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Why am I watching this. I've had done enough concrete/construction work to last me the rest of my life. Getting up at midnight to pour at two. Oh help don't get me started. Then you got the rebar on the ground and no one lifting/pulling it into the pour. You can alwYs tell when the undocumented/untrained workers are back. Code goes to help! 50 years +exp Jim
Did you end up around 500 yds on that pour? Looks like it might have taken that much there near the end of the video. I used to work in Fla as a carpenter and later superintendent. We poured flat work with wire mesh and rebar in the footings. Why do they use rebar in the whole slab? The only time we used rebar on slabs was in high rises. Is it because of the thickness of the slab? I'm 65 and been out of the game over 10 years now. My largest pour was a cities public swimming pool, it had a 495 yd slab with raised curb for the pool panels. It was the same kind they build for the Olympics , and the deck took 498 yds. That remote controlled machine is something else we didn't have them, it was all bull float. Brings back many memories, good and bad, mostly good. Great video wish I could give 2 thumbs up
I drove mixer years ago and seen a lot of tricks but seeing this, wow has it come a long way. In my day, everyone was hunched over, this crew is standing up straight, no bad backs. Lol...
Amazing. I grew up helping my father do construction as a young teenage kid. We poured some concrete, but of course, nothing like this, at least when I was working for him. It's really neat to see how high-tech this is and how fast it goes. I know the camera replay is sped up so it makes it look much faster than it was. I might also say, I've never seen so many workers standing around, and still get, what, something like 400 yards poured in a day. I'm not saying the workers weren't working, I know better than that. But from 40-50 years ago, when we had just a few guys show up on a much smaller job, it was so much work. And having to wheelbarrow it to the back yard, through a gate in the fence, was a lot of work. I love that so much can be done now, so much more quickly, and with so much less back-breaking work. I would have loved to have seen the power-trowels get out there and start doing their thing. I work in tech, not construction tech, but other areas. I've been doing it for more than 30 years. I know how much innovation has been done in the areas I've worked in. To see how it is applied to this realm of construction work is so impressive. Awesome job, and thanks so much for sharing!!! It is amazing. Kudo's to everyone!!!
Yeah, these machines make the big jobs easier, but major props to the man on the Bull Float. A float that size will absolutely eat your lunch working a job that size. Full grown man there.
Those are slick pieces of equipment, makes the job so much easier!! Only ever been on jobs where we poured floor slabs like this in bays, as we put in joints between the bays. On those we used vibrating screeders the were powered by compressed air and pulled along the bays by steel wires attached to the rebar....but that was back in the 90s 😵🤣🇬🇧 And yes, we had problems with plants too, more often caused by breakdowns, can't remember them limiting the amount of concrete we asked for.... 🤔🤦♂️ Looking forward to seeing what you get up to this year Sir!!! 👍
in china we place broken beer bottles among the rebars to fill the gaps and in this way uses less concrete. we are smart and resourceful cheap and good western engineers are stupid and make things costly for the people
Witam, to nie jest professionalnie. To jak w najgłębszym średniowieczu. dlaczego robotnicy muszą się tak torturować? Beton jest zagęszczany we wszystkich warstwach za pomocą wibratora do betonu. Tylko górna warstwa jest zagęszczana za pomocą maszyny z belką wibracyjną.
Love pumping for a lazer screed..It's been a while since I've commented on one of your videos.. Last winter I was off work to get 2 complete artificial knees replacements..I really enjoyed watching you guys.. picked up a couple tricks along the way..I've been pumping for near 30 years now..and I've got to say to any of you..if your knees are shot. Go have them fixed.Ill be 60 next summer and my legs feel like they're 18 again.Stop dealing with the pain.. trust me it's worth it
I'm 75, weigh 350 lbs, and 5' 11". I wonder if I lost weight could I go back to work? V.A. have me on pills like Lisinopril that caused weight gain. Best to you pardner about your knees. Eaglegards...
I had 2 jobs a few miles apart and about 2 weeks difference in schedule, both ~50,000sf of slab. One was hand screeded and the other used a laser screed. Only one passed the flatness testing and it wasn’t the machine. It’s only as good as the meat bag running it.
Those screed machines are the ticket for big pads like that, does the work for you, been on quite a few jobs where those were used, thanks for sharing 💪🇺🇸
Another great job by muddy feet. I've never seen a remote control screed like that before, that was cool. Great video and stay safe out there and see yall next time
back in the 70 id help my grandfather pore and finish parking lots 9' square at a time. lol i wasnt even a teenager yet. making good money in the summers helping my grandad build brick walls, driveways. man what memories. thank u for ur time making videos sir.
It is interesting to see the different techniques used in different areas of the country. When we in the PAC NW think power screeds, we are thinking something like a Bidwell 48' screed. You see those used on warehouses and other such pours, not just highway work. We tend to see a lot of 63 meter and now 86 meter pumps. Usually because there is only one location to reach from. I don't do concrete work, I am just on site to protect my electrical conduit in the slab or walls. Thus, I get to "sight see" quite a bit. I love watching other people work....
Biggest pour I ever placed was 350 cu yards. 16 inch thick slab for water treatment plant. Double mat chaired at 2 inches and 12 inches. The old school pump operator using the remote for the first time was a nightmare, knocked several of us over wiping the hose around. The operator had a young kid about 16 yrs old as his helper. Our site Project manager who will say anything to anyone, told the old guy to go sit in the truck and told the kid to run it. That kid was awesome. Project manager told the concrete company no one was allowed to run the pump but that kid on all future pours on our site and that the kid needs a raise.
@@kylemilford8758 My bad. I re-watched the video. Somehow I missed the guys placing the risers after the screed machine passed over. I stand corrected. I wish my grandkids would have been here so I could blame my oversight on them😜
@@donavonjewett9966 all good it happens fast, the first 12ft has them pre installed and then they sneak in while the float guy is working. Pretty well oiled machine this crew is awesome
Never watched a video of pouring before lol I've done a fair amount of commercial concrete over the years but never saw a screed machine like that. Thats cool as hell and a back saver to say the least. You fellas know what you're doin. We always joked with people saying we've poured more concrete than they have walked on lol keep doin what you do boys because it seems that its getting tough to find people able and willing to do anything that requires going outside and actually working.
@@ericculver115 Yep, with McDonalds paying $15.00 an hour with benefits and sometimes sign on bonuses and easy factory work at $18.00 plus an hour by me and I'm in a low cost of living rural area most people will choose that over hard work. Some people will work at a job for the satisfaction of achieving a goal higher than enriching a large corporation or flipping burgers, that is what you need to emphasize, most people will not go for it but some actually will.
@@phillhuddleston9445 You're absolutely right i have downsized greatly me and a good buddy of mine do what we can do now. I have a quarter of the stress. A tenth of the problems. Work half as much and make the same if not more money.
Im in PA not sure where you fellas are from but sounds like the same story fits everywhere. I made $3 hr. at 12yrs old working on a farm. Got into construction in the summertime at 15 for i think $6 hr. Tending block. Got into remodeling out of school for $8 hr. Started working for myself at 24 doing remodeling and was paying guys $10hr cash (unskilled) and couldn't get anyone decent. Went Union for 13 years till couldn't stand the politics and lazy fu#@&-$ now trying to reestablish myself again and nothing has gotten any better help wise. People don't understand if you're going to pay the McDonald's worker $18 hr. Your gonna pay steak prices for soybean burgers. Maybe the schools should focus on economics instead of trying to turn our kids into communists and pamper them when they aren't sure if god gave them a dick by mistake. Just my 2 cents
@@The_Ineffable_Meanderer Fire the help keep s buddy around pay him in cash. Do good work and stick thr money in your pocket instead of giving it to uncle Sam. I have never been happier. And the kitchen i just got to the guy has been waiting 4 years for me to get to him. I'm in Pennsylvania also. I am happier than 9 have ever been i am 3 years behind and I haven't given a quote in like 8 years. Everything I do is time and materials. So glad I took it to heart when my dad said " Do good work everyhing else is secondary.
I have estimated and poured hundreds of thousands of yards and never. ordered less than needed. also I noticed how well you placed the concrete those guys didn't have to use the come alongs very much. the guy on bullfloat had the most work good job
@@rickallen9382 on a deck yer but what about uneven ground when the sand hasn't been level properly or if it rains over night dropping it 20 ml.Over a large distance of course you order less then order what you need on a msg. But to say you never under ordered especially when its basically a single load with footings etc means you always over order costing you for un used concrete and in Australia you send concrete back they charge you.This can mean you end up at a loss.Also the suppliers can skimp you on loads due to scales being inaccurate or the Bacher not allowing for the difference in weight when adding wet or dry sand to the mix ,this will occur due to wet weather and the sand being gritty and in the open. You would realise this as the mix is always boney or gritty after wet weather .So to be honest Its hard to believe your claim or you waisted a lot of money on concrete you didn't use.
@@ericwsmith7722 How about nail guns, power saws and power drills, my great grandfather was a carpenter before any power tools were commonly available, all drilled holes and cut boards were done by hand tools but for some reason the cost of housing was about the same as today adjusted for inflation. You would think increasing production time and reducing the hours of labor would lower home prices. We went from solid wood planks cut by hand tools on roofing to OSB nailed down with nail guns, drywall instead of plaster over lap boards but the cost hasn't fallen and so on with most of the house.
@@phillhuddleston9445 ---If you go back about 100 years when all houses in town were built almost exclusively with hand tools, they were smaller and had one kitchen and one bathroom, a light fixture with an outlet in the bedrooms, Maybe 10 electrical outlets in the whole house and about the same amount of light fixtures, No insulation, and roofing was mostly slate (expensive then as it is now) While there was more labor, there was fewer materials also. Now we get to the 40,s and 50,s where a basic house was a lot less basic, Some companies thought the guys should just work faster, some purchased power tools to stay competitive, Guess who stayed in business and who went out of business? Adapt or die, law of the jungle.
@@ericwsmith7722 This right here. As things get cheaper and more productive, you just get more of everything. Just bought my first house and it is 4 bedroom, 4 bathroom, 2 story with finished basement and all the amenities built in 2013. If you extrapolate back and calculate the cost of this house in 1950, it would be insane.
It's always good to see the different methods used throughout our country. We see a lot of laser screeds on bigger flat work here in the mid-atlantic. Concrete paving we see more WW mats and not much rebar. What was the reason for the cut off at 400 yds. Why slow trucks? In there a raw material shortage or driver shortage or both in TX?
Not every plant can hold that much cement and fly ash, and if the job cancels while a cement tanker truck is on the way, the plant may not have a place to put it, The cement ( not concrete) plant could be a 12 hour or more away,
What a great machine, real back saver. The use of the steel mesh was a waste, it would do nothing for the strength of the concrete laying on the ground like that. Do you not use reo chairs in the US to raise the mesh to the center/top of the concrete? They are compulsory in Australia and inspected before the pour.
I am from western europe. If you will put the rebar on the ground like shown hereon the video and you do that in europe, you can definetely get an excavator with a hammer and crack the hole thing down. For ground floor you need at last two layers of steel mesh with distance holders between and at the ground. The mesh size will also have to be at lot more smaller, about a quarter of this. There is also no concrete virbrator used. If this is not used in europe and seen by an inspector you can crack also down everything. But i love the plaining machine.
That 4 wheel screed machine is a wonder to behold, Brother! Way back when, we didn’t even have power screeds, never mind one of those things! WOW, that’s all.👍
I was on a 700 yard pour back in July with one that couldn’t get the job done to save its life. It kept sinking the tires, and outriggers with pads on, even blew a tire from sinking on top of the rebar. They had to bring in a smaller one with skinny wheels. Thankfully it never slowed down the pour.
never heard of that being an issue unless you were on a deep mat, we also have float tires for weird jobs like that and we run somero screeds, we pulled off 3200 cyd concrete paving pour once with two screeds and two onsite plants
@@tboniusmaximus3047 I’ve worked with the Somero family. Good people and Amazing machines. Amazon warehouse 1 million sq ft. We got subbed to help with the framing of tilt up walls.
Man that laser screed is freakin awesome. I have never seen one before but that's off the chain cool. But like a lot of things the more automated it gets the more people are out of work. I just read an article today saying they estimated 20 million people will be replaced by robotics by 2030.
@@MuddyfeetConcretePumping I used to labor on pours in Airplane Hangers. We didn't have laser screeds then. The dual Trowl machine was just coming out then. I don't miss the old days. I just wish we had the new equipment!
@@MuddyfeetConcretePumping This always makes me wonder if the jobs lost to machines are actually made up by jobs making the machines. And delivering them and selling them and servicing them. I am sure that there are jobs created by the machines but if one machine takes the place of two jobs and 100 machines take the place of 200 jobs are there 200 jobs created for the machine? Or are we moving towards George Jetsons lament of "man, these three day work weeks are killing me!"
@@timothyball3144 No, we’re not going the way of the jetsons. Productivity has gone up 60% since the 1970’s, but wages have fallen dramatically after adjusting for inflation. We’re all doing more work and getting paid less for it. Not to mention the fact that everything is getting more expensive, so that money we get doesn’t even go as far as it used to. And yet at the same time, there’s more billionaires than ever before. Nearly ten people in the US alone are worth more than $100 billion dollars. It seems to me like they’ve just been taking all our money and keeping it for themselves.
@appleintosh I won't argue your numbers because they are in line with the little that I know, but those statistics don't tell the whole story. I wonder how much of that productivity is from automation? In this video, we see that on this job, they can be more productive, but as others have pointed out, the guys aren't going home bent over. Is the guy pushing the buttons working as hard as the guy hand screeding? Yes, there is more productivity, but there are also more people in the workforce to produce things, plus we have the aforementioned automation. To your point, there are too many people being productive by working two or three jobs while billionaires are whipping out their "spaceships" to compare them.
Very cool machine I have no knowledge of building or concrete work I just always thought the rebar was in the concrete not setting on the dirt below the slab. The pump is a cool rig I didn't realize how far the boom could extend horizontally.
Those laser screeds are pretty slick. Only been around them on floor pours though, when everything is flat. Wonder if that one had GPS on it for the different pitches the parking lot has?
That self-leveling screeder is dope, that has to be so accurate with a large pour! Is the concrete that goes into the pumper just watered down or does it need special additives?
The concrete would be a specific mix that was designed to be pumped, you would not water down a standard mix to pump as that would decrease the strength and lead to segregation of the mix where the aggregate (stones) sinks to the bottom and the sandy parts (fines) floats to the top. An ideal mix is where the aggregate is held in suspension in the fines so the cement paste can bind everything together so when Hydration takes place.
It doesn't really need anything to be pumped. And the lazer screeds are very accurate we had to have what they call an ff 50. Which means they take a 20 foot long straight edge lay it on the floor and there can't be anymore than an 1/8" of a gap anywhere. And it must be within an 1/8 of an inch of grade. Or you either replace it or not get paid. We never had any problems.
The steel reinforcing has no coverage, that screed machine drives over and flattens and the hydraulic supports bends the bars. I’m assuming this is for a parking lot. Eventually water/moisture will rust the rebar and there will be tons of cracks and repairs. Good Luck to the owner/general contractors.
Was there issues with the soil and that’s the reason you didn’t tailgate? We do large distribution centers out here in Socal and tailgate most of our slab & site paving pours. We average about 1,200 yards a day. Laser screed is the way to go for sure.
Thanks for the video, neat screed machine. So could you tell me a little about the risks of walking under the boom on the job site? What happens if you lose hydraulic pressure in the boom? Sudden failure, slow? We just had an OSHA recordable as a guy got staples in his head from a piece of ice falling from the nearby cell tower - he wasn't even in a hard hat area. Thanks and Happy New Year! PS - no problem either if you don't want to discuss..grin...just don't call me Karen..
Actually, Karen, that's a valid question. I'm glad he answered it. It's good to know that rams/cylinders in these machines have safeties in place for such failures now. I'm glad someone came up with something. I've been out of construction for a while now and didn't know.
@@thomasarussellsr 20 yrs ago I saw a connection on a concrete pump line let go in an inside on grade pour......lucky no one was hurt. What a noise, what a mess. I dont get near pump trucks now, couldnt pay me enough.
the plants around us cut us off at 450 cyd unless we give them alot of notice, problem is our avg pour size is 19,000sf, covid garbage has hurt us because they cant find drivers
@@tboniusmaximus3047 The plandemic was meant to do this, tear down the country from within so they can rebuild it as socialist then transition to communism.
@@-_James_- Yes I do think really hard about what is happening to our country right now but it is obvious that you pay little attention to it. Ignorance is bliss so you must be a very happy person.
I helped with a 1000yd pour years ago under ground hardest pour I ever was involved with. Had 2 buddies get severe concrete burns I hope these guys are using good PPE.
At 14-15 minutes, and 19-ish, in I can see them putting chairs in for the rebar as the robot screed heads away for another pass. I was going to ask about that.
Definitely! Sure beats the hell out of rolling it over one wheel barrel at a time. That is how we did it around here back in the day. Seems like we never could get a truck into position on a lot of our pours.😕
People this year are just crazy. We poured 250 yards last week via a Pump for a parking lot and it was 14° outside. Batched with Hot Water and had 2% Nitro in it and it was on and off snowing. My guess is that they will be replacing it this summer. Yesterday we poured a few walls and some footings, first wall had NO pump and we could only pour from one spot so they had us pouring it out at a 9 inch slump and they only had 1/2% Chloride in the mix Temp was 16°. Today it was 3° and we had 12 drivers working, normally in this weather we would have maybe 3 guy's working but these contractors are still pouring like it was 80° and sunny.
Really nice job, that laser guided screed is amazing. Isn't the rebar supposed to be in the middle of the mix though? It looks like it is just laying flat on the ground 🤔
Look directly in front of the truck here: czcams.com/video/0VIdyFsw9wM/video.html You can see the black chairs the rebar is sitting on. They are put in as the concrete is poured so it's easy to walk/drive on before the concrete is placed.
We had 65-70 degrees F Christmas and new years week. Then on Jan 3 we got a foot of snow amd about 13 degrees F here in Virginia. Normal weather is low 30s with chance of light snow
Whenever I see the rebar on the ground, I would not pay for it. I see the attempt to raise the rebar, but there is no consistency of height in the mixture therefore will never be as good as it would be if the support had been placed where it should have been per engineering specs. Expect early deterioration.
I was thinking the same, Also didn't even see them try to pull it up, especially after the screen smashed it all down into the ground. Labor, rebar what was the point cost wise why even bother.
@@davez2989 At 18:45 you will find a guy raising the rebar with a pickaxe. The rebar is intended to be one-third the distance from the bottom of the pad. Concrete is great under compression, and terrible in tension. The rebar I've found in the bottom of the concrete next to the ground, or on the ground not embedded in any concrete whatsoever is what leads to all the premature deterioration of concrete. The cost is significant. What is concerning is there is no inspector ensuring that the job is done correctly. The owner of the work will be saddled with the cost of repair, because it will surely be past whatever assurances given contractually.
@@hwp69 Hi John, This job looks like a " Design Build Job" Trow the thing up fast , then sell to a condo buyer who hires a " property Manager" whith 3 weeks training to look after the maintaince of the building which is all ready decaying from the first day !!!!!!!!!!!!!
There's a bunch of rebar stands that get knocked over and run over. It doesn't look like the rebar ever gets setup and just lies flat on the ground. What do you think about that? I mean if the standswere put there in the first place for a good installation, why do they let them fail?
They stand them up before I pump each section. That way the laser screed can drive over the steel on the ground and it reaches out over the sections that have been poured.
In spite of the comments....I didn't see ANY rebar lifted up on the chairs. I drove by a day before the pour....lotsa chairs installed. (Lender inspector teaser). Obviously pulled the chairs so that fancy bull float machine could easily drive over the USELESS rebar mat. I'm retired 35 yr multifamily construction, I know what I'm looking at.
@@JimWhitaker I dont see any body lifting the re-bar, that re-bar is just laying straight on the dirt , where is the INSPECTOR, I SUPOSE THIS MAKES THE DEMOLITION EASIER IN A COUPLE OF YEARS TIME,
G,day mate , phil from Australia here , I absolutely enjoyed watching this video of such a well tuned operation and team ,, that yellow trowl machine incrediable , never knew it exist,, Cowboy car crushing speaks of you a lot and why i found you too ,, i,d love one of your stickers myself
Hey man!!! Glad you found us. I just talked to him a little bit ago. His a bit under the weather it sounded like. How do I get some stickers to you? Look us up on Instagram and send me a message
@@MuddyfeetConcretePumping Yup, love the logo and business name, too. I've worked in concrete, masonry, framing, siding, plumbing, roofing, electrical (residential and commercial. I hold an associate degree in Electrical engineering.) And I have also done drywall and flooring. I haven't done much finish carpentry or cabinetry, but I have helped out and built one complete kitchen from scratch for a family member. I have done a few baths including tile work as side jobs with rave reviews from the clients. I also put in just short of a million miles as an over the road trucker (53' van). All after one tour of duty in the Army during Desert Shield/Storm. I like to vary my experiences and keep learning. But yeah, I liked concrete work. That screeding machine is pretty neat. Thanks for sharing this video with us out here in CZcams land. I enjoyed it.
I'm from Mississippi, USA and for the last 2 weeks we've been experiencing 80° days! On Christmas day, it got up to 81° and yes, we had our air conditioning on, it has been crazy here! It FINALLY turned cooler this afternoon and we are so glad, too because we can turn the a/c off now, ha! This is the way we roll in the south, lol!
Gotta love it when you can turn off the A.C. and open some windows for some fresh air circulation. Of course it's even better when the Magnolias or Honeysuckle are in bloom and you get that sweet fragrance wafting through the windows on the breeze.
What’s the rate at which the concrete is coming out? I guess better question do you measure it in “Ft/Min” or by yards? Just genuinely asking, I do framing, interior finish carpentry and the like just never got into concrete or masonry and find it fascinating and have tons of respect for the trade. Keep up the good hard work sir, it’s often lost these days of good genuine labor. So thank you. Also what’s the temperatures that are best for laying concrete and then what’s the difference in “gunnite” ?
Their are 2 guys walking behind the machine. One has a black bag with chairs dropping them and the other guy is picking up the rebar and placing them under it. Plane as day. 🤷
@@jeffreyloftus3617Soon after 15:57 if you look just to the left of the men the camera is pointed on, you will see the rebar is raised. They do not raise the rebar off the ground until the screed machine makes it's pass. Otherwise it would put it on the ground and defeat it's purpose. Then if you watch in the far distance at 16:08 to 17:20 you can see a guy with a pick axe raising the rebar with it while the guy carrying the trash bag puts the black pyramids under it. Hope this clarifies it.
I this past year did a trap bag job on the coast of one of the big lakes and it was 1000 yards line pumped it 500 feet down the hill 10 hour pumping days and 150 yards for the day we worked at the site
The company that makes these machines must be getting rich. There's no negatives about it really. If it received and placed the concrete it would be even better, like an asphalt laying machine. Way to go to take jobs away from hard working men I guess.
The owners sure didn't get their money's worth when subcontractor didn't pull up the rebar up to the top third of the concrete for structural strength. Should of put fiber in the mud.
That is one heck of a lot of rebar. Maybe a video interview with a rep on how exactly that screen works. Cut them off after 400 yards? I think next time go with company that does not run with such a tight schedule.
This is very cool - that screed machine really saves some backs. Quick question though - does not the mesh have to be at least 1/3 up in the slab to work properly? I see the stand-offs at the beginning of the video to do that, but when pouring the grid appears to be placed right on the soil, and the screed machine makes sure of that by driving over the mesh?
Now that is pretty cool.. Couldnt there be a concrete machine similar to the screed where a hose is feeding the concrete to the machine and you just roll it around?
Thank you for the nice video and its amazing to see the machine doing the Screeding. But you forgot to elevate the rebar about 2 inches...........oops. If it's not elevated, it doesn't need to be there.
Did many big laser screed jobs before I retired. I was kind of surprised that nobody was there to make sure the rebar was picked up and placed on dobies. We always had some inspector making sure we did!
Does that screed machine automatically keep the grade or pitch of the pour at the correct angle, or does it just stay level? It looks like it's got some kind of laser/GPS system on it. Great video! I loved the music too!
@@MuddyfeetConcretePumping I used a duel grade laser leveling farm land. I just set the slope and cross slope on the laser emitter and then set the height of the sensor on my blade at a zero point ( no cut, no fill). Then I would just drive around. Great fun.
Excuse my ignorance. I see in the beginning that the rebar is properly set upon chairs to assure that the steel locates into the middle of the slab. However, while pouring and with the scree machine mashing down the grid, all the steel settled to the top of the ground which places it below the slab negating the necessary benefits of having the steel within the slab. It appears to me that the rebar was placed on the chairs for the benefit of the building inspector but became a moot point after the inspector left and the card was signed off. In my book, this will allow for premature failure of the slab.
You are absolutly right. Here is an EXAMPLE for our Friends in USA, how we are working in good old EUROPE: czcams.com/video/G606Trq6xmo/video.html Absolutely downright unprofessional. The rebar is too deep and far too far apart. The workers will also have to torture themselves unnecessarily because a simple concrete vibrator is not available. As a result, later the concrete is only vibrated and properly compacted in the top layers, while many air bubbles are trapped below. It's like hundreds of years ago.For the final strength, it is crucial to get as many air bubbles out as possible. I'm a laboratory technician / building materials tester. The irons are far too deep, too few irons are installed and the mesh size is far too wide. We don't even need to talk about bad and insufficient compression. There would be no such thing in Germany. I would rather expect such a botch in third world countries where there is insufficient material and corruption.
you’re in wells? thats where some of my family is! they work at Wells ISD! Dad works over in Rusk. They live in alto. i visit there every year, how cool!!
Man American construction is wild to me, these guys have hardly any chairs to keep the rio off the dirt. A guy from Alabama visited us while we were putting up a house, he couldn't understand why we needed noggins aka horizontal pieces between the studs, and this guy apparently built where he was from which had tornados lol
Absolutely downright unprofessional. The rebar is too deep and far too far apart. The workers will also have to torture themselves unnecessarily because a simple concrete vibrator is not available. As a result, later the concrete is only vibrated and properly compacted in the top layers, while many air bubbles are trapped below. It's like hundreds of years ago.
I sure miss the madness and chaos of large pour days good time here in so.cal the fighting and arguments as well as the pats on the back and beer when the last truck was washing out here here
I have seen a strap put on the hose to hold the hose on the end of the pump when it is laid down to reach the far edge. Seems like it makes it easier to handle the hose
There is really no waiting for them to catch up. It looked like they stayed right on you. Just the usual waiting on trucks...lol I'm usually pumping into wall forms here in Missouri, as we have mostly full height basements. I don't see too much flatwork, let alone a radio controlled screed.
He kept up pretty good. The time consuming factor is that the pump has to stop at the end of each swath and move back to the other side instead of continuously pumping. That takes a few minutes each time and on that job there were probably 20 passes and had to move and reset the pump.
@@doo-zranch7795 yeah i hate moving a pump cuz i cant reach. i run a 38m z KCP just isn't enough sometimes. i like that lay it on the ground trick in the begining of the pour, cant weait to give that a try up here.
Why would a Batch Plant cut off a Job? Are they out of ingredients to make Concrete or is their equipment down or did the Job Site Contractor do something to Piss them Off?
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Why am I watching this. I've had done enough concrete/construction work to last me the rest of my life. Getting up at midnight to pour at two. Oh help don't get me started. Then you got the rebar on the ground and no one lifting/pulling it into the pour. You can alwYs tell when the undocumented/untrained workers are back. Code goes to help! 50 years +exp Jim
@@jameschryst3960 🤣🤣🤣
Did you end up around 500 yds on that pour? Looks like it might have taken that much there near the end of the video. I used to work in Fla as a carpenter and later superintendent. We poured flat work with wire mesh and rebar in the footings. Why do they use rebar in the whole slab? The only time we used rebar on slabs was in high rises. Is it because of the thickness of the slab? I'm 65 and been out of the game over 10 years now. My largest pour was a cities public swimming pool, it had a 495 yd slab with raised curb for the pool panels. It was the same kind they build for the Olympics , and the deck took 498 yds. That remote controlled machine is something else we didn't have them, it was all bull float. Brings back many memories, good and bad, mostly good. Great video wish I could give 2 thumbs up
I drove mixer years ago and seen a lot of tricks but seeing this, wow has it come a long way. In my day, everyone was hunched over, this crew is standing up straight, no bad backs. Lol...
Ive never seen a 400 yard pour without one drain, plumbing/electrical conduit stub-up; nothing. A finishers dream…
You can say that again
You don’t need codes
9 times out of ten they disregard our plumbing anyway. Haha
It's 3d paving, parking lot.
No insulation either. Must be a warm place.
I drove a mixer & worked with pumper trucks a lot. My biggest challenge was finding crews that spoke english at the pour sights. Great video.
Amazing. I grew up helping my father do construction as a young teenage kid. We poured some concrete, but of course, nothing like this, at least when I was working for him. It's really neat to see how high-tech this is and how fast it goes. I know the camera replay is sped up so it makes it look much faster than it was. I might also say, I've never seen so many workers standing around, and still get, what, something like 400 yards poured in a day. I'm not saying the workers weren't working, I know better than that. But from 40-50 years ago, when we had just a few guys show up on a much smaller job, it was so much work. And having to wheelbarrow it to the back yard, through a gate in the fence, was a lot of work. I love that so much can be done now, so much more quickly, and with so much less back-breaking work. I would have loved to have seen the power-trowels get out there and start doing their thing.
I work in tech, not construction tech, but other areas. I've been doing it for more than 30 years. I know how much innovation has been done in the areas I've worked in. To see how it is applied to this realm of construction work is so impressive.
Awesome job, and thanks so much for sharing!!! It is amazing. Kudo's to everyone!!!
This is the first video I had seen from a pumper ….. good job 👍🏼
I’m a concrete finisher in Cali , and I’ve been around good concrete pumpers
Yeah, these machines make the big jobs easier, but major props to the man on the Bull Float. A float that size will absolutely eat your lunch working a job that size. Full grown man there.
Working as 10 foot bull float. Is much easier behind a laser screed. Next to impossible to run without one.
Imagine 2 or 3 poles on that monster
Really interesting video- music fits right in too! That big screed is a jewel.
Those are slick pieces of equipment, makes the job so much easier!! Only ever been on jobs where we poured floor slabs like this in bays, as we put in joints between the bays. On those we used vibrating screeders the were powered by compressed air and pulled along the bays by steel wires attached to the rebar....but that was back in the 90s 😵🤣🇬🇧
And yes, we had problems with plants too, more often caused by breakdowns, can't remember them limiting the amount of concrete we asked for.... 🤔🤦♂️
Looking forward to seeing what you get up to this year Sir!!! 👍
Thanks man. I bet you have a few good stories
in china we place broken beer bottles among the rebars to fill the gaps and in this way uses less concrete.
we are smart and resourceful
cheap and good
western engineers are stupid and make things costly for the people
@@googlgfacef218 Lots of broken things in China made from stupid eastern engineers, that make it costly for peoples lives.
@@nonpatriot8863 we have 1.5 b lives, losing 100,000 a year is small thing. China!
Fuk China take lechiba James back
Such a large area for concreting, unbelievable.
The equipment and the team are also professional, it's nice to look at.
Greetings from Poland❤❤
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Thanks man! Hello from Texas
@@horrorland11 A witam Pana:)
Witam, to nie jest professionalnie.
To jak w najgłębszym średniowieczu. dlaczego robotnicy muszą się tak torturować? Beton jest zagęszczany we wszystkich warstwach za pomocą wibratora do betonu. Tylko górna warstwa jest zagęszczana za pomocą maszyny z belką wibracyjną.
Love pumping for a lazer screed..It's been a while since I've commented on one of your videos.. Last winter I was off work to get 2 complete artificial knees replacements..I really enjoyed watching you guys.. picked up a couple tricks along the way..I've been pumping for near 30 years now..and I've got to say to any of you..if your knees are shot. Go have them fixed.Ill be 60 next summer and my legs feel like they're 18 again.Stop dealing with the pain.. trust me it's worth it
I know some guys that say the same thing you do about your knees
Got a business partner 54 years old he's in great shape but knees are gone, const has taken them what's the recoup time to going back to easier work
I'm 75, weigh 350 lbs, and 5' 11". I wonder if I lost weight could I go back to work? V.A. have me on pills like Lisinopril that caused weight gain. Best to you pardner about your knees. Eaglegards...
I had 2 jobs a few miles apart and about 2 weeks difference in schedule, both ~50,000sf of slab. One was hand screeded and the other used a laser screed. Only one passed the flatness testing and it wasn’t the machine. It’s only as good as the meat bag running it.
Those screed machines are the ticket for big pads like that, does the work for you, been on quite a few jobs where those were used, thanks for sharing 💪🇺🇸
It was fun watching it
Another great job by muddy feet. I've never seen a remote control screed like that before, that was cool. Great video and stay safe out there and see yall next time
I haven’t either. The only other one I was on the job site with the guy rode on it b
Yeah that thing was cool right there
back in the 70 id help my grandfather pore and finish parking lots 9' square at a time. lol i wasnt even a teenager yet. making good money in the summers helping my grandad build brick walls, driveways. man what memories. thank u for ur time making videos sir.
It is interesting to see the different techniques used in different areas of the country. When we in the PAC NW think power screeds, we are thinking something like a Bidwell 48' screed. You see those used on warehouses and other such pours, not just highway work. We tend to see a lot of 63 meter and now 86 meter pumps. Usually because there is only one location to reach from. I don't do concrete work, I am just on site to protect my electrical conduit in the slab or walls. Thus, I get to "sight see" quite a bit. I love watching other people work....
Biggest pour I ever placed was 350 cu yards. 16 inch thick slab for water treatment plant. Double mat chaired at 2 inches and 12 inches. The old school pump operator using the remote for the first time was a nightmare, knocked several of us over wiping the hose around. The operator had a young kid about 16 yrs old as his helper. Our site Project manager who will say anything to anyone, told the old guy to go sit in the truck and told the kid to run it. That kid was awesome. Project manager told the concrete company no one was allowed to run the pump but that kid on all future pours on our site and that the kid needs a raise.
Did you notice that the steel remained in the dirt on this pour. That lends 0 structural benefit to the slab. Just sayin.
I noticed that too they did raise it here and there but over all it’s a fail.
@@donavonjewett9966 the steel is 3 inches off the ground on risers
@@kylemilford8758 My bad. I re-watched the video. Somehow I missed the guys placing the risers after the screed machine passed over. I stand corrected. I wish my grandkids would have been here so I could blame my oversight on them😜
@@donavonjewett9966 all good it happens fast, the first 12ft has them pre installed and then they sneak in while the float guy is working. Pretty well oiled machine this crew is awesome
Never watched a video of pouring before lol I've done a fair amount of commercial concrete over the years but never saw a screed machine like that. Thats cool as hell and a back saver to say the least. You fellas know what you're doin. We always joked with people saying we've poured more concrete than they have walked on lol keep doin what you do boys because it seems that its getting tough to find people able and willing to do anything that requires going outside and actually working.
Ain't that the truth I am self employed I have had an ad run locally to fill a 20$+ an hour job for 7 months.
@@ericculver115 Yep, with McDonalds paying $15.00 an hour with benefits and sometimes sign on bonuses and easy factory work at $18.00 plus an hour by me and I'm in a low cost of living rural area most people will choose that over hard work. Some people will work at a job for the satisfaction of achieving a goal higher than enriching a large corporation or flipping burgers, that is what you need to emphasize, most people will not go for it but some actually will.
@@phillhuddleston9445 You're absolutely right i have downsized greatly me and a good buddy of mine do what we can do now. I have a quarter of the stress. A tenth of the problems. Work half as much and make the same if not more money.
Im in PA not sure where you fellas are from but sounds like the same story fits everywhere. I made $3 hr. at 12yrs old working on a farm. Got into construction in the summertime at 15 for i think $6 hr. Tending block. Got into remodeling out of school for $8 hr. Started working for myself at 24 doing remodeling and was paying guys $10hr cash (unskilled) and couldn't get anyone decent. Went Union for 13 years till couldn't stand the politics and lazy fu#@&-$ now trying to reestablish myself again and nothing has gotten any better help wise. People don't understand if you're going to pay the McDonald's worker $18 hr. Your gonna pay steak prices for soybean burgers. Maybe the schools should focus on economics instead of trying to turn our kids into communists and pamper them when they aren't sure if god gave them a dick by mistake. Just my 2 cents
@@The_Ineffable_Meanderer Fire the help keep s buddy around pay him in cash. Do good work and stick thr money in your pocket instead of giving it to uncle Sam. I have never been happier. And the kitchen i just got to the guy has been waiting 4 years for me to get to him. I'm in Pennsylvania also. I am happier than 9 have ever been i am 3 years behind and I haven't given a quote in like 8 years. Everything I do is time and materials. So glad I took it to heart when my dad said " Do good work everyhing else is secondary.
That's some badass equipment, and the added music verified it. Nice work, nice video, this concrete work is exceptional.
Thanks man!
the outriggers is the best part.
the remote screener is pretty cool.
the reach on your pump is amazing.
the concrete look good, nice job
Thanks man!
I have estimated and poured hundreds of thousands of yards and never. ordered less than needed. also I noticed how well you placed the concrete those guys didn't have to use the come alongs very much.
the guy on bullfloat had the most work
good job
The guy who ordered it probably didn't update his numbers after the 16 changes to the blueprints lol
Bullshit you havnt under estimated,and if that's true I bet you sent a hell of a lot back.
@@tonynemcich1756 simple math works every time.
@@rickallen9382 on a deck yer but what about uneven ground when the sand hasn't been level properly or if it rains over night dropping it 20 ml.Over a large distance of course you order less then order what you need on a msg. But to say you never under ordered especially when its basically a single load with footings etc means you always over order costing you for un used concrete and in Australia you send concrete back they charge you.This can mean you end up at a loss.Also the suppliers can skimp you on loads due to scales being inaccurate or the Bacher not allowing for the difference in weight when adding wet or dry sand to the mix ,this will occur due to wet weather and the sand being gritty and in the open. You would realise this as the mix is always boney or gritty after wet weather .So to be honest Its hard to believe your claim or you waisted a lot of money on concrete you didn't use.
It's amazing to see how far we've come with technology these days and make jobs like this look easy.
I still can't believe how anything got done before screw guns and cell phones.
@@ericwsmith7722 lots of manual labor and 'gophers'.
@@ericwsmith7722 How about nail guns, power saws and power drills, my great grandfather was a carpenter before any power tools were commonly available, all drilled holes and cut boards were done by hand tools but for some reason the cost of housing was about the same as today adjusted for inflation. You would think increasing production time and reducing the hours of labor would lower home prices. We went from solid wood planks cut by hand tools on roofing to OSB nailed down with nail guns, drywall instead of plaster over lap boards but the cost hasn't fallen and so on with most of the house.
@@phillhuddleston9445 ---If you go back about 100 years when all houses in town were built almost exclusively with hand tools, they were smaller and had one kitchen and one bathroom, a light fixture with an outlet in the bedrooms, Maybe 10 electrical outlets in the whole house and about the same amount of light fixtures, No insulation, and roofing was mostly slate (expensive then as it is now) While there was more labor, there was fewer materials also. Now we get to the 40,s and 50,s where a basic house was a lot less basic, Some companies thought the guys should just work faster, some purchased power tools to stay competitive, Guess who stayed in business and who went out of business? Adapt or die, law of the jungle.
@@ericwsmith7722 This right here. As things get cheaper and more productive, you just get more of everything. Just bought my first house and it is 4 bedroom, 4 bathroom, 2 story with finished basement and all the amenities built in 2013. If you extrapolate back and calculate the cost of this house in 1950, it would be insane.
retired january 2020 driving concrete truck when i think i miss it i look up one of your videos and it all goes away good times from st louis area
Congratulations on your retirement!!! Thanks for watching
whod you drive for?
Fantastic video clip 👌. Looking in from Ireland 🇮🇪
It's always good to see the different methods used throughout our country. We see a lot of laser screeds on bigger flat work here in the mid-atlantic. Concrete paving we see more WW mats and not much rebar. What was the reason for the cut off at 400 yds. Why slow trucks? In there a raw material shortage or driver shortage or both in TX?
They had other jobs to get to. I guess the job got dragged out a little bit.
Not every plant can hold that much cement and fly ash, and if the job cancels while a cement tanker truck is on the way, the plant may not have a place to put it, The cement ( not concrete) plant could be a 12 hour or more away,
Yes I use laser screeds on most my projects in Florida. Always on casting slabs of course.
What a great machine, real back saver. The use of the steel mesh was a waste, it would do nothing for the strength of the concrete laying on the ground like that. Do you not use reo chairs in the US to raise the mesh to the center/top of the concrete? They are compulsory in Australia and inspected before the pour.
you can see them adding chairs in as they go. Cool screeding machine though.
@@YZF750SP Cheers mate, I had another look and did see them. The ones we use are much larger and we use a lot more of them.
Most of it will end up on he ground when too few chairs are used.
The weight of the mix will drag it down between the support elements. 🤷🏽♂️
I am from western europe. If you will put the rebar on the ground like shown hereon the video and you do that in europe, you can definetely get an excavator with a hammer and crack the hole thing down. For ground floor you need at last two layers of steel mesh with distance holders between and at the ground. The mesh size will also have to be at lot more smaller, about a quarter of this. There is also no concrete virbrator used. If this is not used in europe and seen by an inspector you can crack also down everything. But i love the plaining machine.
That 4 wheel screed machine is a wonder to behold, Brother! Way back when, we didn’t even have power screeds, never mind one of those things! WOW, that’s all.👍
Awesome job u did there Bill keep up the good work u do
Thanks man!
I was on a 700 yard pour back in July with one that couldn’t get the job done to save its life. It kept sinking the tires, and outriggers with pads on, even blew a tire from sinking on top of the rebar. They had to bring in a smaller one with skinny wheels. Thankfully it never slowed down the pour.
I can see if it wasn’t working properly it could cause some problems logistically
never heard of that being an issue unless you were on a deep mat, we also have float tires for weird jobs like that and we run somero screeds, we pulled off 3200 cyd concrete paving pour once with two screeds and two onsite plants
That weird most large jobs these are used on need to have a compaction test before pooring on
I just realized what he meant hahaha i wouldn't even think of pouring on something that was not compacted properly
@@tboniusmaximus3047 I’ve worked with the Somero family. Good people and Amazing machines. Amazon warehouse 1 million sq ft. We got subbed to help with the framing of tilt up walls.
Man that laser screed is freakin awesome. I have never seen one before but that's off the chain cool. But like a lot of things the more automated it gets the more people are out of work. I just read an article today saying they estimated 20 million people will be replaced by robotics by 2030.
It did take the place of a few guys
@@MuddyfeetConcretePumping I used to labor on pours in Airplane Hangers. We didn't have laser screeds then. The dual Trowl machine was just coming out then. I don't miss the old days. I just wish we had the new equipment!
@@MuddyfeetConcretePumping This always makes me wonder if the jobs lost to machines are actually made up by jobs making the machines. And delivering them and selling them and servicing them. I am sure that there are jobs created by the machines but if one machine takes the place of two jobs and 100 machines take the place of 200 jobs are there 200 jobs created for the machine?
Or are we moving towards George Jetsons lament of "man, these three day work weeks are killing me!"
@@timothyball3144 No, we’re not going the way of the jetsons. Productivity has gone up 60% since the 1970’s, but wages have fallen dramatically after adjusting for inflation. We’re all doing more work and getting paid less for it. Not to mention the fact that everything is getting more expensive, so that money we get doesn’t even go as far as it used to.
And yet at the same time, there’s more billionaires than ever before. Nearly ten people in the US alone are worth more than $100 billion dollars. It seems to me like they’ve just been taking all our money and keeping it for themselves.
@appleintosh I won't argue your numbers because they are in line with the little that I know, but those statistics don't tell the whole story. I wonder how much of that productivity is from automation? In this video, we see that on this job, they can be more productive, but as others have pointed out, the guys aren't going home bent over. Is the guy pushing the buttons working as hard as the guy hand screeding?
Yes, there is more productivity, but there are also more people in the workforce to produce things, plus we have the aforementioned automation.
To your point, there are too many people being productive by working two or three jobs while billionaires are whipping out their "spaceships" to compare them.
Really enjoyed that. Atb from the UK.
Very cool machine I have no knowledge of building or concrete work I just always thought the rebar was in the concrete not setting on the dirt below the slab. The pump is a cool rig I didn't realize how far the boom could extend horizontally.
Those laser screeds are pretty slick. Only been around them on floor pours though, when everything is flat. Wonder if that one had GPS on it for the different pitches the parking lot has?
I would guess it had some way to calculate slope.
It did.
That self-leveling screeder is dope, that has to be so accurate with a large pour! Is the concrete that goes into the pumper just watered down or does it need special additives?
The concrete would be a specific mix that was designed to be pumped, you would not water down a standard mix to pump as that would decrease the strength and lead to segregation of the mix where the aggregate (stones) sinks to the bottom and the sandy parts (fines) floats to the top. An ideal mix is where the aggregate is held in suspension in the fines so the cement paste can bind everything together so when Hydration takes place.
It doesn't really need anything to be pumped. And the lazer screeds are very accurate we had to have what they call an ff 50. Which means they take a 20 foot long straight edge lay it on the floor and there can't be anymore than an 1/8" of a gap anywhere. And it must be within an 1/8 of an inch of grade. Or you either replace it or not get paid. We never had any problems.
This is awesome! Thanks for this video!
Very interesting to watch. it is funny here in Australia the temp the first pour would have gone off by now. Good job well done
The steel reinforcing has no coverage, that screed machine drives over and flattens and the hydraulic supports bends the bars. I’m assuming this is for a parking lot. Eventually water/moisture will rust the rebar and there will be tons of cracks and repairs. Good Luck to the owner/general contractors.
Not just me that saw this then
@@larryhkl Never seen reo not lifted before either. Loss of strength.
At 14-15 minutes, and 19-ish, in I can see them putting chairs in for the rebar as the robot screed heads away for another pass
@@luke70533 Yeah, you're right. I missed that. Thanks
Yer hey no chairs and wtf you need a screed machine for that job ? Come on
Was there issues with the soil and that’s the reason you didn’t tailgate? We do large distribution centers out here in Socal and tailgate most of our slab & site paving pours. We average about 1,200 yards a day. Laser screed is the way to go for sure.
its probably due to the rebar in a slab it doesn't do well under a 80k lb truck
If they had tailgated it their wouldn’t be a video of this pour
@@MuddyfeetConcretePumping 😂
Thanks for the good video. I am picking up my laser screed in two weeks.
Awesome. I hope it goes well for you!
Worked on airports doing concrete work. Wish I had one of those yellow marvels when I was out in the Cold&pishing rain👍🏻
Thanks for the video, neat screed machine. So could you tell me a little about the risks of walking under the boom on the job site? What happens if you lose hydraulic pressure in the boom? Sudden failure, slow? We just had an OSHA recordable as a guy got staples in his head from a piece of ice falling from the nearby cell tower - he wasn't even in a hard hat area. Thanks and Happy New Year! PS - no problem either if you don't want to discuss..grin...just don't call me Karen..
The hydraulic rams have holding valves. If blow a hydraulic line or shut the pump off they hold the cylinder in place.
Actually, Karen, that's a valid question. I'm glad he answered it. It's good to know that rams/cylinders in these machines have safeties in place for such failures now. I'm glad someone came up with something. I've been out of construction for a while now and didn't know.
@@thomasarussellsr 20 yrs ago I saw a connection on a concrete pump line let go in an inside on grade pour......lucky no one was hurt. What a noise, what a mess. I dont get near pump trucks now, couldnt pay me enough.
@@PDRCanada would that have been in Manitoba? About 20 years ago I was working for a redi-mix company that had the boom let go on an old pump.
Pretty neat setup. Did the concrete company reach there limits for the day to deliver? Looks like it’s coming along.👍🇺🇸
I think they had other jobs to get to.
the plants around us cut us off at 450 cyd unless we give them alot of notice, problem is our avg pour size is 19,000sf, covid garbage has hurt us because they cant find drivers
@@tboniusmaximus3047 The plandemic was meant to do this, tear down the country from within so they can rebuild it as socialist then transition to communism.
@@phillhuddleston9445 lol Do you have to sit and think really hard before you write such garbage, or does it come naturally?
@@-_James_- Yes I do think really hard about what is happening to our country right now but it is obvious that you pay little attention to it. Ignorance is bliss so you must be a very happy person.
That screeder is the coolest piece of tool ive seen in a hot min.
I helped with a 1000yd pour years ago under ground hardest pour I ever was involved with. Had 2 buddies get severe concrete burns I hope these guys are using good PPE.
At 14-15 minutes, and 19-ish, in I can see them putting chairs in for the rebar as the robot screed heads away for another pass. I was going to ask about that.
Yes at the beginning you can see the risers
There needs to be a national holiday for whoever came up with the concrete pumper truck.
Amen!
Definitely! Sure beats the hell out of rolling it over one wheel barrel at a time. That is how we did it around here back in the day. Seems like we never could get a truck into position on a lot of our pours.😕
Seeing this screeder at work is so much fun! I did not even know such things existed; I thought it had to be done by hand.
Was pretty cool
I've never seen a powered screeder like that before. Amazing!
It worked pretty well
Nice job pumping. I noticed that they weren’t lifting the mat. It’s useless when it’s flat on the base material like that.
They are putting the chairs in behind the screeding machine .
I guess you missed the part where the guys where putting chairs back under the rebar after the machine had passed over it
@@stewatparkpark2933 Putting the chairs back after screeding is not seen and would mess up the screeding that was done.
@@hwp69 You missed it too, huh?
I'll give you the timestamp 11:40
People this year are just crazy. We poured 250 yards last week via a Pump for a parking lot and it was 14° outside. Batched with Hot Water and had 2% Nitro in it and it was on and off snowing. My guess is that they will be replacing it this summer. Yesterday we poured a few walls and some footings, first wall had NO pump and we could only pour from one spot so they had us pouring it out at a 9 inch slump and they only had 1/2% Chloride in the mix Temp was 16°. Today it was 3° and we had 12 drivers working, normally in this weather we would have maybe 3 guy's working but these contractors are still pouring like it was 80° and sunny.
Really nice job, that laser guided screed is amazing. Isn't the rebar supposed to be in the middle of the mix though? It looks like it is just laying flat on the ground 🤔
"Oh, it will be OK"
Look directly in front of the truck here: czcams.com/video/0VIdyFsw9wM/video.html
You can see the black chairs the rebar is sitting on. They are put in as the concrete is poured so it's easy to walk/drive on before the concrete is placed.
I guess you missed the part where the guys where putting chairs back under the rebar after the machine had passed over it
Go to 15:04
I haven't done a concrete job in decades, but now I want one of those screeds.
We had 65-70 degrees F Christmas and new years week. Then on Jan 3 we got a foot of snow amd about 13 degrees F here in Virginia. Normal weather is low 30s with chance of light snow
Whenever I see the rebar on the ground, I would not pay for it. I see the attempt to raise the rebar, but there is no consistency of height in the mixture therefore will never be as good as it would be if the support had been placed where it should have been per engineering specs. Expect early deterioration.
I was thinking the same, Also didn't even see them try to pull it up, especially after the screen smashed it all down into the ground. Labor, rebar what was the point cost wise why even bother.
@@davez2989 At 18:45 you will find a guy raising the rebar with a pickaxe. The rebar is intended to be one-third the distance from the bottom of the pad. Concrete is great under compression, and terrible in tension. The rebar I've found in the bottom of the concrete next to the ground, or on the ground not embedded in any concrete whatsoever is what leads to all the premature deterioration of concrete. The cost is significant. What is concerning is there is no inspector ensuring that the job is done correctly. The owner of the work will be saddled with the cost of repair, because it will surely be past whatever assurances given contractually.
Great information
The men no what thier doing and doing a great job,,,just view the rebar in the cement once the leveler moves away
@@hwp69 Hi John, This job looks like a " Design Build Job" Trow the thing up fast , then sell to a condo buyer who hires a " property Manager" whith 3 weeks training to look after the maintaince of the building which is all ready decaying from the first day !!!!!!!!!!!!!
There's a bunch of rebar stands that get knocked over and run over. It doesn't look like the rebar ever gets setup and just lies flat on the ground. What do you think about that? I mean if the standswere put there in the first place for a good installation, why do they let them fail?
They stand them up before I pump each section. That way the laser screed can drive over the steel on the ground and it reaches out over the sections that have been poured.
In spite of the comments....I didn't see ANY rebar lifted up on the chairs. I drove by a day before the pour....lotsa chairs installed. (Lender inspector teaser). Obviously pulled the chairs so that fancy bull float machine could easily drive over the USELESS rebar mat. I'm retired 35 yr multifamily construction, I know what I'm looking at.
@@TheBigfoot567 Look at 15:56 onwards. One person lifting, one installing/correcting the stands.
@@JimWhitaker I dont see any body lifting the re-bar, that re-bar is just laying straight on the dirt , where is the INSPECTOR, I SUPOSE THIS MAKES THE DEMOLITION EASIER IN A COUPLE OF YEARS TIME,
G,day mate , phil from Australia here , I absolutely enjoyed watching this video of such a well tuned operation and team ,, that yellow trowl machine incrediable , never knew it exist,, Cowboy car crushing speaks of you a lot and why i found you too ,, i,d love one of your stickers myself
Hey man!!! Glad you found us. I just talked to him a little bit ago. His a bit under the weather it sounded like. How do I get some stickers to you? Look us up on Instagram and send me a message
@@MuddyfeetConcretePumping
Yup, love the logo and business name, too. I've worked in concrete, masonry, framing, siding, plumbing, roofing, electrical (residential and commercial. I hold an associate degree in Electrical engineering.)
And I have also done drywall and flooring. I haven't done much finish carpentry or cabinetry, but I have helped out and built one complete kitchen from scratch for a family member. I have done a few baths including tile work as side jobs with rave reviews from the clients. I also put in just short of a million miles as an over the road trucker (53' van).
All after one tour of duty in the Army during Desert Shield/Storm. I like to vary my experiences and keep learning.
But yeah, I liked concrete work.
That screeding machine is pretty neat. Thanks for sharing this video with us out here in CZcams land. I enjoyed it.
I'm from Mississippi, USA and for the last 2 weeks we've been experiencing 80° days! On Christmas day, it got up to 81° and yes, we had our air conditioning on, it has been crazy here! It FINALLY turned cooler this afternoon and we are so glad, too because we can turn the a/c off now, ha! This is the way we roll in the south, lol!
It has been warmer and drier than normal. I think they said a La Niña pattern.
Gotta love it when you can turn off the A.C. and open some windows for some fresh air circulation. Of course it's even better when the Magnolias or Honeysuckle are in bloom and you get that sweet fragrance wafting through the windows on the breeze.
So what good is the rebar if its on the bottom and not pulled up
I’m pretty sure the rebar ended up where it was supposed to.
Rebar do much good just laying on the ground?
What’s the rate at which the concrete is coming out? I guess better question do you measure it in “Ft/Min” or by yards? Just genuinely asking, I do framing, interior finish carpentry and the like just never got into concrete or masonry and find it fascinating and have tons of respect for the trade. Keep up the good hard work sir, it’s often lost these days of good genuine labor. So thank you. Also what’s the temperatures that are best for laying concrete and then what’s the difference in “gunnite” ?
We usually go by yards by the hour for pours.
Great video! keep up the good work.
Thanks man!
How cool. That machine pressed the steel rebar into the dirt.
I guess you missed the part where the guys where putting chairs back under the rebar after the machine had passed over it
@@MuddyfeetConcretePumping That didn't happen. No one walked onto the screeded concrete and lifted up the rebar. This slab will be plagued by cracks.
Their are 2 guys walking behind the machine. One has a black bag with chairs dropping them and the other guy is picking up the rebar and placing them under it. Plane as day. 🤷
I'm no concrete expert, but shouldn't that rebar be suspended above the ground? Looks like it is sitting right on the dirt...
The rebar is off the dirt. If you look closely there are black pyramids holding it up.
@@TheTurc64 Really if you stop the clip at 15-50 you can see it's clearly not off the ground and that's before the screed machine runs over the rebar
@@jeffreyloftus3617Soon after 15:57 if you look just to the left of the men the camera is pointed on, you will see the rebar is raised. They do not raise the rebar off the ground until the screed machine makes it's pass. Otherwise it would put it on the ground and defeat it's purpose. Then if you watch in the far distance at 16:08 to 17:20 you can see a guy with a pick axe raising the rebar with it while the guy carrying the trash bag puts the black pyramids under it. Hope this clarifies it.
You can see all through the video guys putting dobies under the steel after the machine has gone by Thanks for watching !
You can see all through the video guys putting dobies under the steel after the machine has gone by Thanks for watching !
I this past year did a trap bag job on the coast of one of the big lakes and it was 1000 yards line pumped it 500 feet down the hill 10 hour pumping days and 150 yards for the day we worked at the site
you sure have some nice pumping equipment, looks brand new.
Thank you
The company that makes these machines must be getting rich. There's no negatives about it really. If it received and placed the concrete it would be even better, like an asphalt laying machine. Way to go to take jobs away from hard working men I guess.
The owners sure didn't get their money's worth when subcontractor didn't pull up the rebar up to the top third of the concrete for structural strength. Should of put fiber in the mud.
We’ve got video proof of the guys putting chairs under the rebar one the machine passes over it.
I don't know who's having more fun, the pourer or the dude with the yellow robot...
This was awesome. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
wow! that's fucking amazing I was a batch man at a concrete plant for a while never got to see this side of it pretty awesome!!
Thanks for watching man!
got to watch of those striker machines this summer. truly amazing but really require escellent pouring. great but cocncrete is still work. great crew
here in south central wisconsin we had a few different contractors who have there own laser screen machine it makes the job so much easier and faster.
Love to see those chairs being placed for the rebar!
Great Job Man !
I drove a mixer for 13 years. Pumps are the best, especially when pouring a foundation on soft ground.
How much of a mess does the screed make of the re-rod. I could not tell in the vid. I saw them pulling it up a little. Great vid thanks.
I couldn’t either but I’m guessing it’s not much at all
Another awesome job boys
Stretch her out and lay her down
Cheers from Nova Scotia
Thanks man! How’s the weather?
Damn son.....serious freaking numbers. Good on ya 🤠👍
Yeah I don’t understand why. Lol but I’ll take it
That is one heck of a lot of rebar. Maybe a video interview with a rep on how exactly that screen works. Cut them off after 400 yards? I think next time go with company that does not run with such a tight schedule.
This is very cool - that screed machine really saves some backs. Quick question though - does not the mesh have to be at least 1/3 up in the slab to work properly? I see the stand-offs at the beginning of the video to do that, but when pouring the grid appears to be placed right on the soil, and the screed machine makes sure of that by driving over the mesh?
you must have missed the part where the guys where putting chairs back under the rebar after the machine had passed over it
@@MuddyfeetConcretePumping yah I did - thanks!
Now that is pretty cool..
Couldnt there be a concrete machine similar to the screed where a hose is feeding the concrete to the machine and you just roll it around?
That is the most awesome power screed I think I've ever seen it must run off lasers
Pour guys got Ingram-d... started another job at 360 when 400 was ordered and then slowed this job down. never fails
Looks like union labor, highly skilled. But I'm from California where the union guys really are the best.
We had 70 degrees 2 weeks before Christmas here in Nw Iowa and no snow on the ground as of January 3rd 2022 !
A weird year for weather
Nice machinery though looks like a Putz and the screed machine is key with the Ag Tech system for a super flat flr
Thank you for the nice video and its amazing to see the machine doing the Screeding. But you forgot to elevate the rebar about 2 inches...........oops. If it's not elevated, it doesn't need to be there.
You might watch the video again. It clearly shows a couple of guys putting chairs under the rebar once the machine passes by. Thanks for watching!
The bigger the job the bigger the equipment gets haha ! Imagine bringing this for a patio pour Haha
Did many big laser screed jobs before I retired.
I was kind of surprised that nobody was there to make sure the rebar was picked up and placed on dobies. We always had some inspector making sure we did!
Their where 2 guys following the machine picking the rebar up and placing it on chairs. On of them has a black bag in his hands
Does that screed machine automatically keep the grade or pitch of the pour at the correct angle, or does it just stay level? It looks like it's got some kind of laser/GPS system on it. Great video! I loved the music too!
I would guess it would have grade setting
@@MuddyfeetConcretePumping It's a really cool machine. Thanks!
@@MuddyfeetConcretePumping I used a duel grade laser leveling farm land. I just set the slope and cross slope on the laser emitter and then set the height of the sensor on my blade at a zero point ( no cut, no fill). Then I would just drive around. Great fun.
Excuse my ignorance. I see in the beginning that the rebar is properly set upon chairs to assure that the steel locates into the middle of the slab. However, while pouring and with the scree machine mashing down the grid, all the steel settled to the top of the ground which places it below the slab negating the necessary benefits of having the steel within the slab. It appears to me that the rebar was placed on the chairs for the benefit of the building inspector but became a moot point after the inspector left and the card was signed off. In my book, this will allow for premature failure of the slab.
You are absolutly right.
Here is an EXAMPLE for our Friends in USA, how we are working in good old EUROPE:
czcams.com/video/G606Trq6xmo/video.html
Absolutely downright unprofessional. The rebar is too deep and far too far apart. The workers will also have to torture themselves unnecessarily because a simple concrete vibrator is not available. As a result, later the concrete is only vibrated and properly compacted in the top layers, while many air bubbles are trapped below. It's like hundreds of years ago.For the final strength, it is crucial to get as many air bubbles out as possible. I'm a laboratory technician / building materials tester. The irons are far too deep, too few irons are installed and the mesh size is far too wide. We don't even need to talk about bad and insufficient compression. There would be no such thing in Germany.
I would rather expect such a botch in third world countries where there is insufficient material and corruption.
I guess you missed the part where the guys came behind the machine and put the rebar on chairs.
@@MuddyfeetConcretePumping Extremely peculiar point of view
you’re in wells? thats where some of my family is! they work at Wells ISD! Dad works over in Rusk. They live in alto. i visit there every year, how cool!!
Yep we go out there every now and then
Just curious, what the size of your pump is? Really enjoy your videos. I drive a mixer in So Call.
This one is a 40 meter. We also have a 38 meter and a trailer pump.
@@doo-zranch7795 I was going to guess 38. Thanks
You keep your rig pretty shiny.
Bill and Chris do a good job of that.
wow.. interesting. Hi from Canada
Man American construction is wild to me, these guys have hardly any chairs to keep the rio off the dirt.
A guy from Alabama visited us while we were putting up a house, he couldn't understand why we needed noggins aka horizontal pieces between the studs, and this guy apparently built where he was from which had tornados lol
Absolutely downright unprofessional. The rebar is too deep and far too far apart. The workers will also have to torture themselves unnecessarily because a simple concrete vibrator is not available. As a result, later the concrete is only vibrated and properly compacted in the top layers, while many air bubbles are trapped below. It's like hundreds of years ago.
I sure miss the madness and chaos of large pour days good time here in so.cal the fighting and arguments as well as the pats on the back and beer when the last truck was washing out here here
Thanks for the video 👍
Thanks for watching!
I have seen a strap put on the hose to hold the hose on the end of the pump when it is laid down to reach the far edge. Seems like it makes it easier to handle the hose
There is really no waiting for them to catch up. It looked like they stayed right on you. Just the usual waiting on trucks...lol I'm usually pumping into wall forms here in Missouri, as we have mostly full height basements. I don't see too much flatwork, let alone a radio controlled screed.
We have it pretty good here.
He kept up pretty good. The time consuming factor is that the pump has to stop at the end of each swath and move back to the other side instead of continuously pumping. That takes a few minutes each time and on that job there were probably 20 passes and had to move and reset the pump.
@@doo-zranch7795 yeah i hate moving a pump cuz i cant reach. i run a 38m z KCP just isn't enough sometimes. i like that lay it on the ground trick in the begining of the pour, cant weait to give that a try up here.
Why would a Batch Plant cut off a Job?
Are they out of ingredients to make Concrete or is their equipment down or did the Job Site Contractor do something to Piss them Off?