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Old foreman taught me to feel the load before lifting
Back in 2008 I was working a high rise job in Pittsburgh. This old foreman named Joe walked over while I was checking my rigging and told me to put my hand on the cable before I took tension. He said you can feel the vibration and tell if something's uneven before the load ever leaves the ground. That one trick saved me from tipping a bundle of steel beams about 6 months later. Any of you guys still do that or is it just an old timer thing now?
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paige_martin1mo ago
Ha, I still try it but half the time I just end up guessing wrong!
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james921mo ago
That "half the time" thing @paige_martin, its probably more like you're right more often than you think. People remember the wrong guesses way clearer than the right ones. Just a bias thing, happens to everyone.
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nina_sullivan611mo agoMost Upvoted
Eighty percent of the time you're probably right though, @paige_martin.
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