How to Operator a Tower Crane: Hanging Iron

This is what it's like from the operators perspective to hang iron. All of these speeds are considerably faster than you would see with concrete work even though we are 300' above the work and in the blind. The signalling here is really what it is supposed to be like. You hear him call off the trolley (Boom) let the drift happen then 4 to 5 seconds later you hear for him call for a second one. That's a catch. That is how you safely run a crane and control the load. You are putting these beams that weigh 1000's of pounds into the hands of people standing on beams. It needs to be both controlled and quick. If you aren't doing it this way, you are doing it wrong.

Hanging Iron in the US is the next level of operating and most people never get to this level. I don't like to run like this. It's so mentally taxing that I get headaches. Some of the operators that can do it can't run with anyone else because they expect this level from everyone signalling them. They take pride in being able to get this work done and nothing less is good enough. It can become dangerous if they can't slow themselves down to match the signal persons abilities.

Sorry for the poor quality. It was a last minute thought to do this.