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I was on a job in downtown Nashville last month and saw a new kind of crane setup.
They were using a 450-ton crawler to set steel, but the whole pad was on these big plastic mats instead of timber. The foreman said they switched six months ago to cut down on ground damage and it's working. It got me thinking about how we all just use wood because that's how we were taught. Has anyone else made the switch to those plastic mats on a city job?
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troystone5mo ago
Yeah, because nothing says progress like a giant crane on plastic.
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charlie_jenkins6mo ago
Honestly, wood is still king for a reason. Those plastic mats can get crazy slippery when it rains, which is a huge safety risk nobody talks about. Plus, the initial cost is way higher, and you're just trading one environmental worry for another, you know, all that plastic waste later on. Sometimes the old way is the right way.
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