Spent 10 years hating on luffing jibs until a guy named Pete set me straight at the union hall

I always thought luffing jibs were just extra headache for no real reason, but Pete from Local 4 showed me how he landed a 12 ton steel beam perfectly between two buildings on a tight site in Boston with one. He walked me through the counterweight math and the wind load differences, and it clicked that I was just mad I never learned them proper. Any of you switch from hammerhead to luffing and find it changed how you bid jobs?

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jenny58015d ago

Spent 10 years hating on luffing jibs" and you're acting like Pete from Local 4 gave you a religious conversion. Luffing jibs are fine for tight spots but you're talking like he showed you the secrets of the universe. I've seen guys make a hammerhead work in Boston alleys with the right tagline setup and some patience. All of a sudden you're gonna bid jobs different just cause some union hall guru had a good day.

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wren_carr14d ago

Right there with you, I had my own "come to Jesus" moment with a luffing jib and it turned out to be just a decent tool for a very specific job. Seen plenty of hammy heads do the same work in tighter spaces, just takes a guy who knows his taglines and has some patience. People act like one good demo erases ten years of watching those rigs get in the way on every other site.