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Old timer at the yard told me to always double-check my tagline length before a pick

Brushed him off for 6 months until I swung a load into a steel beam last Thursday and cost the company $800 in damage, so has anyone else learned a hard lesson from ignoring the graybeards?

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william_miller1mo ago

Got a buddy named Dave who laughed at the old guys telling him to warm up his steel before bending it in cold weather. He figured he knew better, been doing it for years without issue. One freezing morning he tried to bend a 1/2 inch plate and it snapped right in half, sent a chunk flying that took out a windshield on a parked truck. Cost him his safety bonus and a whole weekend of explaining to the boss why we had to wait for a replacement glass. He just shrugs now and says the graybeards ain't always wrong lol.

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laurabennett1mo ago

Yeah, that's why I always heat treat before bending in winter now.