That cold morning in Detroit where the load line froze solid

Last January we were setting steel on a site off I-75, wind chill at 10 below. The load line got so stiff it wouldn't spool right, and I had to run the boom up and down for 20 minutes just to get it flexible again. My oiler kept saying "she'll warm up" but she didn't until the sun finally hit the drum. Anyone else deal with frozen cables in extreme cold, and do you use any anti-ice treatment on the line before you start?

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wells.karen14d ago

20 minutes just to get it flexible again" and I'm sitting here shaking my head... that's a nightmare I've lived too many times to count. I've had lines snap clean on a cold start before the sun even thought about coming up, and there's no worse sound than that. I've tried a few sprays over the years but honestly, nothing beats just running it warm slow like you did, that's the only real fix I've found.