Author: Milan
In the spring of 2005, I graduated from the University of British Columbia with a degree in International Relations and a general focus in the area of environmental politics. Between 2005 and 2007 I completed an M.Phil in IR at Wadham College, Oxford. I worked for five years for the Canadian federal government, including completing the Accelerated Economist Training Program, and then completed a PhD in Political Science at the University of Toronto in 2023. View all posts by Milan
Just thought I’d mention that the chains in those man-lifts serve as guides/protection for the hydraulic and electrical cables that reside inside them. They carry comparatively little force, but are designed to accommodate the changing length of the boom as it telescopes.
So is it the blue-painted beam that carries most of the force?