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The time a 5-ton load swung 20 feet on a barge in Galveston last month
Everyone says you should always ride the load down in a high wind, but I kept the boom high and let it pendulum. Has anyone else found that cutting the brake early actually works better on water jobs?
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cameron_chen22h ago
Why would you want that pendulum action with five tons swinging over water? I've been on barges where a hard pendulum caught the crane just right and damn near tipped us over. Gusts can double the swing radius real fast. On a stable dock I might agree, but on a barge you're fighting the load AND the deck moving under you. I always drop it slow and let the water absorb the energy. That high boom trick might work in a parking lot, but out on Galveston Bay it's a gamble I wouldn't take.
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