---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 107.260"
title: "46"
number: "107.260"
heading: "Rated load test for cranes."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/107.260"
---

# §107.260. Rated load test for cranes.

- (a) To meet the requirements in [§ 107.231(l)](/cfr/46/107.231.md?p=l), each crane must meet the following rated load test at both the maximum and minimum boom angles usually employed in material transfers over the side of the unit:
- (b) The weight of the hook, hook blocks, slings, rib, and other rigging, except the hoist rope, must be considered part of the load for the rated load test.
- (c) The rated load test must be performed—
  - (1) When the crane is installed;
  - (2) Each 60 months; and
  - (3) **After repairs or alterations to any structural component of the crane.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 73-251, 43 FR 56802, Dec. 4, 1978, as amended by USCG-1999-6216, 64 FR 53226, Oct. 1, 1999; USCG-1999-4976, 65 FR 6504, Feb. 9, 2000]

### Authority

Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1333; 46 U.S.C. 3306, 3307, 3316; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4; § 107.05 also issued under the authority of 44 U.S.C. 3507.

### Source

Source: CGD 73-251, 43 FR 56802, Dec. 4, 1978, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 73-251, 43 FR 56802, Dec. 4, 1978, as amended by USCG-1999-6216, 64 FR 53226, Oct. 1, 1999; USCG-1999-4976, 65 FR 6504, Feb. 9, 2000]