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Thought anti-two-block was just a fancy add-on until a near miss in Tulsa changed my tune
A guy I sub for kept telling me to run the anti-two-block system on his 60 ton, and I figured it was just more beeping to ignore. Then one afternoon in Tulsa I was booming down fast with a headache ball and heard the alarm go off about a foot before things got ugly. Turns out I had drifted the block right up near the sheave and never felt a thing through the seat. Now I actually test the thing every morning and it has caught two sloppy moments since. Anyone else run one of these or do you still trust your gut on block height?
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gavin804d ago
So what happens when that sensor craps out on you and you start leaning on it like a crutch? I get the close call part, but I'd rather keep my eyes on the block and use the alarm as a backup, not the other way around.
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