Plunked down $400 for a load chart app and it saved me on a tight pick today

I was setting a rooftop unit in a cramped downtown lot in Nashville and my old paper charts were useless for the offset. The app gave me the numbers in 30 seconds and I finished before lunch. Anyone else pay for those apps or do you trust the manual books?

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the_richard10d ago

My uncle used to run a crane in Houston and swore by his paper load charts laminated in a binder. One time he had to set a chiller on a roof downtown and the wind was gusting so bad his charts blew off the truck and landed in a puddle. He spent 20 minutes drying them on the dash of his pickup while the foreman chewed him out. Now he uses an app on his phone and says he'll never go back. That story makes me think some things are worth paying for even if they cost a small fortune upfront.

lilyt9010d ago

Paper is still king on a jobsite when your phone dies or the screen cracks. Your uncle got lucky with that app, but I've seen guys lose a whole day's work when their tablet froze in the sun. Laminated charts in a binder never need a charge or a signal.