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Vent: A new guy on the site kept asking why we couldn't just 'go faster'
Last week on a high-rise job in Denver, a greenhorn kept pushing about speed. I finally pulled him aside and showed him the load chart for our Liebherr LTM 1300, pointing out the 85% rule for the boom angle we were at. I explained that rushing a pick in that wind, with that concrete panel, wasn't about being slow, it was about the math not working. He got quiet after that. Has anyone else found a good way to explain capacity limits to new people without sounding like you're just being careful?
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alice_grant6mo ago
Showing them the math is the only thing that works. Pictures and charts make it real, not just you talking. It turns an opinion into a fact they can see.
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brooke5206mo ago
Yeah, turning an opinion into a fact you can see is so true lol.
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miles_sanchez6mo ago
Wait, you have to show people charts for them to believe you? What kind of arguments are you even having where a normal explanation doesn't work? That sounds exhausting. I guess some folks just refuse to listen until they see a bar graph.
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