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Ran my old cable rig on a pour last week and remembered why I switched to radio control
Six months ago I was still running the old cable remote on every pour, and it worked fine for years. Last week the transmitter on our radio setup died, so I pulled the cable rig out of the trailer for a 12 yard deck pour in Garland. I spent the whole morning walking back and forth to the boom, dragging that cable through mud, and I was maybe 40 feet from the bucket on every placement. On the radio I can stand right at the edge of the forms and see the hose tip the whole time, and my spotter does not have to yell across the site. The pour took almost an hour longer than usual too. Anyone else have trouble going back to cable controls after getting used to radio, or is that just me?
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chen.james1mo ago
Man, going back to cable controls after radio is like going back to a flip phone after a smartphone. You forget how much work it was until you're standing there in the mud holding a cord like you're walking a stubborn dog. Forty feet from the bucket the whole pour? That's not a pour, that's cardio. And the spotter yelling across the site all morning probably lost his voice by lunch. The extra hour hurts too, since concrete isn't exactly known for waiting around on you. Next time that radio dies just call in sick, it'll be cheaper.
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