 2012

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3. Installation It is recommended by Aus Pits that an approved “spreader bar” (see Photo below) must be used to provide a direct vertical lift on the Lifting Pins. This stops stress on the pit walls, but more importantly allows the pits to be easily handled and placed. Aus Pits Self Locking Lifting Pins or Manual Locking Pins should only be used to lift our products.

Where required, lifting pins can be placed into the lift holes from the inside of the pit walls. In these situations ensure that the chains are fitted to the spreader bar to allow for a straight lift. All Aus Pits should be installed in accordance with Aus Pit Specification 7/94 – Installation of Pits.

4. Removal For Self Locking Lifting Pins – remove self locking lifting pin from lifting hole rotate pin 180º from lifting position which unlocks the mechanism to allow pin to be taken out. For Manual Locking Lifting Pins – remove locking pin slide collar off pin and pull pin from lifting hole. Further Information

If you require more information regarding the above lifting procedure please contact our office on 1300 177 014.

Pits have designed Lift points and should be lifted from here only.

Spreader Bar Lifting Hole

Photo of spreader bar used for lifting.