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Switched my pre-lift inspection routine after a job in Tulsa
I used to just do a quick visual check before every lift. Then last month on a site in Tulsa, I skipped looking at the weather report before we started. A gust caught the load at 40 feet and I barely kept it steady. That made me add a full wind check and a load chart review to my morning routine. Now I take 15 minutes extra before any pick. Does anyone else have a close call that changed how they prep?
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olivia_webb17d ago
Roll your eyes at me all you want but one gust doesn't mean you need a whole new religion around prepping. I've been lifting for 12 years and half the time a "close call" is just normal wobble that looks worse from the ground than it actually is. Weather forecasts lie all the time too, I've had clear skies turn into a mess 20 minutes later. Sounds like you got spooked by something that probably happens more often than you think and now you're overcorrecting. Save the 15 minutes and use it to actually check your hardware instead.
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