My kid asked me why the crane cab spins and I didn't have a good answer
I was showing my daughter, Chloe, some pictures from the job site (the new hospital going up on 5th Street) and she pointed at the operator's cab and asked 'why does that little room spin all by itself?'. I started talking about load charts and swing radius, but her face just went blank. It hit me that I've been doing this for 12 years and I explain it to other operators, but never to someone who just sees the machine. How do you guys explain what we do to people who have no clue about the trade? Like, what's your simple go-to line?