The day a crane operator in St. Louis taught me a better way to rig

Back in 2016 I was on a job at the Anheuser-Busch plant, and this old-timer showed me how to tie a double-wrap choker hitch instead of my usual basket. It saved me from a load shift that would have been real bad. Anyone else pick up a trick from a random guy on site that stuck with you?

3 comments

3 Comments

garcia.wren11d agoMost Upvoted

My buddy learned to tie knots from a random welder in Tulsa. Saved his whole rig.

casey26811d ago

Man that's awesome, it's wild how the little tricks people pass along can totally save your butt. I swear half of life is just watching someone do something a little different and realizing you've been making everything harder for yourself. It reminds me of how my neighbor showed me the right way to sharpen a knife once, and now I can't believe I ever tried to cut anything with a dull blade. Stuff like that sticks because it's not just about the task, it's about trusting that there's always a better way if you keep your eyes open lmao.

skyler_kelly6911d ago

casey268 said 'half of life is just watching someone do something a little different' and that hit me hard because it's true. But here's something nobody's bringing up yet: that old-timer probably learned that trick from someone else too, and the guy before him. So really when you get a tip like that, you're not just saving your own butt, you're carrying on a chain that goes back decades. Makes you wonder how many good ideas got lost because somebody was too proud to ask or too busy to watch. I always try to pay it forward now, even if it's just showing a new guy how to tie a proper knot on the forklift straps. Keeps the chain going.