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daniel_carter
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4h ago
Ran a beat up old 30 ton for 6 months, then got put on the new rig and holy cow
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sethm58
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11h ago
Blew a hydraulic hose on the 60 ton mid pick in Tacoma, load swung 3 feet before I caught it
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rowanw91
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2d ago
Found out the counterweight on a Liebherr LTM 1100 is 12 tons heavier than the chart card says
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kai_ramirez38
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3d ago
Hit 1,000 hours in the seat this year and it snuck up on me
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lucashenderson
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3d ago
TIL the $180 certified rigging sling I bought online was a fake and nearly dropped a load
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ray562
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3d ago
A 30 year operator in Houston told me to quit booming down so early on picks
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hernandez.gavin
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4d ago
Tagline on the 90 ton in Corpus Christi started to drift and I had to set it down fast
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thomas.river
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4d ago
Heard a rigger on the radio say "we don't need the load chart, I know this one" and that line has been stuck in my head for a week
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maryr43
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5d 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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5d 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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5d 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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6d 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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6d ago
Hit 500 picks without a single near miss and it kinda spooked me
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sethm58
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7d 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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8d ago
A seagull in Duluth got me written up because I left my lunch on the catwalk
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