Agriculture Counterweights

Counterweights are used in many applications in our day to day life. A counterweight is often used in traction lifts (elevators), cranes, funfair rides and various other agricultural equipments. In these applications, the expected load multiplied by the distance that load will be spaced from the central support (called the "tipping point") must be equal to the counterweight's mass times its distance from the tipping point in order to prevent over-balancing either side. This distance times mass is called the load moment.