{"id":2950,"date":"2015-12-10T09:27:15","date_gmt":"2015-12-10T14:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mountainproductions.com\/blog\/?p=2950"},"modified":"2017-01-26T19:12:06","modified_gmt":"2017-01-26T19:12:06","slug":"understanding-the-lodestar-serial-number-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mountainproductions.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/10\/understanding-the-lodestar-serial-number-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding the Lodestar Serial Number System"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>People have been trusting in CM\u2019s legendary <a href=\"http:\/\/shop.mountainproductions.com\/collections\/electric-chain-hoists\/products\/cm-lodestar-classic\" target=\"_blank\">Lodestar chain hoist<\/a> for years. Some of the oldest Lodestars ever manufactured are still in use today. Alot has changed over the years in terms of the Lodestar assembly and specific parts required. <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s important when re-ordering <a href=\"http:\/\/shop.mountainproductions.com\/collections\/genuine-cm-replacement-parts\" target=\"_blank\">chain hoist replacement parts<\/a> to know which year your hoist was manufactured, as some parts have been outdated, updated, replaced or have been assigned a new part number. There\u2019s an easy way to identify what year your hoist was from, and it\u2019s all in understanding your Lodestar\u2019s serial number. Take a look:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mountainproductions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/lodestar-serial1-1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2988\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2988\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mountainproductions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/lodestar-serial1-1.jpg\" alt=\"lodestar-serial1\" width=\"1200\" height=\"2781\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mountainproductions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/lodestar-serial1-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.mountainproductions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/lodestar-serial1-1-129x300.jpg 129w, https:\/\/www.mountainproductions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/lodestar-serial1-1-768x1780.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mountainproductions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/lodestar-serial1-1-442x1024.jpg 442w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:0px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Linkedin\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Understanding%20the%20Lodestar%20Serial%20Number%20System\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People have been trusting in CM\u2019s legendary Lodestar chain hoist for years. Some of the oldest Lodestars ever manufactured are still in use today. Alot has changed over the years in terms of the Lodestar assembly and specific parts required. It\u2019s important when re-ordering chain hoist replacement parts to know which year your hoist was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:0px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Linkedin\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Understanding%20the%20Lodestar%20Serial%20Number%20System\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[18],"class_list":["post-2950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tips-tools-resources","tag-product-info"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mountainproductions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mountainproductions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mountainproductions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mountainproductions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mountainproductions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2950"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.mountainproductions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2950\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5541,"href":"https:\/\/www.mountainproductions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2950\/revisions\/5541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mountainproductions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mountainproductions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mountainproductions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}