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My old foreman in Mobile told me to always keep a spare cutter motor on the barge
Honestly, I thought he was just being extra careful and wasting money. We were working a sand reclamation job last month when our main motor seized up completely. Ngl, having that spare on hand saved us about two days of downtime and maybe $8,000 in lost production. Has anyone else had a piece of advice they ignored that came back to bite them?
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roberts.leo5mo ago
Nah, some advice is just paranoia.
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aaron8545mo ago
Isn't it funny how the simplest advice is usually the hardest to follow? I mean, it's like we have to learn everything the hard way. I see this all the time with just normal stuff, like keeping a spare key or a basic first aid kit. You think it's overkill until you're locked out or bleeding. That old guy's experience was basically a shortcut he gave you, and you still had to take the long road to get it. Makes you wonder what else we're ignoring right now.
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jessica7075mo ago
Yeah, took me way too long to figure that out.
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thomas_sanchez3mo ago
Read that book "The Checklist Manifesto"? Totally changed my mind on simple stuff.
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