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I keep hearing about load cells for picking, but an old timer in Seattle told me to trust my gut instead.
He said he had been lifting for 40 years and never used one once, after I asked him about it on a job site last Tuesday. Anyone else think we lean too hard on tech over feel in the cab?
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finleycooper3mo ago
Jump right in and say you've been running a loader for eight years now and I've never once touched a load cell. My old man taught me to feel the bucket through the seat, you know, that little wobble when you're getting close to the sweet spot. Last year a younger guy on my crew kept bugging me to try his fancy scale setup and I finally let him show me on a few buckets. The thing was off by a couple hundred pounds every time (and not in the right direction). I swear there's something about the vibration and the sound that a computer just can't read right. Plus, when you trust your gut you actually have to pay attention to the machine and that's how you catch other problems early, like a loose pin or a low tire.
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