Got my first solo crane removal done in Tacoma last Friday

I was up in this 80 foot Douglas fir, had to take it down piece by piece over a garage. The crane operator, this older guy named Ray, told me to just talk him through each cut like we were having a normal chat. I kept saying 'okay, coming your way' and 'got it' instead of getting all technical, and it went so smooth. We had the whole thing on the ground in like 4 hours with zero damage. Anyone else find that keeping the radio talk simple makes a huge difference?

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marydavis12d ago

That's awesome, congrats on the solo job. Keeping the radio simple is totally the way to go, it cuts through all the stress. Some guys want to sound like a textbook on the comms and it just messes with the flow. Sounds like you and Ray had a good system going, that's a solid day's work right there.

leewalker12d ago

Yeah, simple talk is key... @marydavis nailed it, that textbook stuff just gums up the works.

mary_nelson7112d ago

Wait Ray was on that job with you? I heard he got fired like two months ago for showing up to a site totally out of it. No way they let him back on a truck. If that's true, management has lost their minds.