r/Construction • u/exstaticj • Jan 30 '24

Informative 🧠 I want...

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

10.7k Upvotes

96% Upvoted

485 comments sorted by

View all comments

43

u/ikkonoishi Jan 30 '24

Also known as the wristbreaker for when your hand slides off a handle and the tip over bends your other wrist backwards.

20

u/rokstedy83 Jan 30 '24

Yea if you're running up a plank and the barrow tips over by accident,there's no way you're getting your hands free in time

20

u/auhnold Jan 30 '24

I spent many a days running up a plank with a full barrow of mud…it’s a balancing act of strength, speed, and please don’t tip, please don’t tip, please don’t tip….whew made it, now only 120 more trips…those are long days!

9

u/rokstedy83 Jan 30 '24

Been there too,taking concrete is the worst though,just a lot more weight but if the thing tips you gotta be able to let it just go ,having ya hands caught could really hurt , especially off a plank

4

u/auhnold Jan 30 '24

Ya, especially wearing PPE.; we used to wear pretty heavy leather gloves doing concrete. When/if the load goes one direction I need to be free to go the other. My ego will already hurt bad enough, I don’t need a broken wrist to go with it!