Personally, I would have called the BLM out for being a terrible BLM. If a BLM can't handle a pull because "it's too big" then they are a bad BLM and should either learn to play the job adequately or learn another job that it's a bit more forgivable to be lazy on. (Hint to that BLM: there isn't one).

Twelve forbid that a BLM should ever have to use its CC tools.