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I switched from hand signals to radios on a blind pick and it was night and day
Two summers ago on a hospital job in Amarillo I had a blind pick over the side of the building with no line of sight to the crew, and my hand signal guy kept getting blocked by the structure. So I made the call to go with 2 way radios and a dedicated spotter instead, even though half the crew hated changing what worked for them forever. We set up a channel, talked every move out loud, and the picks landed smooth with zero guessing, probably saved a full shift on that pour. Any of you run radios full time, or do you still trust a good signalman over the air?
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nora_barnes19d ago
Man, the part nobody talks about is the sound of it. Radios keep your head up and your eyes on the load instead of craning around hunting for a signalman who vanished behind a beam. We run both, but I'll take a calm voice in my ear over squinting into the sun any day.
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