Vent: I used to skip pre-lift walkarounds on small picks until I watched a 2 ton HVAC unit swing into a wall

Paige Palmer · 2026-09-23T17:55:04.393181+00:00

For 6 months I waved off the full walkaround on anything under 5 tons, just glanced at the rigging and hopped in the cab. Last Tuesday at a job site in Reno, a guy on our crew lifted a 2 ton HVAC unit and clipped a half built wall because a tagline was snagged on a rebar stub nobody saw. That cost us 3 grand in repairs and a full afternoon of downtime. Now I walk the whole path on every pick, even a 500 pound panel, because that snag took 20 seconds to spot and 4 hours to fix. Anyone got a walkaround checklist they swear by, or do you just do it from habit?

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