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A rigger in Bakersfield told me to stop watching my load and watch my outriggers instead
I was setting a 4,200 pound generator on a rooftop in Fresno two weeks ago and the rigger walked over and said, "You keep your eyes on the load the whole time, that's why you're fighting yourself up there." He told me to check my outriggers and pad float on every pick instead, and after 3 picks I stopped feeling that little bounce in the cab. Turned out my front left pad was sinking about an inch into the asphalt and I never noticed because I was too busy watching the hook. Now I do a slow walk around the truck between picks, takes me maybe 90 seconds. Does anyone else check pads that often, or am I overdoing it?
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noahchen7d ago
too busy watching the hook" is exactly what got my buddy Dale in trouble last summer. He was picking a truss on soft ground out in Clovis and the pad on his rear right walked about two inches before anyone caught it, scary stuff. That slow walk sounds smart, not like overkill.
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