Rigging hardware is a broad category that covers equipment used in the lifting, suspending, hoisting, securing, lashing, towing, and anchoring of loads so they can be moved safely and efficiently. It includes turnbuckles, shackles, lifting eye bolts and nuts, yoke and clevis ends, and more. Rigging itself is the chains, ropes, and cables that tie items down or lift them. Businesses that need to move heavy loads typically employ a system or assembly of rigging components to secure the load to a crane, hoist, or platform.