Last Thursday was one of those days that makes you want to throw your hard hat in the river

I was setting up a 50-ton Grove for a steel beam lift at a warehouse job in Tulsa, and the outrigger pad sank right into a soft spot in the asphalt nobody flagged. Spent 4 hours re-leveling and waiting for the ground crew to bring steel plates, and the foreman kept yelling at me like I picked the spot myself. Has anyone else had a site manager just refuse to take blame for bad ground prep?

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anna_craig5d agoMost Upvoted

@alicem29 nailed it. Get them to sign off on the spot before you set a single pad, saved me a whole lot of hassle at a job in Bixby last year. Foreman tried to blame me for sinking into a drain line and I just pointed at his signature on the form.

alicem295d ago

...and that's the part that gets me, it's not like you just parked there for fun. Grove outriggers need solid ground, period, and if the asphalt wasn't prepped right that's on the site crew, not the operator. Next time I'd make them sign off on the spot before you even set a pad, saves hours of grief and keeps the foreman's yelling focused on the right person.