This week we did our load tests on the ship’s cranes. They need to be able to hold 125% of their load limit for 5 minutes to pass the test for our NSF inspection. We have giant wheels from train cars that weigh around 800 pounds each. These wheels are normally used to anchor buoys and are stored on campus. We only needed 5 and some extra smaller weights to get to 4,125 pounds. Both cranes were able to hold the wait and pass the test. 