Caved and bought a remote level indicator for my crawler crane. Worth every penny.

Honestly, I was one of those guys who thought eyeballing the boom angle and load line was good enough after 15 years. But last month on a site near the river, I had to set a big HVAC unit on a sloped roof with zero visibility from the cab. My oiler kept yelling up to me on the radio and we were off by almost 8 inches on the first try. So I bit the bullet and bought a wireless level indicator setup from a local rental place for about 300 bucks. Ngl, after that first perfect placement, I felt like a fool for waiting so long. Now I can see the tilt and rotation right on my tablet screen. Has anyone else switched to one of these and found it cut down on their re-spots?

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mitchell.terry5d ago

Nothing beats trusting your gut and a skilled oiler, technology just adds another point of failure.

patkelly5d ago

Yeah totally agree. Had a sensor glitch out mid run last month and the old guy I work with just felt something was off before we even saw any numbers. Sometimes that sixth sense from years of doing it is just better than any computer.