Spent 4 hours untangling a bridle that should have taken 20 minutes

Last Wednesday I had a job at a site near Columbus and the bridle came out of storage looking like a birds nest. Three other guys and I spent almost 4 hours trying to get the chains sorted because someone just tossed them in the box instead of hanging them proper. By the time we got it straight we were already behind schedule and the foreman was breathing down our necks. Has anyone else dealt with a tangled mess that ate up your whole morning like that?

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gavin9285d ago

Yeah but was the box one of those big gang boxes where everything just piles up in one corner? We had a site where the guys would toss everything in the same bin and you'd be pulling out scab lines and shackles just to find the right bridle. Ended up color coding the bin with tape so you could actually see where stuff went. Still took us a half hour to dig through it last week though.

alice_barnes355d ago

Used to think color coding was overkill but now I get it. Tape is a solid move, keeps things from turning into a complete disaster zone.