Old foreman in Baton Rouge flagged my hand signals, changed how I rig all week
Last month a retired foreman watched me direct a pick and pulled me aside, said my tagline taps were too late for the operator's line of sight. I started calling out the load path before moving the hook, not during, and the crane work got way smoother. Anyone else had a senior guy correct their signaling rhythm and notice the difference right away?
Had an old rigger tell me the same thing about calling the path before the load moves instead of while it's going. Once I started doing that, the operator knew where the hook was headed and the whole pick stopped jerking around. That one change made my signals way cleaner than anything I'd been doing before.