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I used to think you could eyeball the boom angle on a small lift
Last Tuesday on a site in Tacoma, I was moving some HVAC units onto a low roof with a 40-ton truck crane. My old boss always said you could just look at the boom and know the angle, so I never used the angle indicator for jobs under 5 tons. I watched the load swing a good six inches when I started to hoist, which told me my guess was off. Now I check that gauge every single time, no matter how light the pick. How many of you still rely on the old 'look and feel' method for small lifts?
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julia_lee1mo ago
Trust the gauge, not your gut.
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the_zara1mo ago
Isn't it wild how many jobs have that one shortcut everyone swears by until it goes wrong? I see it with people guessing measurements in my woodshop all the time. That little gauge is there for a reason, so you might as well use it.
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