Pouring concrete is hard work!
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Pouring concrete is hard work!
We were pouring a concrete slab today in my backyard. Took hours in direct sunlight in florida man that was hot! Im now sunburned and exhausted. To you guys that do this as a living i have respect for you.
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why thank you!
about 3 weeks ago we were waiting to pour a huge slab (20x20) that the damn*** owner wanted all in one peice (read. will crack in a month) which is stupid but his problem, he can always pay us to do it again. anyways, we'd been having weather too humid to do it in the day, so we started pouring at 1230 at night, and had it all smoothed by daylight and let it bake, and by noon when it got humid, the slab was cured enough to be ok.
about 3 weeks ago we were waiting to pour a huge slab (20x20) that the damn*** owner wanted all in one peice (read. will crack in a month) which is stupid but his problem, he can always pay us to do it again. anyways, we'd been having weather too humid to do it in the day, so we started pouring at 1230 at night, and had it all smoothed by daylight and let it bake, and by noon when it got humid, the slab was cured enough to be ok.
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I worked concrete with the Union in my younger days. Then when I went on to get my contractors license later in life I did my share of it. I worked on a crew that held the worlds record with a slip form paver doing curbs/gutters. We poured around 10,000 linear ft in 10 hours. That was with a Gamaco machine in the 70s when they first came out.
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Guys that have done concrete for years may have beerguts but usually pretty impressive physiques (and seldom cover it with a shirt).
I'm not a puny guy myself, but I remember one time this gorilla of a guy was trowelling a garage floor as I worked on the joists above and dropped something into the concrete. The look he gave me was almost enough to make me poop my pants...there was nowhere to run!
I'm not a puny guy myself, but I remember one time this gorilla of a guy was trowelling a garage floor as I worked on the joists above and dropped something into the concrete. The look he gave me was almost enough to make me poop my pants...there was nowhere to run!
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Did mainly foundations but also some flatwork as a summer job years ago. What a stupid time of the year to have a summer job like that! One summer was enough for me. I'll do small jobs for me and friends/relatives, but never again for a living.
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ok since we are on the subject,
Davie Crocket and Daniel Boon are standing on the wall of fort Alamo shooting the sh_t when Daniel looks to the south and here comes hundreds of Mexicans carrying shovels, hoes picks and every other kind of tool you could imagine. Being a little worried He turns to Davie, very shaken and shows him the crowd progressing. with out missing a beat Davie pulls out his calendar and says Hummm I don't have anything in here about us having some concrete poured today.
Davie Crocket and Daniel Boon are standing on the wall of fort Alamo shooting the sh_t when Daniel looks to the south and here comes hundreds of Mexicans carrying shovels, hoes picks and every other kind of tool you could imagine. Being a little worried He turns to Davie, very shaken and shows him the crowd progressing. with out missing a beat Davie pulls out his calendar and says Hummm I don't have anything in here about us having some concrete poured today.
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I have worked in construction all my life, 38 working years. I started out in concrete construction. It took me one month to realize, that I had to do something different.
My brother however loves it. He is 51 this year, and he still pours slabs, and sets forms, and pours walls. He is just crazy tuff. He is 51, and I think he would have killed tyson in the ring, had he got a chance. Just crazy tuff!
My brother however loves it. He is 51 this year, and he still pours slabs, and sets forms, and pours walls. He is just crazy tuff. He is 51, and I think he would have killed tyson in the ring, had he got a chance. Just crazy tuff!
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would your brother be interested in coming to Chino Valley AZ (5 hour drive I buy fuel) and pour my 30X50 garage slab? as with all of those who labor at my house there is never ending beer, and some fine carnage grilled,pited or smoked to keep you full.
Originally Posted by smokestone52
I have worked in construction all my life, 38 working years. I started out in concrete construction. It took me one month to realize, that I had to do something different.
My brother however loves it. He is 51 this year, and he still pours slabs, and sets forms, and pours walls. He is just crazy tuff. He is 51, and I think he would have killed tyson in the ring, had he got a chance. Just crazy tuff!
My brother however loves it. He is 51 this year, and he still pours slabs, and sets forms, and pours walls. He is just crazy tuff. He is 51, and I think he would have killed tyson in the ring, had he got a chance. Just crazy tuff!
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When you're doing it by hand it's tough.. When you have a HUGE roller screed, 3 big donkey d**k vibrators and 2 240 foot x 20" lanes a day.. that's exhausting but not as physically hard as using a 2x4 screed board. ... Unless soemone doesn't know how to run the shoot on the truck and has him pull froward too early.. then you have to rake all that crap back to fill in..
We poured 2 acres of crete on my last deployment to Afghanistan. 2 parking aprons and a connecting pad. Pluss an AGE pad, a PEB pad and a foundation for a fire department.
Pl,us asphalt and a mess of other jobs .. all in 6 months.. 12 hr days..
We poured 2 acres of crete on my last deployment to Afghanistan. 2 parking aprons and a connecting pad. Pluss an AGE pad, a PEB pad and a foundation for a fire department.
Pl,us asphalt and a mess of other jobs .. all in 6 months.. 12 hr days..
