Lordy, where do I start:
Ratchet straps round rope hooks, (and that will get you a tug from the DVSA boys who will be happy to class it as insecure load and relieve you of a couple of hundred notes. Rope hooks are for ropes, not straps.), no outrigger spreader pads, and the greatest crime in my book - needlessly over-stressing the crane by having the main boom practically vertical then pushing the extensions out to get the desired reach.
Lost count of the Hiab operators I‘ve seen struggling to pick something up because the load is beyond the crane’s capacity. Flatten the booms out, suck the head back in, and the lifting radius is reduced. It’s simple physics but a lot of people just don’t get it.
It really is tiresome being as perfect as I like to think I am .
Ratchet straps round rope hooks, (and that will get you a tug from the DVSA boys who will be happy to class it as insecure load and relieve you of a couple of hundred notes. Rope hooks are for ropes, not straps.), no outrigger spreader pads, and the greatest crime in my book - needlessly over-stressing the crane by having the main boom practically vertical then pushing the extensions out to get the desired reach.
Lost count of the Hiab operators I‘ve seen struggling to pick something up because the load is beyond the crane’s capacity. Flatten the booms out, suck the head back in, and the lifting radius is reduced. It’s simple physics but a lot of people just don’t get it.
It really is tiresome being as perfect as I like to think I am .