Learn how to install an AWS 1 Ton Lifting Kit system.
Chuck from Advanced Waterfall Systems walks through every component in the one-ton lifting and rigging kit: the top shackle that attaches to equipment, the swivel, a rated four-foot chain with smaller connecting shackle, and a lower swivel hook. He demonstrates using the kit at full chain length for normal lifts, how to shorten it using the pigtail and hook for tight conditions, and how to remove the chain entirely and connect the shackle directly to the rock when working with large panels on a smaller machine. The video also covers the Genesis Lifting Bar, included in the kit, which threads through built-in holes in the Genesis waterfall base to lift it without straps.
What You'll Learn
- Kit includes a top shackle, swivel, smaller connecting shackle, rated four-foot chain, and lower swivel hook; fork attachment is not included
- All components are rated well above the kit's one-ton capacity for a safety margin
- Use the pigtail and extra hook to fold the chain to a shorter working length; zip-tie excess chain out of the way on the job site
- For large rock panels on a small machine, remove the entire chain assembly and connect the top shackle directly to the rock's lifting point to reduce overall rigging height
- Any load exceeding one ton requires a larger AWS lifting kit
- The Genesis Lifting Bar (three parts: center tube with handle, cross bar, cotter pin) is included and designed to move the Genesis waterfall base through its built-in side holes without straps
Frequently Asked Questions
What is included in the AWS one-ton lifting and rigging kit?
The kit includes a top shackle that attaches to equipment, a swivel, a smaller chain-connecting shackle, a rated four-foot chain, and a lower swivel hook. A fork attachment for the skid steer is not included—it is a separate machine attachment.
How do you shorten the chain when a large rock and a small machine make the full length too long?
Use the pigtail tail and the extra hook to fold the chain back on itself at a shorter point. Any remaining excess chain can be zip-tied out of the way so it does not interfere with the lift.
When should you remove the chain entirely and attach the shackle directly to the rock?
When the combined chain length is too long for your machine's reach or when the chain creates interference with a large rock panel, you can remove the chain assembly and connect the top shackle directly to the lifting point on the rock. This reduces total rigging height.
What is the Genesis Lifting Bar included in the one-ton kit, and why is it needed?
The Genesis Lifting Bar is a purpose-built three-part tool designed to move the Genesis waterfall base. It avoids using straps, which can be unsafe or damage the rock surface. The bar threads through holes built into each side of the Genesis base, is secured with a cotter pin, and is lifted by the handle on the center tube.
How do you assemble the Genesis Lifting Bar to move a Genesis base?
Place the center tube in position, then slide the cross bar through the holes on each side of the Genesis base and through the center tube. Insert the cotter pin to lock the bar on one side. Attach the hoist to the center tube handle and lift.
Video transcript
Hello. This is Chuck from Advanced Waterfall Systems. And today, we're gonna explain to you our One Ton AWS Lifting and Rigging Kit. It includes everything that you see here from this shackle right here. Does not include the fork.
Fork. Okay. That's a separate attachment. The shackle, the swivel, the smaller shackle that connects to these chains, okay, that screw in, and these chains are all rated. Everything is rated for much more than the one ton capacity of which the kit is designed for.
And it has this, four foot chain, has another small shackle right here, and then it has a swivel hook at the bottom. Alright. So this is being designed to hook to a single rock panels in our Genesis Bar. Okay. So the idea is you connect it, and then you can use it like this.
Okay. At full length. Or if you wanna shorten it, if you're dealing with a big rock and a smaller machine, you wanna shorten it. You also have this pigtail, this tail, and another hook. So you can do this, and you can kinda hook it to get different levels.
Right? You know, levels to make it shorter. And if the chain gets too long in your way, you zip tie it out of your way. Alright? So that's how this is used.
And then the second use is if you have a large rock and a small machine, you can also take this this right here, and you can actually remove the whole chain. Right? You can remove the whole thing. You can remove these and hook this shackle directly to here. Right?
Like this. And again, what that would do, again, if these chains got in your way, you can remove them with the same shackle, take these out, and then you can use the hook directly connected to the top. So this is if you have a large rock and a small machine, and you don't need the chain or the chains are being too long. Right? So, again, it's a bit of an adjustment.
Okay? So that's pretty much what comes with this complete system, this one ton lifting equipment. Anything larger than a ton, you would work with our larger lifting kits. Let us know if you have any questions. Also included in your one ton lifting kit is our Genesis bar setup, which we're gonna show you how that works.
Okay? What the Genesis lifting bar is, it's a three part kit. Now this piece right here and this piece right here and a little pin. And And the idea behind it, okay, is to lift our Genesis bases. Okay?
So what happens is this is a base for one of our [[product-genesis-waterfall-kits]]. Okay? So when you see it finished, this is the center, and then there's boulders on the left and boulders on the right and a waterfall top. Okay? So the idea is to safely and easily move this basin, right, which weighs a couple 100 pounds.
So what we did was we came up with a way to lift this simply and easily without having to incorporate straps or anything that might be safe or might damage the rock. So we came up with this Genesis lifting bar setup. Right? So what you do is I'll show you guys how it works, but essentially it's three parts. It's this tube with a handle, this bar right here and a cotter pin.
Let me show you how it works. The way the way this works is there's two holes on one hole on each side of this Genesis base. Okay? So what you do is you put this bar in the center, and then you slide the bar through the holes and through this centerpiece right here. Right?
You put this in like this, and you slide it in here like this. K? And then you put the cotter pin on one side, and then there you could see this handle right here is it it you can lift it. There you have it.