I finally understood why my old foreman was so picky about the hook block

Three years ago on a site in Denver, I was running a 250 ton crawler and my foreman would lose it if the hook block wasn't perfectly centered before a lift. I thought it was just him being a control freak, lmao. Last month, I was watching a new guy on a tower crane and saw his load swing almost six feet because his block was off by maybe two inches at the start. It clicked right then. That tiny bit of slack in the system gets magnified way up high. Anyone else have a 'oh, that's why we do that' moment from an old rule?

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paul11722d ago

Yeah, that "tiny bit of slack" thing... it's the same reason they're so strict about hand signals on a loud site. A small mix-up down low becomes a huge problem way up there.

danielm4822d ago

My one wrong color choice almost took out a billboard once lol