Abstract: A method and device for a safety weight indicator for a gin pole truck, the indicator having a a hydraulic tension load cell, the tension load cell further having a top end fastened to a brace at the top of an A frame comprised of gin poles, and the load cell further having a bottom end through which a hook of a first sheave communicates, the first sheave further suspending a cable supporting a load, the indicator further having a pressure converting gauge calibrated to convert a hydraulic signal into pounds of weight, and a hose communicating changes in levels of hydraulic fluid from the load cell to the pressure converting gauge.