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Rant: My jib angle was off by 2 degrees for a full Lincoln, Nebraska project
I set up a 30 ton Grove for a 3 day steel job near downtown Lincoln and trusted my gut on the boom angle instead of checking the level once the outriggers sank a bit. The last beam was sitting 4 inches off the mark and I had to re-sling everything in the heat, which cost the crew an hour and a half. Has anyone else had a small setup mistake turn into a bigger headache than it should have?
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faithb764d ago
That "trusted my gut" part hit me hard. We all do it, especially when the machine is set up and everything looks fine from the cab. I had a similar thing on a warehouse job where one outrigger pad was on soft dirt and I didn't re-check the bubble after the crane groaned a little, ended up with the whole load list tilted by a few inches and had to redo every pick on the second day. The heat just makes it so much worse when you're out there re-slinging and every minute feels like an hour. Solidarity for sure, it's the small stuff that always eats the schedule.
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