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Vent: A new guy on site said he could 'eyeball' the load chart
I was on a job in Tacoma last week and heard a greenhorn tell his spotter he didn't need to check the chart for a lift, he could just guess the weight. The spotter shut him down right there, which was good. It just got me thinking about how one lazy moment can put a whole crew at risk. What's the dumbest shortcut you've ever heard someone try to take on a lift?
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joel_butler2d ago
Nah man, sometimes you just gotta trust your gut. Charts are for people who overthink everything.
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patriciah512d agoTop Commenter
Trusting your gut sounds great until it leads you wrong. Charts just show what actually happened, not what you feel might happen. Why ignore real data for a hunch?
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brianl532d ago
It's the same reason people ignore weather reports and get caught in the rain. Data feels cold, but a hunch feels like your own idea. We just like betting on ourselves, even when the odds are bad.
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