Whoo hoo- education time.
This is going to be fun- Tradesman- the sun is always in the crane operators eyes, framers only leave you the spot looking into the sun, to set up the crane. They want to get back at you for having the best job, so they plan it that way. They then leave you sit there, staring into the sun for
hours...,
After all you can see is white spots, they stand directly into the sun from you, and give you hand signals with their little stubby fingers, wiggling like they have lice or some skin rash, that they don't want to itch in public. You can barely see their body outline, let alone their furtive nose-picking like hand signals. Mostly then I just guess and put whatever it is I'm lifting where I think it should go- Ignore all signals,. they don't know what they want anyways.
But, in spite of their best efforts to make us uncomfortable- us crane operators have a solution- a secret weapon so to speak. These wood weilders occasionally leave remnants lying around the jobsite, leftovers of their wood destruction. You will turn this to your own advantage. Some carpenter would need a square, stringline, laser. scribe. angle finder,table saw, joiner, and one of those funny fat pencils they all have. But you aren't one of those backward mortals anymore..........
You are now
A crane operator (actually only a boom truck in your case, but we make exceptions
)
So- grabbing one of their castoffs, and using only a stolen wood butcher and your laser vision (only operators have it- framers use all those other straight line maker thingies), you are going to make the defender of operators everywhere- your first real sunshade:
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That's right, get back at those framers, make yourself a block about this by this (I'm using my hands- operators tell every length and distance just by looking and using their hands- framers use those measure distancer doohickys). It should be a nice width to shade your nose and eyes, and not too big to block your vision.
Also be sure not to make it too wide, or when you boom down it will pinch between the boom and the cab, making a big noise and occasionally flopping it back into the cab banging you in the head and making you look like a fool in front of the framers. We operators try not to do that, so smile, like you meant to do that, when it happens. They won't be sharp enough to tell the difference.
Also make sure to mess up 1/2 way into your cut- that way no one tries to steal your board, they know its to crooked for them to cut back into something straight. (see 2nd picture for a example of a proper jagged edge)
Now--- Install behind seat, and when those lousy karpenters next sit you in the sun, flop that baby on the roof, kick on the 12v fan and some tunes, and live large.....