PSA: ran my boom on high speed all morning and paid for it by noon

Last Wednesday at a job site out in Fresno I had a few picks where I could not see the load well, so I flipped the boom to the slow range and kept it there. The crane felt like a different machine. Smooth starts, no swing bounce, and the tag line guy stopped waving his arms at me. Earlier that morning I ran the fast range on the same machine for a row of light picks and fought the load every cycle, so the difference was not subtle. My old habit was to leave it on fast because it feels quicker on paper, but the slow range gave me more control on the set downs and I did not waste any time at all. If you run a rough terrain, do you keep the boom on one range most of the day or switch it per pick? I want to hear what the guys with more seat time do.

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margaretk8913d ago

Wait, you ran high speed all morning and only figured out it was the problem by noon? That is wild to me. I would have blamed the tag line guy or the wind before I ever thought to check the range setting. Good on you for catching it though, seems like a cheap fix for a smooth day.

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