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A storm job in Charlotte made me look up how much weight a mature pine can hold
We were clearing a huge broken limb and I guessed it was maybe 800 pounds. The crew boss said to check the wood density charts, and a green pine limb that size can actually be over 1,200 pounds. Ever since, I double-check my weight estimates before rigging anything that big.
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cole_lee96mo ago
Honestly, it's not just tree work. You see this everywhere, people just eyeballing stuff that has real weight to it. Like loading a moving truck or even stacking firewood. We're all way too comfortable with a guess when a quick look at the actual numbers would save so much trouble. Makes you wonder what else we're all getting wrong by just assuming.
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the_max6mo ago
Guess your crew boss saved you from a real bad day. That's a whole extra person's worth of weight you didn't plan for. Makes you wonder how many close calls happen just from guessing. What's the wildest underestimate you've ever caught yourself making?
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thomas1056mo ago
Yeah, that "whole extra person" idea really makes you rethink every guess.
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jackson.jenny6mo ago
Wait, a whole extra person's worth of weight? That's insane to think about. It's not like a few extra pounds, that's a full grown adult just hanging off the branch. Tbh it makes my stomach drop a little, picturing it. How do you even come back from realizing your guess was that far off?
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