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Am I the only one who has been rigging their picks all wrong for years?
I was out on a job last Thursday setting HVAC units on a roof in Austin. We had a 2,500 pound unit on the hook and I watched my hand guy signal me to swing left. I did the usual thing I always do, keeping the load close to the cab. But then the foreman walked over and asked why I was working the boom so much instead of just using the swing. He showed me that I was overcomplicating my picks by trying to keep everything tight to the machine when I had plenty of room. Turns out I was making tiny corrections with the boom the whole time and wearing out my controls for no reason. I had been doing this for almost 5 years and nobody ever bothered to tell me I was being inefficient. Has anyone else had a moment where a simple tip completely changed how you run your crane?
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webb.stella15h ago
Gotta say though, the boom controls are way smoother for tiny adjustments than the swing ever is.
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uma8967h ago
Exactly. The swing always feels twitchy compared to that.
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