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Old foreman swore by hand signals over radios, finally saw why
Back in 2018 I worked a job in Portland with a foreman named Dale who refused to let anyone use radios on site. He said hand signals force you to actually watch the load instead of staring at the operator's cab. Last month I was on a tight tower crane pick near some power lines, radio died halfway through, and I had to fall back on his old signals. That whole setup went smoother than any radio job I've done since. Anyone else still work sites that ban radios, or am I just getting cursed with old-school guys?
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wells.evan13d ago
Man, a dead radio is a dead radio, that doesn't prove hand signals are better across the board. Seems like you got lucky on one pick and now you're ready to ditch radios forever, which feels like a stretch. Radios still let you talk through stuff when you can't see each other, and that matters more often than a dead battery does.
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