/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>2045678
you have certified riggers tell you where to put the hook via radio
the real trick is to be the night guy on a job in the city where they need someone to sit in the tower crane all night to make sure its pointed into the wind

>>1985172
it comes from a few generations of bitch dads
they dont teach their kids shit because they themselves dont know shit and there dad was a useless boomer who never passed down his dads knowledge
I remember a few days when I had the day off school I would go to work with my dad and see how things are done helped here and there and the guys on the job would throw cash to me if I swept the floor because they knew I was not paid and saved them work
pic related he taught me how to run one of these when I was 11 to help him finish a job on the weekend finishing eves on a on a 3 story building. he was in one lift me in another and I was bringing the martial up and down so he could work nonstop

>>1845097
>worrying about wind
>driving 4x4 ultrabooms in the mud and have that fucker sink to the frame yet just start bulldozing the mud
>the fun of wondering if the ground is going to shift when fully extended

>>818391
non union is treated like shit because they are retarded goofs

the job im on im a union carpenter doing finish work

the contractor hired a bunch of non union mexicans to do metal studs and drywall

nothing is on center
nothing is square
nothing done by them is done once they have to do it 3-5 times and its still fucked up

I just spent 4 hours today sheeting a tiny soffit thats 16"x79" on one end and 16 5/8th on the other end and 17 in the center
I had to cut my sheets close then get them into place and scribe a line and cut it again in the lift

also union guys have to follow a shit ton of rules or they will get run off
the non union guys violate osha rules multiple times a day

what are you trained to run?
I can operate forklifts, rough terrain fork lifts, scissor and aerial lifts

I can also rig and signal cranes

pic related spent all day in the air working on a building