riley_miller25•1mo agoMost Upvoted

Finally got the hang of spotting for a 150-foot tower crane in tight spots

Honestly, for like six months I was always a bit behind the ball when my signalman was guiding a load around the building corner on the downtown Phoenix high-rise job. Tbh, watching a guy from the steel crew, Mike, do it last week was the game changer. He showed me to focus on the hook's shadow on the ground instead of just the load itself, and now my swings are way smoother. Anyone else pick up a little trick like that from another trade on site?

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cora8631mo ago

a lot of fuss for moving a box"? @gibson.sarah you have clearly never had a load swing into a million dollar glass facade.

gibson.sarah1mo ago

Shadow watching, huh. Seems like a lot of fuss for moving a box from point A to point B.

susan_bell1mo ago

a lot of fuss for moving a box" lol that's what i was thinking. it's just a crane, how hard can it be to watch a shadow?