Spent 3 hours trying to level a load that should have taken 20 minutes

Honestly, I was on a job last week lifting steel beams for a warehouse in Detroit. The load kept shifting every time I tried to hoist it past 10 feet. Turns out the chain slings I grabbed from the bin had a twisted link that nobody caught. Took me forever to figure out why it wouldn't balance. Has anyone else had a rigging issue take way longer than it should because of something simple like bad gear?

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ericjackson2d agoMost Upvoted

Bad gear will kill your whole day. Cheap chain slings aren't worth the headache.

gonzalez.phoenix2d ago

You ever get that sinking feeling when you know somethings wrong but cant spot it? I had a ratty wire rope sling hide a broken strand under some tape one time. Spent an hour fighting a load that kept dancing. Felt like a total moron when I finally unwrapped it and saw the damage. Little stuff like that really adds up on the clock. Makes me double check every sling now no matter how good it looks.