Had a load start swinging bad on a windy job site in Chicago yesterday

I was lifting a 2-ton steel beam near a highrise and the wind caught it hard, had to ride the brake and use taglines to settle it down. Anyone else had sketchy moments with wind and what's your max wind speed before you call it?

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2 Comments

james_butler2mo ago

Nah, I think you should have aborted sooner.

burns.brooke2mo ago

@james_butler probably wouldn't have made it past the parking lot in that Chicago wind.