Working on the Willamette last spring, I saw a new guy lose a whole bucket of river rock because he didn't let the ladder settle.

Now I always count to ten after the ladder touches bottom before I even think about hoisting, and I haven't lost a load since.

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park.iris17d ago

Watched a guy on my crew do the exact same thing with a bucket of gravel last year. That sound of rocks hitting the water is just the worst. Your count to ten trick is solid, I do something similar now where I just give it a couple little test shifts with my foot first. It's one of those lessons you only learn the hard way.

sean_hunt6116d ago

My cousin's crew had a guy drop a whole wheelbarrow of wet concrete off a dock. That hollow splash and then just... silence. The foot test is smart, but I've seen guys get fooled by a solid looking plank that was rotten in the middle.