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After 15 years I finally figured out I was setting the brake wrong on mobile cranes

Was setting up a Grove RT at a job site in Tulsa last week and an old operator who was watching just laughed and said “you’ve been riding that drum brake the whole time haven’t you.” Turns out I was dragging the brake shoe against the drum instead of letting it seat properly, anyone else pick up bad habits from older guys that you just never questioned?
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the_sarah
the_sarah26d ago
Funny how we all pick up one bad habit somewhere and just run with it for years without thinking.
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mason361
mason3612mo ago
Spent years backing up boats the wrong way until a dock hand set me straight, oops.
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palmer.henry
Read something about backing to port makes it way easier.
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