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Warning: spent 5 hours chasing a load chart error that was just a level bubble off by a hair
Rigged up on a Hillsboro job last Tuesday and my chart kept saying I was over on the pick, so I re-ran the math three times and even called the office before I noticed the bubble in my onboard computer was sitting half a degree off. What's the dumbest little thing that ever cost you half a shift?
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anna_carter5314d ago
The line "spent 5 hours chasing a load chart error" hits way too close to home lol. It's always the tiny stuff that eats your whole day, never the big obvious problems. Same thing happens with my truck at home, I'll tear apart the whole engine looking for a weird noise and it turns out to be a loose heat shield or something dumb in the glove box. I swear life works like that on purpose, the small things sneak past you while you're busy overthinking the big ones. We trust the fancy readouts so much that we forget to check the simple stuff first. Lesson learned the hard way I guess, always check the dumb stuff before you go deep.
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hall.emma14d ago
The small things sneak past you" is the whole truth. I once spent a full morning cussing at a fuel gauge that read wrong, turned out the ground wire was just loose on the sending unit. Five minutes with a wrench after four hours of tearing my hair out. @anna_carter53 nailed it, always check the dumb stuff first. We all trust the fancy screen and skip the basics. Costs us every time.
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