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maryr43
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21h ago
TIL a bad ground reading on a 60 ton rig will eat 4 hours if you skip one step
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mason.drew
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1d ago
Saw a 300 ton crawler set up 20 feet from a live rail line in Kansas City
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ivan462
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1d ago
Vent: cranked my load chart to 75 percent for two years before a guy in Tulsa set me straight
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ross.felix
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1d ago
The near miss on a wind farm job outside Abilene that made me recheck my outriggers every single time now
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andrew_baker9
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2d ago
Hit 500 picks without a single near miss and it kinda spooked me
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sethm58
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2d ago
TIL the old timer who told me to slow my swing on blind picks was right, and it cost me a fence to learn it
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hunt.wesley
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3d ago
A seagull in Duluth got me written up because I left my lunch on the catwalk
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blake_kelly19
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5d ago
Showerthought: a rigger in Memphis told me one tagline holds 6,000 lbs less than the same setup in a basket
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wells.evan
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5d ago
Pro tip: a rigger in Savannah told me my hand signals looked sloppy from 80 feet up
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finley_roberts27
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7d ago
Almost tipped a 60 ft boom on an outrigger pad that sank near the riverbank in Memphis
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the_cameron
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12d ago
TIL a rigging hand in Wichita told me he counts shackle pins out loud before every pick
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emma_jones
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12d ago
Serious question, did anyone else not know the load chart already accounts for boom flex?
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the_jason
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12d ago
Unpopular opinion: that $180 seat cushion saved my back more than any rigging tip
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jesse_smith10
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13d ago
Vent: I stopped signaling with hand gestures and switched to a radio, and now I'm second guessing it
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faithpatel
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14d ago
Found out last Tuesday I was reading the load chart backwards for 3 months
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