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rivera.hannah
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1h ago
Swore I'd stay with the foot pedal on the Liebherr for fine picks, but 2 shifts in Tacoma changed my mind when my left hand cramped at 60 feet
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haydenhayes
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11h ago
Ran a 90 foot boom for 2 years before a guy in Toledo asked why I never use the anti-two block override, turns out I was short-rigging every pick
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ward.diana
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1d ago
Thought that hydraulic fluid flush was a scam, then my swing motor started grinding on a Tuesday job in Amarillo
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ross.kim
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2d ago
Question about the hand signals I was using on a tilt-up job in Phoenix
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hunt.wesley
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2d ago
Vent: spent 6 hours chasing a boom drift on a 60 ton Grove and it was a $4 o-ring
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jason_knight
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3d ago
Rant: had a load swing on me in Tacoma and the tagline brake was the last thing I checked
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reese_lee
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3d ago
A 30 year operator in Houston asked me why I still bounce the load before every pick, and I couldn't answer him
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oliver_baker49
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4d ago
The tagline trick that stopped my blind picks cold
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morganh44
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4d ago
Used to hand signal every blind pick, now I run radios and my hands are shot
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robinc60
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7d ago
Switched from hand signals to radios on a blind pick in Tacoma last week and I'm not going back
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max_schmidt77
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7d ago
I zip tied a water bottle to my crane hook to check my swing and it actually worked
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skyler_patel
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9d ago
Chose a 60 ton RT over a 100 ton AT for a tight plant job in Gary, and I'd make the same call again
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abbyhall
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10d ago
A retired operator in Gary told me to stop fighting the swing, and my loads quit bouncing
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linda_butler
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11d ago
Spent 6 hours on a load chart problem that should've taken 20 minutes
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xenam84
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13d ago
Load charts are lying about cable wrap and nobody cares
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