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Had to choose between hitting a parked car or a dumpster full of scrap.
Picked the dumpster last Tuesday on a tight jobsite in Oakland. Scrap metal everywhere but my boom stayed straight and nobody got hurt. Anyone else ever pick the lesser of two bad options like that?
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the_sarah1mo agoTop Commenter
Dumpster was the right call every time. Hitting a parked car means dealing with insurance, bodywork, and a pissed off owner who might come out swinging. Scrap metal is just cleanup. That said, you gotta watch what's inside those dumpsters. I hit one once that had old fluorescent tubes in it. Broke some and had mercury dust everywhere. That was a whole hazmat situation I didn't sign up for. But yeah, between denting a car and cleaning up metal scraps, the dumpster is the lesser evil nine times out of ten. Just peek inside first if you can.
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brookefox1mo ago
Did the mercury dust cause any health issues for you after that, or did you manage to get out of there before it got bad?
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