Small milestone today: landed my first blind pick on a highrise job

Used to be I'd need a spotter yelling at me for every inch when I couldn't see the load. Took me about 6 months of practicing with hand signals only on smaller sites before I felt ready. Today on a 12-story job in Austin, I swung a 2-ton HVAC unit up and over a parapet wall with just my tagline guy's signals. No radio, no guesswork. Any of you guys still prefer radios over hand signals for tricky picks?

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morganhayes2mo ago

Ngl, I still prefer radios for tricky picks myself.

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victor_carter512mo ago

But doesn't digital give you way more info to work with on those hard reads... signal strength, weather patterns, all that data right in your hand?

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