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My hook block sheave locked up mid lift last Wednesday
Was moving some steel beams on a site in Newark around 2pm and heard this nasty grinding noise from the block. Looked up and saw the sheave wasn't spinning at all, just dragging the cable sideways. I lowered the load real slow and set it down on a flatbed, then shut the crane down for the day. Turned out the bearing had seized up from lack of grease, which I shoulda caught during morning inspection. Anyone else had a sheave fail on them and how did you handle getting it swapped out fast?
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karenm492d ago
Guess that's one way to learn your morning inspection list the hard way!
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elliotl241d ago
Wait, is the inspection list actually for the morning or did they just not check it the night before like we're supposed to? I've seen @karenm49 mention that before, but it really matters which one it is. Most routes I've done go smoother when you give yourself that extra minute to look things over early.
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