The debate over luffing vs hammerhead booms on a tight site...

Got told by an old-timer last month that my luffing jib setup was costing me time on a downtown Toronto job... he said hammerhead would've been smoother with the narrow street access and tight turn radius. After switching for a day, I saw his point - less fuss with the fly jib but way slower for the heavy picks. Anyone else run into this argument on cramped urban jobsites and stick with one style?

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xenar141mo ago

Heard a guy at a safety meeting swear by hammerheads for tight spots, any truth to that?

wesley_grant331mo ago

You ever try one yourself, @xenar14? Yeah, I back that guy up completely. I ended up grabbing one after a buddy let me borrow his, and it made a huge difference in a cramped crawlspace I was working. That extra bit of angle saved me from having to cut out a whole section of drywall. Definitely worth having in your bag if you do that kind of work a lot.

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jade_grant951mo ago

Gotta admit I was totally on the fence about these things for ages. I thought my regular driver was fine and that the hype was just people trying to sell tools they didn't really need. Then I had to run some electrical in a really tight wall cavity and my normal angle just wasn't cutting it. Borrowed one from a neighbor halfway through and it was a total game changer, completely changed my mind. Now I stash one in my main bag just in case, because you never know when a tight spot is going to pop up.