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Back in '08 I would eyeball the wind by watching the flag on the building next door.
One gusty day in Chicago, I swung a 5-ton steel beam right into a scaffold because I misjudged it. Now I keep a cheap handheld anemometer in the cab and check it before every pick. What's your go-to trick for reading the wind on a tight site?
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ellis.victor2mo agoTop Commenter
Read about tying a streamer to the hook block for a visual check.
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phoenixgonzalez2mo ago
But that's just asking for a dangerous distraction.
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margaret_singh116d agoMost Upvoted
Oh sure, because a fluttering piece of fabric has never caused a crane accident.
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