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reesemoore
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42m ago
Warning: Saw a tagline snap in 30 mph wind at the Port of Tacoma, now I rig every load like it will
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wendy_jackson
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4h ago
Pro tip: taping your hard hat in a windstorm saved my load last month in Gary
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julia_miller24
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1d ago
Showerthought: I always said taglines were a waste of time until I saw the load chart math
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oliviat17
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2d ago
Watched a guy in Houston boom up blind over a school bus last Tuesday and it stuck with me
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nina_jenkins
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3d ago
Hot take: I'll take a slow season over a busy one, and my crew thinks I'm crazy
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blair_dixon
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3d ago
Picked a used 60 ton over a new 40 ton and I'm still second guessing it
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olivia_rivera88
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3d ago
Spent 9 hours chasing a hydraulic leak on a Liebherr 81K that turned out to be a $12 o-ring
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margaret_kelly55
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5d ago
Took me 4 hours to figure out the outrigger beam was just stuck on a clump of frozen mud in Fargo
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margaret_kelly55
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6d ago
Hit 4,200 hours on my Liebherr LTM 1090 last month and it snuck up on me
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kelly_nelson95
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6d ago
Shoutout to the load chart for telling me my counterweight math was off by 2,800 lbs
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craig.sage
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6d ago
Ran my 40 ton with the old manual outrigger pads versus the new composite ones on a job in Phoenix
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haydenbutler
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6d ago
Tried to pick a load blind with the radio still on, and the rigger just stared at me
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blake_bell29
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7d ago
Appreciation post: the rigger in Baltimore yelled "swing the load, don't drag it" and I still flinch when I see a tagline go slack
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sagew50
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8d ago
Appreciation post: watching them weld a 300 ft boom back together at the yard in Tulsa gave me a new respect for the old guys
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grant_foster79
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9d ago
Why does nobody warn you about the retired guy who "helps" on job sites
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