Unpopular opinion: manual rigging beats fancy load cells every time

Picked a traditional hand-pick over a load cell system on a tight bridge job in Pittsburgh last month and finished 2 hours faster. Has anyone else found the old-school stuff more reliable when the tech glitches?

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jasons6322d ago

Did I just get lucky or is the old gear actually built tougher? I once spent 45 minutes on a jobsite convincing a load cell to talk to the computer while a guy next to me with a hand-pick already had his lift halfway done. My load cell setup works great until it doesn't, then I'm just standing there like a fool while the manual guys are laughing. Guess I'm the guy who brings a fancy tool to a job and still ends up using a wrench.

fiona73722d ago

Brings fancy gear just to end up playing IT support on the job site. That's the real struggle right there.

davis.gavin22d ago

Oh come on, you guys are being too hard on the tech. That fancy gear has saved my bacon more times than I can count when things actually get complicated. Yeah, you'll have the occasional hiccup where you're fiddling with a load cell for 45 minutes while some old-timer finishes by hand. But when you're dealing with a complex multi-pick or a weirdly shaped load that could shift mid-lift, that digital readout is worth its weight in gold. Are you really telling me that hand-pick never slipped or gave a bad reading when you were pushing the limits?