John Paul Sanborn
Above average climber
I would add that when you start doing it on your own, start small and get a crane with a load line on it, so you can weigh each pic against your estimates.
while huge picks are motivating to watch, if they are too big for the LZ they become a PITA and end up slowing you down. Cut them as big as you can fit them inot the LZ and the ground crew can cut them up.
one can burry the ground crew very fast.
body:laod positioning should allways be so that the load will move away from you on separation. This may sound simple, but I've seen highly skilled climbbers end up on the wrong side, especially with large chunks on low angle/high extention picks.
heavy loads can make the cranes boom flex under these conditions and the load will drop some as it comes off.
Work your way into it.
while huge picks are motivating to watch, if they are too big for the LZ they become a PITA and end up slowing you down. Cut them as big as you can fit them inot the LZ and the ground crew can cut them up.
one can burry the ground crew very fast.
body:laod positioning should allways be so that the load will move away from you on separation. This may sound simple, but I've seen highly skilled climbbers end up on the wrong side, especially with large chunks on low angle/high extention picks.
heavy loads can make the cranes boom flex under these conditions and the load will drop some as it comes off.
Work your way into it.
