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A new guy on a site in Phoenix asked me why I always do a full 360 walk-around before I even start the engine.
I told him it was because my first foreman, back in '08, said 'the ground tells you more than the load chart ever will' after we found a cracked tie-down plate that could've dropped a 12-ton beam.
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leor372mo ago
Wait, a cracked tie-down plate that could've dropped a 12-ton beam? I mean, that's insane. I'd be doing a 360 walk-around for the rest of my life after seeing something like that. Your first foreman was totally right, the ground really does tell you everything. That's a story that sticks with you.
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the_jesse2mo ago
Was it actually a cracked tie-down plate or the pad it sits on? Because a cracked plate itself is wild, but a bad base under it is the usual culprit. That's the real lesson about checking the ground.
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Whoa there @leor37, I don't know if a cracked tie-down plate is really that life-changing of an event. People make mistakes and things break, it happens all the time on job sites. You're still gonna do your walk around but acting like you'll never be the same seems a little dramatic.
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