I knew my dad worked in construction but never knew he’s a rodbuster until today. Showed him one video and led to him telling me about his job, a rodbuster. I have a newfound respect knowing he does this kind of work. Now I know why he’s always pointing out certain buildings.
I started rebar when I was 19 hated it at first and fell in love with hard work in the hot and cold days shows me I am capable of working in any weather I'm only 5'6 been doing since 2014 until now 2022 going Rodman strong 💪
Fuck yeah! I’m a steel fixer as well (rodbuster) and as shit as our job is, I fucking love it. Keep tying that steel brother 💪🏾 🇦🇺Australian Steelies🇦🇺
@@ernestotafoya7 no I'm short service my friend but now I git the hang of it and damn I'm in love with the work environment and well the money hard working job but gets all your needs
I started just after my 18th birthday, about to turn 28 in a month this year. The rodbuster life is the only life for me, I lcoe the environment, I love the crew, I love the work, and it's one hell of a confidence boost now that I'm running my own crews and in charge of my own towers. Best job I ever had and I'll die with rebar on the mind lmao
“You just gotta do it, it’s not really a big deal. If you get inside your head about it aww this is heavy… it’s gotta be done.” As a steel fixer myself (rodbuster), such true words. Those are the hardest days when the body is fatigued, a big push and you start getting into your head, that’s when you tell yourself “oh well, it’s gotta be done.” If you’re a good worker and the body isn’t functioning like usual, if you’ve got a good crew they’ll pick up the slack, just do the same for them in the future.
@@ADAM-tw6ej Yes, suck up as much OT as you can when you're young......Union provided good wages (could be higher), pension, vacation pay, annuity, great medical, dental, vision plan. It's hard work, you'll sleep good at night, eat right and stay off the shit.
Been a Rodbuster for 30yrs and a second generation Ironworker loved it now retired. There’s true brotherhood in this trade Local 377 San Francisco Father also retired Local 378 Oakland and still kicking it. LET’S GO... NEXT BAR... 🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽💪🏽💪🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽🍻🍻
Fucking hell!!! 30 years 😱 That’s Mad respect OG 🙌🏾 As a steel fixer here in Australia 🇦🇺, Enjoy retirement and all the best. You’ve definitely earned it.
I was a Rod buster for 2 years. I weighed 150 soaking wet, and would work guys twice my size into the ground. It's 100% grit and heart. If you have any quit in you, you won't last.
I'm an industrial carpenter, and there's alot of hard days in that field. I work beside an awesome crew of rodbusters, on the project I'm at, right now. One thing I've learned over the past few years, especially on this job with the scope that it is. Rodbusters...there's not many days that are easy. Some days may be easier than others, but to most people they're still hard days.
An industrial carpenter is a carpenter that works on indistrial sites eg. Building dams, or heavy infrastructure like oil and gas site expansions ect...
Lòved lifting heavy till spine degenerating disease set in disc and bone after fusion gotta let younger man carry torch! Hats off to you guys who make it happen everyday take care of yourselves and each other!
Sounds like my dad, My dad was an iron worker, his brothers were iron workers, his dad's and uncles were iron workers and i'm proud to carry on the legacy. New punk Local 086
Mass job would love to either steel or concrete that job. One for the stories you tell your kids. Only those who do this knows the pride you feel while doing it
Matthew you’re wrong, actually it builds communities up. There’s respect I. This work but look at the facts, this is a you g mans game and you will blow out your back. This work is not sustainable, as a father you wouldn’t want your kid to “endure” this type of work. You push towards stem studies making 100,000k doing work with your BRAIN.
We could put a Savage crew together just from the comments here. Roll call I'll start- Local 86 Rod Buster since Sept. 2001. On a big job now! Cosco Tumwater Washington State.
Great video , love it. Did my 1st Rebar job in 1997 a bridge slab that crosses the Athabasca River. This trade will definitely toughen you up. Get strong doing it or get ran the fuc over !
Iv been in it for 6 months relapsed on cocaine still busted bar for 13 hours 30 M transfer slab on a high-rise not a wink of sleep that was the day I realized I was born to be a rodbuster
I do this everyday for a living in Australia, we call it steelfixing and been doing it for 17yrs. Currently building 60tonne slabs for wind turbines at the crudine wind farm mudgee nsw. No gym and lifting tonnes not kilos lol steelfixers build the world
Great work guys. Think I'm going to go back to structural. I've tried to get into rods. It's just not for me. I'm miserable when I'm doing it and I don't want to be stuck doing a job I hate for the next 30 years. Props to you guys though. Not everyone can be a rodbuster.
MrJB97 .... donde puedo encontrar trabajo de RODBUSTER a qui en San Francisco.. 415 5717302 ahí dejo mi num... si tengo experiencia y claro quiero aprender mas
Probably only vid I've seen where I can relate to what the fixers are saying. Not sure if the diameters are the same in the US but that bottom mat looks like full length 40 or 50 mil bars and you know you've done a shift after throwing a few tonne of them babies around. I'm out of the game now but managed 30 years before tendonosis f*cked me up. My old man was a fixer and when I was a nip hand he'd dog me to hell all day but some how I stuck at it and like the young fellow on here said some guys can't even manage a shift or don't come back the next day. These guys are proper fixers and that's kind coming from me because I usually hate to see them using those darn plyers 😉 we spin 8"nips over here.
Are you Canadian or from Europe? I've worked with Canadians and Bosnians they used nips I never could get the feel for those things always broke the wire haha. Bars in the USA all go by 1/8ths of an inch so a number 4 is 4/8ths which means 1/2 in. A number 8 is an inch diameter. Goes 3-11s 14s and 18s I've heard of bars bigger then 18s but never worked with or seen them
@@jonasjelich4576 Hello mate I'm from Northern England. I suppose that the nearest thing we've got to am inch bar would be T25, that's 25 millimetres diameter tensile steel. On our drawings, say a bottom mat it would read something like this: 126 05 150 B1 so that's 126 bar mark 05 at 150 centres on bottom one which is lowest on the cross section so B2 is the bar on top that laces the mat; T1 & T2 is top. In walls it'll say FF & NF or EF which means får face, near face and each face. Then on the schedule (bending sheet) it will detail what 05 is: diameter, length, shape and amount American fixers are known as Rod Pushers I've heard? You guys will have lots of sky scraper experience in the States I guess. I still do the odd shifts, just small private jobs like rafts for house or garage extensions, swimming pools, that kind of thing but I retired a few years ago
@@jonasjelich4576 Your 18's must be same as our 50mm that's the same as the external circumference of a scaffold tube. Our stock lengths are 12m (40ft) but in special circumstances it can get bigger) I worked on a nuclear reactor base and that had 13 layers of 50mm at 18 lengths shaped like half of a key hole.
@@eardwulf785 Oh England nice cheers from across the pond brother! The bending sheet and wall detail is the same thing here. A straight bar they'll say length in feet and the quantity needed liked 2×15 #8 30ft @12in which means at two different locations you will have 15 number 8 (1 inch diameter) spaced out at a foot. Special bars like a wall dowel or a bar with in awkward bend like a Z bar will have a mark number on it to identify it such has 9B02. The first number will always tell you how big the bar is so that would be a number 9 (1 in and a 1/8 diameter) we do lots of high rises and skyscrapers an every since 9/11 they have started using core walls in the center of the buildings where the elevator shafts and stair wells will be. It used to be all sheet rock now it is all reinforced concrete since 9/11. Congratulations on retirement enjoy it! We have a hard job but honest and very rewarding! And we are called "Rod Busters" over here in the USA
@@jonasjelich4576 Sounds like we're not so different infact technically speaking I have worked in America. We have USAAF bases scattered across the UK, in the south east mostly. Many moons ago around the time that the Berlin wall came down I worked on USAAF Alconbury and although the RAF were based their too it was known as little America. It was fucking great I was still in my twenties, American currency was used on site so we couldn't use the cigarette vending machine but some of the servicemen would sort it out for us. Every morning without fail the American national anthem would be played over multiple tannoys. It was used by the Eighth Air Force, 93rd bomber group since 1942. With Russia becoming less of a threat it was closed down along with other bases but I've heard it is going to be recommissioned as a result of the situation in Ukraine. Yeah the Eighth AF are a legend around here.
What's a shuttering joiner? It's amazing to me how many jobs there are that no one outside their trades has heard of. Now I know a bit what "rod busters" do.
Runners and screamers piss me off so much. Do your job steady if you want your back and knees working in age 50. Unless you are getting paid for tonnage, then fuck rules and safety. And fuck shuttering joiners, why they are always so slow?
I doubt they run on a regular basis. Camera was on them. But if they do good for them. I got enough lazy wanna be rodbusters on my crew. Could use guys like that
Hey yall ive been wondering for years what this song on the video is called? Its been stuck in my head firever itd be nice to have in my playlist, thabks in advance
In the UK we are called steelfixers, it's more a way of life than a job, work hard, play hard, and we dont use pliers we use end cutter known as nips, much quicker than pliers.
That "rodbuster" is to tough job and at last in Europe didn't pay much. Do framing and trim here in USA with wood, much easier at body. Stay away from rodbustering if you can. Ironworkers are guys that install steel structures, and it is much better job that pay better and require some technical knowledge. And rodbustering require only one guy to think something, to read blue print. All other guys can just carry rebar and bend it. Hope they are paid well here in USA but I doubt it.
robert valderaz 😂😂😂 oh yeah standing on a beam and waiting for steel is so exciting yeah i guess waiting around to connect a veam and stuff a bolt and then waitung 20 mins fir the next isnt boring
847 sucks man. Go to Rocky Mountain Rebar out of ogden utah! Will be much better for you!! Brian is a damn good boss and the guys are badass. Better than that no Union bullshit!
Local 29. The best rodbusters canby we don 279 tons. Rebar with 9 guys 6 where punks 2 left at break. West coast recorded best most i will se all on record.
when you get invited to an apprenticeship, are you able to do both connecting and rod busting? Or do you have to specialize in one field of iron working?
@@kingoverdose9873 Ah ok thank you very much for the info, One more question if you don't mind, Do you get to pick where you do structural or rodbusting, or do you get assigned to whatever you're more qualified for?
@@connorlowis4774 for the apprentices. If the job they get sent on is slow. (Say one day off sitting at home because employer is slow. A apprentice can go to the hall tell dispatch you would like to be considered on the unfilled job journeyman does not want. (Job hanging) Now you working for new employer. (Hall will tell you old employer, so a replacement can be sent if they need one.) Journeyman do what ever they want at new job posted at dispatch. Only the Journeymen can pick and choose or drag up even.
I knew my dad worked in construction but never knew he’s a rodbuster until today. Showed him one video and led to him telling me about his job, a rodbuster. I have a newfound respect knowing he does this kind of work. Now I know why he’s always pointing out certain buildings.
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I started rebar when I was 19 hated it at first and fell in love with hard work in the hot and cold days shows me I am capable of working in any weather I'm only 5'6 been doing since 2014 until now 2022 going Rodman strong 💪
Fuck yeah! I’m a steel fixer as well (rodbuster) and as shit as our job is, I fucking love it. Keep tying that steel brother 💪🏾 🇦🇺Australian Steelies🇦🇺
I'm 19 about to Start this week only 5,5 wish me luck my friend
@@aprasifuentes3437 how is it bro ?? And did you have any experience in the construction fields before ??
@@ernestotafoya7 no I'm short service my friend but now I git the hang of it and damn I'm in love with the work environment and well the money hard working job but gets all your needs
I started just after my 18th birthday, about to turn 28 in a month this year. The rodbuster life is the only life for me, I lcoe the environment, I love the crew, I love the work, and it's one hell of a confidence boost now that I'm running my own crews and in charge of my own towers. Best job I ever had and I'll die with rebar on the mind lmao
“You just gotta do it, it’s not really a big deal. If you get inside your head about it aww this is heavy… it’s gotta be done.” As a steel fixer myself (rodbuster), such true words. Those are the hardest days when the body is fatigued, a big push and you start getting into your head, that’s when you tell yourself “oh well, it’s gotta be done.” If you’re a good worker and the body isn’t functioning like usual, if you’ve got a good crew they’ll pick up the slack, just do the same for them in the future.
52 years old and still doing this everyday. I love this job.
@John Manci I do
retired from field at 60, pension checks are nice, hang in there bro!
@@roddiener1235 were you able to make a good living when you were working?
@@ADAM-tw6ej Yes, suck up as much OT as you can when you're young......Union provided good wages (could be higher), pension, vacation pay, annuity, great medical, dental, vision plan. It's hard work, you'll sleep good at night, eat right and stay off the shit.
Самая лучшая работа.I love this kind of hard work.
Been a Rodbuster for 30yrs and a second generation Ironworker loved it now retired. There’s true brotherhood in this trade
Local 377 San Francisco
Father also retired Local 378 Oakland and still kicking it.
LET’S GO... NEXT BAR... 🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽💪🏽💪🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽🍻🍻
Fucking hell!!! 30 years 😱 That’s Mad respect OG 🙌🏾 As a steel fixer here in Australia 🇦🇺, Enjoy retirement and all the best. You’ve definitely earned it.
I did this for about thirty years - when I was a young man!
I was a Rod buster for 2 years. I weighed 150 soaking wet, and would work guys twice my size into the ground. It's 100% grit and heart. If you have any quit in you, you won't last.
I'm an industrial carpenter, and there's alot of hard days in that field. I work beside an awesome crew of rodbusters, on the project I'm at, right now. One thing I've learned over the past few years, especially on this job with the scope that it is. Rodbusters...there's not many days that are easy. Some days may be easier than others, but to most people they're still hard days.
An industrial carpenter is a carpenter that works on indistrial sites eg. Building dams, or heavy infrastructure like oil and gas site expansions ect...
Been doing this for over 2 decades.
Big money with big back pain 🤣
my favorite alchohlics on site these guys are a good to drink with
The alcohol is mandatory.
My dad would pick me up after work and we would hit the bars with all his work friends they knew how to party that’s for sure
Great job, only those who can do this job understand what it takes to do'it
pavel havrisciuc bro hurry the fuck up and tie faster. -From your Foreman 😚
Literally had that happen today lol
haval 7 see more fuckin ass holes trust me I’m a gf and I have no hope for the future kids Fucking idiots
Hard work no gym needed
@@jo4140-y3e we do get a raise every 6 months
I’ve been a rod buster the last 10 months and love every bit of it! It’s tough work but pays off
True I own a rebar company Shipley rebar Inc in San Bernardino ca and I love every second of it have to be a real man to be a rod buster
Love this job started at 16 one year ago. Gonna do it till I drop dead💪🏽
Love this example and the representation it puts forth for Rodbuster in the field. Level 1 Local 25, looking forward for the years to come🔥🤙🏼
whoooooaaaaah! wish to do jobs like that with you guys! Filipino steel fixers frm Japan!!
Lòved lifting heavy till spine degenerating disease set in disc and bone after fusion gotta let younger man carry torch! Hats off to you guys who make it happen everyday take care of yourselves and each other!
I love you guys "Rodbusters are the best" local 405 "Philly salute you ...stay strong brothers!!!
Been doing this for years now hard work but it gets into your blood and you start to love it over time lol
🙏!!! I'm a Rodbuster 396 STL. Guys in this video are real deal. Yes sir.
2 herniated discs retired me in 2017 after 38 years, I don't miss the work but I miss the crazies I worked with
Sounds like my dad, My dad was an iron worker, his brothers were iron workers, his dad's and uncles were iron workers and i'm proud to carry on the legacy. New punk Local 086
Keenan May I can only assume that your family owns bar m? Get ahold of me kid, I got a job for you, im in 86 also.
Hell yea brother I'm a local 86 IW too
Local 86 here as well.
Keenan May i bet your related to link may dwyane may and chad may huh? :)
Not sure how much I carried everyday as a carpenter. But you have to love it, and your arms and hands get strong as a bull.. retired now,, miss it.
Mass job would love to either steel or concrete that job. One for the stories you tell your kids. Only those who do this knows the pride you feel while doing it
LOL all these guys hustling and putting in steel as quick as they can, making their boss lots of money
You don’t get it. And that’s also the attitude that brings down entire communities.
You think that boss will forget what they did for him? No he/she will not.
Matthew you’re wrong, actually it builds communities up. There’s respect I. This work but look at the facts, this is a you g mans game and you will blow out your back. This work is not sustainable, as a father you wouldn’t want your kid to “endure” this type of work. You push towards stem studies making 100,000k doing work with your BRAIN.
@@tuttifrutti9698 I know rodbusters making $180,000 a year
That boss will squeeze the juice out of them while he can. The next generation of men will be soft and delicate
Hell yeah. Local 86 ironworkers. Rodbustin since 04
Its real in the field,salute to all ironworkers..union local 847 proud to be
Started off 847 in phoenix then transferred to 75… still 847 in my bones 🦴 🏗👍🏼
Local 378 Oakland. MY RESPECTS
We could put a Savage crew together just from the comments here. Roll call I'll start- Local 86 Rod Buster since Sept. 2001. On a big job now! Cosco Tumwater Washington State.
Very thanks from Czech Republic for this video
Local 416 Las Vegas ! Stay strong 💪 brothers ! Loyal too the game 🛠
I put 18 years in and loved it! This job isn't for everyone.
Local 416 California/Nevada..stay up brothers
Rod Bustahh416 got a few buddies from 416, they came out here to 584 to be ironworkers
Great video , love it. Did my 1st Rebar job in 1997 a bridge slab that crosses the Athabasca River. This trade will definitely toughen you up. Get strong doing it or get ran the fuc over !
love this video.... Interlock steel in Maryland plays this in their orientation.....
Iv been in it for 6 months relapsed on cocaine still busted bar for 13 hours 30 M transfer slab on a high-rise not a wink of sleep that was the day I realized I was born to be a rodbuster
Oop. Found the Canadian! (Calling it 30m was a giveaway)
My back hurts watching this. Props to you guys. #StrongWorkYo
Ironworkers 4 life reinforcing the world local 625 work hard and play even harder god bless
Capital G brotha
My first year apprentice Rod buster love it I'm wildland firefighter in summer so yea love my.jobs very physically
Donny... You the Man!!!
Human spiders at work. Impressive! Just wow!
Love this game done it on an off for years allways loved it
Local 416 proud to be a rod buster. Punk till ya die
I'm an electrician and if I'm having a bad day, I look out the window at the rod busters and think my life isn't too bad lol
I do this everyday for a living in Australia, we call it steelfixing and been doing it for 17yrs. Currently building 60tonne slabs for wind turbines at the crudine wind farm mudgee nsw. No gym and lifting tonnes not kilos lol steelfixers build the world
Does the job pay good?
100k a year?
@@davidsolis5075 depends bro 80k too 140k
@@jamessilby1814 that's really good,but is it mostly on overtime?
@@davidsolis5075 11hr days here brother.... fifo life lol
I got goosebumps, #18 are no fckn joke
Just finished my first job as a rod buster. Wall Mats and punking bahhhhs.
Rod buster checking in ❤❤ gotta love it or you won't be able to do it
Local 416 all the way
Great work guys. Think I'm going to go back to structural. I've tried to get into rods. It's just not for me. I'm miserable when I'm doing it and I don't want to be stuck doing a job I hate for the next 30 years. Props to you guys though. Not everyone can be a rodbuster.
Every Structural we've hired didn't last.
Much respect local 44 Cincinnati Ohio
Rodbuster from Milwaukee here. Local 8
they should be proud. this is a great video.
respect...
Pretty good game bro. 4/6 ton per man per day
Heavy 40 n 32 mm respect Ironman
Robert Belfour Walkin' The Floor
Is the name of song.
I would love to work a job like this.
Good luck guys . and wassup all the way from Houston TX.
Ha ha ha ha Have fun playing with the rods. It is just like playing with legos
SF 377 in the house!!!
MrJB97 .... donde puedo encontrar trabajo de RODBUSTER a qui en San Francisco.. 415 5717302 ahí dejo mi num... si tengo experiencia y claro quiero aprender mas
My respect for London 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍💚💜❤💖💚💜❤💖❤💜💚💜❤💖❤💜
Real fucking man job! Shout out from local 229 😎
Ayeeee San diego
Local 416!!! For Life
What were they possibly building anyway 🤔
Apple Park in Cupertino, CA
A good rod buster is a coring guys worst nightmare.
A lot of respect, except your bent over for hours while tying and it doesn’t pay enough to sacrifice your lower back
It takes the right technique to minimize the damage you make to your back. I usually try to have my legs far apart to not have a back curved.
Stretch everyday and u wont have pain
@@shadowagent3 is that how ur man hits it from behind
If you deadlift 300 or 400 pounds in the gym you shouldn't feel shit
The two guys packing on opposite shoulders at the beginning... durr
Rookie mistake
@@fnhwk lol
john Clarke shut up and work! They got it done didn’t they?
I never understood why that's a big deal. Just "up and over it" when ready to drop the bars.
It is a big deal . On heavy bar you need to be in step .
Probably only vid I've seen where I can relate to what the fixers are saying.
Not sure if the diameters are the same in the US but that bottom mat looks like full length 40 or 50 mil bars and you know you've done a shift after throwing a few tonne of them babies around.
I'm out of the game now but managed 30 years before tendonosis f*cked me up. My old man was a fixer and when I was a nip hand he'd dog me to hell all day but some how I stuck at it and like the young fellow on here said some guys can't even manage a shift or don't come back the next day.
These guys are proper fixers and that's kind coming from me because I usually hate to see them using those darn plyers 😉 we spin 8"nips over here.
Are you Canadian or from Europe? I've worked with Canadians and Bosnians they used nips I never could get the feel for those things always broke the wire haha. Bars in the USA all go by 1/8ths of an inch so a number 4 is 4/8ths which means 1/2 in. A number 8 is an inch diameter. Goes 3-11s 14s and 18s I've heard of bars bigger then 18s but never worked with or seen them
@@jonasjelich4576
Hello mate I'm from Northern England. I suppose that the nearest thing we've got to am inch bar would be T25, that's 25 millimetres diameter tensile steel. On our drawings, say a bottom mat it would read something like this:
126 05 150 B1
so that's 126 bar mark 05 at 150 centres on bottom one which is lowest on the cross section so B2 is the bar on top that laces the mat; T1 & T2 is top. In walls it'll say FF & NF or EF which means får face, near face and each face.
Then on the schedule (bending sheet) it will detail what 05 is: diameter, length, shape and amount
American fixers are known as Rod Pushers I've heard? You guys will have lots of sky scraper experience in the States I guess. I still do the odd shifts, just small private jobs like rafts for house or garage extensions, swimming pools, that kind of thing but I retired a few years ago
@@jonasjelich4576
Your 18's must be same as our 50mm that's the same as the external circumference of a scaffold tube. Our stock lengths are 12m (40ft) but in special circumstances it can get bigger) I worked on a nuclear reactor base and that had 13 layers of 50mm at 18 lengths shaped like half of a key hole.
@@eardwulf785 Oh England nice cheers from across the pond brother! The bending sheet and wall detail is the same thing here. A straight bar they'll say length in feet and the quantity needed liked 2×15 #8 30ft @12in which means at two different locations you will have 15 number 8 (1 inch diameter) spaced out at a foot. Special bars like a wall dowel or a bar with in awkward bend like a Z bar will have a mark number on it to identify it such has 9B02. The first number will always tell you how big the bar is so that would be a number 9 (1 in and a 1/8 diameter) we do lots of high rises and skyscrapers an every since 9/11 they have started using core walls in the center of the buildings where the elevator shafts and stair wells will be. It used to be all sheet rock now it is all reinforced concrete since 9/11. Congratulations on retirement enjoy it! We have a hard job but honest and very rewarding! And we are called "Rod Busters" over here in the USA
@@jonasjelich4576
Sounds like we're not so different infact technically speaking I have worked in America. We have USAAF bases scattered across the UK, in the south east mostly. Many moons ago around the time that the Berlin wall came down I worked on USAAF Alconbury and although the RAF were based their too it was known as little America. It was fucking great I was still in my twenties, American currency was used on site so we couldn't use the cigarette vending machine but some of the servicemen would sort it out for us.
Every morning without fail the American national anthem would be played over multiple tannoys.
It was used by the Eighth Air Force, 93rd bomber group since 1942. With Russia becoming less of a threat it was closed down along with other bases but I've heard it is going to be recommissioned as a result of the situation in Ukraine.
Yeah the Eighth AF are a legend around here.
I knew a guy who was bragging about being the best in shoveling dirt. So I grabbed the excavator and shout him up.
Anybody can use that joystick to excavate. It takes a man to shovel rocks..
Heck yeah respect to my rod busterz
What's a shuttering joiner?
It's amazing to me how many jobs there are that no one outside their trades has heard of. Now I know a bit what "rod busters" do.
shuttering is encasing the rebar in plyboard like a mould
that's how it's done for precast specials that can't be made on site
Now that's a hard day at the office .
78 years old. Just retired! Started doing bar at 16!
Local 86 Seattle 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽
Nice job and strong people 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍💚💜❤💖💚💜❤💖💚💜❤💖
I love my job I love my job I love my job 😂😂😂😂😂🤟
Just heard about this occupation this morning. What’s a rod buster do?
Runners and screamers piss me off so much. Do your job steady if you want your back and knees working in age 50.
Unless you are getting paid for tonnage, then fuck rules and safety. And fuck shuttering joiners, why they are always so slow?
I doubt they run on a regular basis. Camera was on them.
But if they do good for them. I got enough lazy wanna be rodbusters on my crew. Could use guys like that
# 11 ....one and three eight's rod....rod goes in eight's....4 is half inch....your lesson for the day.
You are too smart for this trade. Go into politics.
The 1/8's rule stops at a #8, 9 and above are larger in diameter than 9/8, 10/8, 11/8's etc.....check ASTM Standards.
i was part of the project 377
Hey yall ive been wondering for years what this song on the video is called? Its been stuck in my head firever itd be nice to have in my playlist, thabks in advance
This is the Apple Building
This the Apple campus? Crazy, man.
Local 416 the real rodbuster
In the UK we are called steelfixers, it's more a way of life than a job, work hard, play hard, and we dont use pliers we use end cutter known as nips, much quicker than pliers.
Love how there's absolutely no reference to what the fuck it is that they're building.
That "rodbuster" is to tough job and at last in Europe didn't pay much. Do framing and trim here in USA with wood, much easier at body. Stay away from rodbustering if you can. Ironworkers are guys that install steel structures, and it is much better job that pay better and require some technical knowledge. And rodbustering require only one guy to think something, to read blue print. All other guys can just carry rebar and bend it. Hope they are paid well here in USA but I doubt it.
Local 377 baby 🤟🏽
Came closer to work there! Local 377!!!
Rod bustin bores me!!! High structural steel, is my love n fame, ridin the top iron, touchin the face of God.
robert valderaz 😂😂😂 oh yeah standing on a beam and waiting for steel is so exciting yeah i guess waiting around to connect a veam and stuff a bolt and then waitung 20 mins fir the next isnt boring
Packing steel is harder then walking and standing around
I guess the Title sounds Cool hey
@@glennfredette4087 NOT busting your ass is fun is probably what he meant 😊
Ironworker 377&378🔥✊🏾🔥✊🏾🔥✊🏾🔥
chyeeeh brothers..!! 🤙🏾
Local 625 much respect my boss today is in this video
Yeah you bro what company you in? I stay wit CMC. Worked at Harris too
Local 229 baby with a sore back !
I love what I do!
Just started slaving today, local 847 Utah. This shit is no joke, had me dying out there. It's really not for the weak minded, or weak bodied.
Brooks Sandoval mind over matter. But be smart and invest your money when you can 👌
847 sucks man. Go to Rocky Mountain Rebar out of ogden utah! Will be much better for you!! Brian is a damn good boss and the guys are badass. Better than that no Union bullshit!
Local 29. The best rodbusters canby we don 279 tons. Rebar with 9 guys 6 where punks 2 left at break. West coast recorded best most i will se all on record.
What project was this? It was absolutely massive.
Apple Park Project - Cupertino, CA
when you get invited to an apprenticeship, are you able to do both connecting and rod busting? Or do you have to specialize in one field of iron working?
no, rodbusters and structural guys are 2 different companies, but same union, you’ll have to keep switching compainies if u wanna do both
@@kingoverdose9873 Ah ok thank you very much for the info, One more question if you don't mind, Do you get to pick where you do structural or rodbusting, or do you get assigned to whatever you're more qualified for?
@@connorlowis4774 you are giving a dispatch to different places, you don’t get to choose were you wanna work at
@@kingoverdose9873 ok thanks alot man
@@connorlowis4774 for the apprentices. If the job they get sent on is slow. (Say one day off sitting at home because employer is slow. A apprentice can go to the hall tell dispatch you would like to be considered on the unfilled job journeyman does not want. (Job hanging) Now you working for new employer. (Hall will tell you old employer, so a replacement can be sent if they need one.) Journeyman do what ever they want at new job posted at dispatch. Only the Journeymen can pick and choose or drag up even.
I'm local 29 portland oregon rodbuster for life
72ft #11 holy shit..