I was lied to about wind speeds on Tuesday. I was told by the Super. that we were only taking 40-45 mph. At the end of the pour I was talking to the tower crane operator and he said it was 54 mph. To make it worse the wind was hitting my boom broad side. Lied to just so they could finish the pour.

thats the trouble with them canteen breakfasts, tooo much fried food too early in the day, just cloggs everthing up. would recomend the healthy option next time!!!!!

If the wind speed is 45mph, is that at ground level,and does the wind speed increase as you go higher,say 150 ft up?

What did the office have to say about this?

that would be another Super with an X on his hard hat.

54 mph from the tower crane

sorry, couldnt resist earlier.  on a serious note, you would think that on pumps with 40m+ booms, a wind speed indicator would be fitted as standard??

 I may have lied about wind speeds a time or two??? While standing white knuckled on top of a placing boom and trying to catch 4 way rigging when it's blowin like a bastard... Pump OFF it aint fly'n today!

Hey Too Tall,

A storm came up when I was trying to attach a placing boom onto a barge. The boom was swinging and the pedestal was rocking with the barge. Now that was HAIRY

I like the idea of a wind guage... Unfortunatly here its a grey area no one takes much notice of it

Well it is in your book that came with the pump on what the max wind speeds are for your pump on the pump i use to operate it was 76 kph but if you have to pump in windy areas always try to pump into the wind not with it and if it is straight up just dont...... I seen alot of pictures of pumps that are on there side because of weak minded operators

Im not saying that if was blowing its ball off i would do it, and yes i do know what my wind speed max is for my boom, but how am i or anyone supposed to know how hard its blowing 46m up in my area?

you finished the job no one got hurt i dont see a problem

dont cry just to cry