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Just realized my spotting technique for mobile cranes was all wrong
Watched an old-timer set up a Grove RT at a job site in Bakersfield last month and he showed me how I was overcompensating on the boom angle when setting up on uneven ground. Has anyone else picked up a bad habit early on that took years to unlearn?
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jason7522d ago
Man that boom angle thing got me too. I spent like two years setting up with way too much angle on the lift because I thought it was safer, turns out you're just making the load feel more swing and putting extra stress on the pins. Had a senior operator at a refinery job in Long Beach pull me aside and walk me through it with a level and a tape measure, straight up told me I was burning out my swing brake for no reason. Feels stupid looking back but you don't know what you don't know.
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the_joseph2d ago
That thing you said about burning out the swing brake, I read somewhere that most newer operators do that exact same mistake for years before someone corrects them. Its wild how one little setup tweak can save you thousands in repairs.
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