Switched from hand signals to radios on the dredge last season

Ngl I used to think hand signals were fine for communicating with the deck crew, but after a close call with a stuck cutterhead in June I finally switched to using cheap two-way radios. Has anyone else had luck getting older crew members to actually wear them instead of leaving them on the bench?

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gracec1629d ago

Haha oh man getting older crew to wear radios is like pulling teeth! I had one guy tell me he "didnt need no fancy walkie talkie" and then proceeded to almost drop a 200 pound pipe section on my foot because he couldn't hear me yelling over the engine noise. I finally got them to start wearing them by strapping a cheap foam earplug to the clip so it looked like hearing protection. Now they use em mostly to complain about the lunch menu but at least theyre on their ears when something goes wrong. Honestly I think half my crew thinks the radios are just for complaining about how slow the new guys are.

robins8329d ago

Did you try telling them it plays their favorite country station?

avery_jackson29d ago

Got the old timers to use radios yet or they still treating em like paperweights?