Drum Lifting Hook. Drum Lifting Hook is used to lift a horizontal 55-gallon steel drum, 34" to 36" long. This Drum Lifting Hook has an alloy steel lifting ring, steel rods, and malleable iron hooks. It adds 10.6" to the height of your apparatus when lifting a horizontal drum (measured from the drum rim to the inside top of the lifting eye). Specs: capacity 1000lbs.