How many times do you hear your operator come back to the shop and say that the crane didn’t work the way it was supposed to, or it doesn’t lift what the chart says it does?
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We hear this a lot and our answer is always the same, how much does the load weight to start with? The answer we often get is a non-confident answer.
So, what do we do in a case like that? It’s easy, we put our scale on the crane, pick and weight the load and guess what, just about every operator we train has woefully under-estimated the load they were picking up, and in fact, in over 80% of our trainings, we place a gentlemen’s bet on what the load weighs and so far, I’ve never had to buy lunch.
Does that mean you need a scale in your operation? It may, if the load isn’t known, what do most operators do when they pick up the load, park the truck right beside the load, pick up the load, extend the crane until it stops. Sound like your operators? This is not the best way to run the crane or your truck, don’t let anyone guess and worse, tip the truck (stability is always an issue on most lease sites, let us show you how to eliminate ANY issues) over all by overlooking a simple little rule…more on that during the training.
Our crane scales are very portable, easy to use, large LED read out, even in the brightest of light, it can be read over 25′ away or you can get the optional hand held weight read out. Or you can keep guessing…it’s your call.
Get a calibrated scale from www.KnuckleBoomTraining.ca today.