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PSA: My uncle told me to always check the wind at boom tip height, not ground level
He's been running tower cranes for 30 years and said the wind up where the hook is can be way different. I finally got a handheld anemometer and tried it on a job in Portland last month. Ground wind was maybe 10 mph, but at 180 feet it was a steady 22. That extra info totally changed how I planned my lifts for the day. Has anyone else started doing this, or do you have another method for checking high wind?
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felix_lane997mo ago
My old boss always said to just watch the flag, but your uncle's tip makes way more sense.
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dylanfisher7mo ago
Portland's wind is no joke up high, I saw the same thing on a site near the river last year. Maryt62, some of us have been trusting our faces to feel the breeze for a long time, okay? Your uncle is smart, that tip seems obvious once you hear it but most people never think about it. What do you do on a super tall building where you can't even get a reading, just guess based on the clouds?
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