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Rant: A 30 year operator in Houston made me redo my whole rigging setup and I'm still mad he was right
I was rigging a 12,000 lb HVAC unit on a roof in Houston last Tuesday and this old operator with 30 years in walked up and just stared at my slings for a minute. He asked why I had my chokers crossed on a two point pick instead of running them straight to the hook, and I gave him the usual answer about balance. He said 'you're fighting the load, not working with it' and made me re-rig it with a spreader bar instead. Cut my tagline pull in half and the load came up dead level on the first try. I've been doing it the crossed way for 8 years now and nobody ever corrected me. How many of you were taught crossed chokers on two point picks, or was that just my journeyman being lazy?
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sam_thomas2d ago
Ran into the exact same thing with a 9,000 lb RTU last year and the old timer showed me the spreader bar trick too. My first journeyman taught me the crossed choker method and I ran it for years without a single problem, so I never questioned it. Funny how the guys who've been out there the longest can fix in five minutes what we've been doing wrong for a decade.
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