Ive never had a problem with inspectors ...normally we go through the motions do our thing and carry on ...If the guy is really being a moron ..Myself and the crew we dog it down take a coffee and come back after he's gone ...He usually gets the hint after the second time and come to the realization its not coffee time ...
However...
I had a run in with one in particular ..Tandem Pick and Carry with a 75t grove RT and a 60T Tadano ...
i was on the Grove ,,the guy running the tadano had no clue (but was a great guy in a bad circumstance)..
My job was to hand him one end of 32000lbs, meaning i had the whole ..Between looking after him and getting him into postion and set ,,getting my own machine in postion and set ,setting up the boiler makers with rigging and getting a few guys to clear the road ...I had omitted the dunage on my pad behind me .... and along comes(ministry of labour inspector) Mr. Man while i have the load in the air with his padowan learner ..book in hand ..
this guy went stupid ..he starts barking at the guy on the tag line to tell me to put wood under my pad ,(his leaner is bringing up the page in the book ..)..the boiler maker ...responded in true boiler maker fashion ...
then he climbs on my crane (load still in the air )..and barks get wood under the pad!!!..(his learner has the page now )I begin to plead for restrant on his part..only to get a heightend blast of hot air ..(his leaner is reading to me now the law ,i still have the load in the air )...Cheesed to no end ..on my part at this point ...i order the biolermakers clear hold the tags in one hand ....
I jam open the throttle and haul my jack up ,with 38000 lbs in the air ...one of the crew slides a pad in ,down it goes .... when i look around ,,this yo-yo is getting into his car with his learner ....and is gone ...
I gave mention to the onsite safty officials what transpired with witness accounts ,,not to mention the number of OSHA safty violations he preformed in the process ..including the direct order for me to put wood under my pad ..load in the air
that guy came back countless times never once even stopped by my machine ....or any other crane for that matter ..
A liitle drawn out but ....