“Tell them to move the pick point 10 feet closer,” Ray said.
Ray didn’t answer. He pulled the laminated from its clip beside the window. The paper was soft and smudged from years of use. He ran his finger down the column: 80 ft radius, 120 ft boom, on outriggers fully extended . 48,000 lbs capacity. crane load charts
The sky over the Houston ship channel was the color of old pewter. Ray, a crane operator with twenty years in his bones, climbed into the cab of the Manitowoc 999. Below him, his new oiler, a kid named Manny, was already on the ground, hands in his pockets. “Tell them to move the pick point 10
“Still under,” Manny said.
Then he checked the fine print at the bottom. 120 ft boom
