My boom truck just logged 10,000 hours on the meter. That's a lot of lifts.

It hit the number yesterday on a school job in Akron. Made me think hard about checking every cable and sheave before the next shift. Anyone else get that gut check when the clock rolls over?

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riverhill1mo ago

Burns.ruby says it's just "the next hour on the meter" but that's ignoring how hard these machines actually get worked... 10,000 hours of lifting concrete and steel puts a real beating on pins and bushings that no book interval can fully predict. The service manual tells you when to change the oil, but it doesn't feel the shudder in a worn sheave the way an operator does after watching that odometer turn over.

aaron_ellis422mo ago

You said that 10,000 hour mark made you think hard about checking cables and sheaves. That's smart. Does your company have a specific checklist for big hour milestones like that, or is it more just your own personal routine? I'm always curious how other operators handle the mental shift when a machine hits a major number.

burns.ruby2mo ago

Honestly, the whole "mental shift at a big number" thing... I don't really get that. For me, it's just the next hour on the meter. The real checklists come from the service manual, not from a feeling when the clock rolls over. You just follow the book for the 10k service, same as the 1k.