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That $30 load indicator from Amazon nearly got my load dropped

I laughed when my foreman told me to ditch the cheap load indicator I bought off Amazon. Said I was risking the whole job. Took it off a 14-ton precast panel last Tuesday and the thing read 8 tons. Borrowed his old mechanical one and it showed 15.5 tons right on the money. Anyone else have a cheap tool that almost cost them big?
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wren_carr
wren_carr21d ago
@thomas105 nailed it. Cheap tools fake you out everywhere, not just on site.
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thomas105
thomas10521d ago
Didn't a buddy of mine have a $20 torque wrench snap a bolt on a bridge beam?
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