Always thought those fancy load moment indicator refresher courses were just a cash grab until I took one in Houston last spring and it caught a calibration drift I'd totally missed.

The instructor had us run a mock pick with a 40-ton lift at 80 feet of radius, and the LMI readout was off by nearly 3%, which convinced me to get our company's entire fleet checked. Anyone else have a routine check turn up a surprise like that?

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henry3151d ago

Guess that "cash grab" course just saved your bacon, huh?

robin_bennett781d ago

How else am I supposed to learn? I mean, it worked.