jenny_lee•22h agoProlific Poster

Shoutout to that Wednesday in July that nearly broke me

I was running a 100-ton crawler on a bridge job in Columbus, setting steel beams in 93 degree heat, and my swing brake started slipping around 2 PM. Had to bring in a backup crane to finish the lift while I spent the rest of the day bleeding air out of the hydraulic lines in a cloud of mosquitoes. Has anyone else had a machine fail right at the worst possible moment on a tight deadline?

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miles_robinson2021h ago

That Wednesday in July sounds like it had it out for you.

the_robin16h ago

Are you sure it was that bad? I've had plenty of frustrating days that felt huge in the moment but looking back I barely remember them. Maybe it was just a rough patch that seems bigger than it actually was.

felixm2914h ago

Wait, you had to bleed air out of the lines while being eaten alive by mosquitoes in 93-degree heat, and that's just the afternoon part? That sounds like a full day from hell before you even got to the part where the crane failed.