Someone is at fault for all the difficulties, time and material loss here! Other than that, you did a fine job keeping the camera rolling thru this and I'm glad you were not afraid to post what can happen in the real world to inform others. Keep it real man!
I think this should be put in the category of PissPourPlanning. I've done some huge pours in my time as a Senior Inspector of Works, on was Taiwan's High Speed Rail project. Mass pour viaduct footings with 6 pumps plus a spare, pumps set up to take two trucks so as one discharges the other is backing in so the our went non-stop. This was across a flood plain, other section were up in the hills. Temp stone roads or timber mats were put in for access, so trucks didn't get bogged down. Gets me why the trucks didn't reverse in on the roads sub base, and have the rebar mat laid as the bays progressed.
Would love to see more technical details of the pump’s operation. Prime out, wash out, dos and don’ts for example. Either way, like the videos. Thank you!
Wow, At the size and cost of this job site there’s so many people at fault here, the GC is the first one, how much would it cost to have a ballast road dropped for access give the crap soil conditions and once the first truck got stuck and then the second, no one thought to call the mix plant and and hold the trucks, one expensive lesson right there. I remember refusing to pump hot loads, your attitude and the way you handled it is resilient to say least. Props!
William C well , I wanted to keep a positive attitude about the situation. They had enough problems as it was. Fortunately some of the issue I was concerned about took care of them selves with out me having to voice an opinion. The GC and project owner are great to work with. They both never bocked at the decision that had to be maid. For most part we all where surprised by the getting stuck issues. The ground seemed really dry on top but a few inches below the surface it was moist. Like in the video trucks would be driving along and all of a sudden the bottom would fall out.
Somebody should let that batch man know about "Delvo", especially on those hot days and longer travel times. Delvo will slow down the hydration process. I wonder why nobody thought about dumping a bag of sugar in those loads. A 5lb. bag of sugar would kill a 9 yd. load. Even molasses would work.
Chris is right about the turning drum using up horse power especially when the mix is getting dry, we turn drum off on soft ground we dont have any spare horsepower anyway with our Japanese trucks lol.
I've been driving concrete for 20 years and pumps for 10 years. Sorry if I say that certain fucking German guidelines are sometimes helpful. We learned from the beginning that the pump should be positioned in such a way that concrete can be made effectively, quickly and safely. If possible, with 2 cars. Then just get out first and look, are there any manhole covers or is the floor not solid? The following way is polished. I see problems there, it only works if you prepare it well. Excavator mats or something.
What a pack of amateures, you would have thought that the contractor would have put in proper access for the concrete trucks to drive on without getting bogged.
@@MrCarr77 unless you’ve hauled concrete before that’s a ridiculous comment, it’s all on the contractor to have adequate site preparation before having trucks drive over.
If I was one of the concrete truck drivers and saw this pulling in I will say F...YOU I’m not pulling in unless the truck is an 8x8 with CTIS even then it will be questionable.
People don't realize how heavy these trucks really are. We haul 80,000 plus pounds on two axels (8 tires) where a regular 18-wheeler hauls the same weight distributed over 4 axels, two axels on the tractor and two more on the trailer (16 tires total). I drive one in the Corpus area and there is a saying. "Son, there are two kinds on mixer truck drivers. The idiots who have got their trucks stuck... and the idiots who are gonna get stuck!" With the driving we do, off road, in soft ground, you are going to bury one. Probably more than once. I've sunk a few. 🙄
Front discharge trucks might have worked there. They are all wheel drive, and the load is spread out better. We've had them in some greasy jobsites. Had them stuck, too, but usually, another truck or a Case 580 would pull them out. It was always on the GC's shoulder and wallet if chit hit the fan.
(Fellow mixer driver here) Common sense goes a long ways. What made them think a second 10yd truck is going to make it through an unprepared road lol. Maybe if they did 3yd loads...maybe. Site access should be step 1 from the get go.
Screw ups this big have to be carefully planned, by no planning at all. There should have been men on the street showing the concrete trucks exactly where to safely drive, if that even exists. The trucks should have had their delivery more spread out, but you can't tell how quickly they arrived because most of them were on the job when the video started. With no dry area in sight there should have been a large bulldozer to pull each truck up to the back of the pump truck. This wasn't just one huge screw up, it was many. A fully loaded concrete truck weighs 66,000 pounds. Gravel sprinkled on wet mud is not going to help much. If those huge piles of mud tracked out into the road are not cleaned up that will cost more money. Rookies.
Lol, Mixer Mayhem. Quick we need 8 skid-steers each with one yard feeder buckets and operators, lol. Supprised that someone from the plant didn't show up with forms to make blocks, lol fun times.
That's a big stressful mess. But it happens. A couple truckloads of rock and a makeshift road is about all you can do here or wait til winter when the ground hardens up a bit.
Them dual tires get filled up with mud and in that tread you ain't going nowhere people pick the best days the pour don't they I drove a mixer for 30 years in Southern California jls was the main concrete pumping company out there get some big rock make a nice little driveway up to the pump no problems...
I was watching this video at 11 pm,and telling myself man they must be in Alaska,since its still day light at 11 pm.Then I realized I had a brain fart,and realized it wasn't live.🤭🤭🤭
When trucks come to your pump, why do you just stand there? I drive concrete truck my self, and the pumper or a nother worker guides us in. I see also at other jobs you do, the trucks have to determine themself if they are close enough. Sometimes we just have one shot to reach your pump. This is not ment negative, i am just curious. Your Videos are great btw :)
Holy smokes, who eats that cost? Out here you would be fired for getting a mixer stuck, its happened to a few people I know. Keep up the content, im in lockdown here in norcal, need video's to keep me busy.
cliff beckwith Im guessing the GC does. I’m not sure. We are staying at home for most part. Can’t pump any ways. It’s been raining since last Friday. We need to dry out.
wow, what a mess! was that an old farmer's planting field? I made the mistake of having the mixer driver try to drive across one, fortunately he only went into the front axle, it was 6-wheel drive, but he couldn't back out, so we had a D-8 come and pull him out
haha this is gold. they should have dumped there loads after 2 and a half hrs because its already 30min old when it hits site down here in aus it costs about $220 per cubic meter (1.3yrds) but if they have to dump it there is also a charge of $350 per cubic meter tipping fee and ontop of all that there is a $3.70 per min charger per truck after they have been onsite for longer than 30min. then my pump charge and the concreters are all on hourly that's a quick way to bankrupt someone down here in aus lol
rob rayner be careful throwing the meter word around. Some people with think your trying to flex your brain to much. Lol. Thanks for watching and your right the day was pretty expensive I bet. The project owner and the GC had and kept great attitudes about the situation. I hope to be able to work for them some more.
We have a lot of soil that looks like that here in Dublin we get a lot of that black soil down near Rivers and the canal's a few load of Gravel whould have made life easy people working in an office making the plans saying don't need Gravel because they think there saving money.
Bad days happen. It’s how you overcome them that separate the men from boys.An old man once told me Don’t get mad When the job starts getting tough and biting into your wallet hurry and get it done right so you can be onto another job making money.
It must be in the air right now, we just had 5 of our 12 yard trucks get stuck on site 2 days ago. They came back to the yard after over 5 hours. And had to dump everything. Even the pump had to stop at our yard to wash out the hopper before he lost the pump. That’s what happens with 2 percent calcium and hot water😂
Muddyfeet Concrete Pumping we have some pretty smart operators, they were able to save all the trucks. Once rinsed out, we just throw 5 or 6 yards of rough 3/4 rock in the drum and let them spin for a bit. Clean as a whistle.
How long can concrete be in the truck before it no good? I thought I saw video of a high rise pump that would refuse a truck after sitting on site after 30 min. To an hour and a 30 minute drive to job in city?
Their are other factors but as a rule of thumb 1.5 to 2 hours. It basically gets weaker the longer it sits on the truck. Temperatures of the material plays a big part in that and the batch design.
Admixtures and temperatures play a big part in time limits. Hydration stabilizer or delvo can put the concrete to sleep and you can pour past the 4 hour mark. I’ve seen some crazy shit. ACI 305 puts the limit at 90 minutes but contractors can wave it. If temps are hot, like 80F or hotter, there really is no reason to push the limits. It can take off and adding water will just cause more issues down the road.
By the time I came along the guys I worked for (Consteel Concrete) had figured out to keep an extra gallon or two of antifreeze or a 10lb bag of sugar to toss in the mud as a last ditch effort to save the drum and a lot of work. Sugar is better than antifreeze at screwing up the set somehow - chemical magic.
@scott rowe Muriatic acid would work too but the hazmat suit would hinder your movement 😂. I've also seen exposed aggregate done (small area) w/ warm water... It was on a sidewalk and the exposed aggregate was in the shape of Alaska ... The contractor said it was all in the timing ... So I can see where spraying that sweet, sweet dew on top would give a larger area extra time to work ... good idea ... way way cool I've got his business card that has a picture of the exposed aggregate in the shape of Alaska somewhere. Now finding it 😂 may as well watch Treasure of Sera Madera; ! ! Pictures, "We Don't Need no Stinking," Pictures ! !
Only 2 mins in and i'm wondering who is lacking brain cells! How as a Contractor can you allow concrete trucks to progress to you job site on ground like that. Next any truck driver should know hey! i'm not driving through there! Great job site prep! NOT!
If I was spending money like someone was here .man I'd spend alot on gravel the days before I'd rock rock rock .start with 6 -and end up with 1inch you probly wouldn't spend as much on lost concrete.
I work in concrete too for 25 years and I know how hard it is for the pump guys working in no worries you learn in Spanish if you keep working with Spanish toes means four toes we say cuatro dedos in part is right there
Wow, what a terribly managed job. The GC should have provided egress to the pour. There isn't a single ready mix company around here willing to drive on grass, regardless on mud. The curbs were all done by hand and that road won't drain correctly based on what my eyes saw. Also, they had 18+ concrete workers that I counted. That MUST have been a mafia job, oh, a union job.
Days like these I know why most pump operators are assholes. Wish I would’ve got someone as professional as you to work with all the times I’ve had mud pumped on my jobs but hey as long as they hand signals and aren’t lazy pricks I could care less if they like me.
Y’all don’t act surprised. Y’all already no. Those heavy ass trucks is going to sink. I work for a plant. They say all yeah he can get in I drove my pickup in there. Lol
Muddyfeet Concrete Pumping my area switched over a few years back, I don’t know if anything would’ve helped in that nightmare! Very nice pump rig, you have a good pump operator on that truck, very smooth.
Gliderider yeah I think what’s interesting is those trucks weigh about 6 or 7 thousand pounds more than we do. We didn’t have any issues getting around. Both my trucks weigh around 60,000 lbs. give or take depending on which one we are talking about.
Muddyfeet Concrete Pumping well YOU were looking at the high ground or solid ground as soon as you started videoing, sometimes I think hired hands/ drivers don’t give 2 sh!ts if they tear stuff up.
Looks like extruded curb mud. Thats a piss poor road to be backing loaded trucks on. Contractors fault. Those baby mixers having issues my 11 cubic yard kenworth would defiantly have problems. In Washington it rains like 8 months out of the year and we get some soft shit. Luckily i got stuck 1 time in 8 years ive been driving. I would like to keep it that way
Great video. Wouldn't it be easier to cleanup the dumped concrete with a loader if it were in small size piles along the road? Good there was some water.
I’ve never seen a cement truck on that type of chassis. Around my area cement trucks are purpose built with huge tires and all axles drive. Most are made by Oshkosh.
we used to pour out of 10 wheelers before the all-wheel drive, just have to be careful getting trucks in. some of the older trucks had a separate 6-cylinder gas engine mounted behind the cab to run the drum. it was always exciting when that broke down. we never used pumps much either, not unless we couldn't get close, or we were going over a house for an addition. I remember triple shooting footings and slabs. it was bull work, especially if it was summer
Someone is at fault for all the difficulties, time and material loss here! Other than that, you did a fine job keeping the camera rolling thru this and I'm glad you were not afraid to post what can happen in the real world to inform others. Keep it real man!
Thank you
@@MuddyfeetConcretePumping every time you get a truck stuck drank 90 cases of beer
😢😢😢😢😮@@MuddyfeetConcretePumping
I have been in construction for 50 years first thing on all sites when establishing is site access, would be cheaper then all that concrete waste 😂😂
I think this should be put in the category of PissPourPlanning.
I've done some huge pours in my time as a Senior Inspector of Works, on was Taiwan's High Speed Rail project. Mass pour viaduct footings with 6 pumps plus a spare, pumps set up to take two trucks so as one discharges the other is backing in so the our went non-stop.
This was across a flood plain, other section were up in the hills. Temp stone roads or timber mats were put in for access, so trucks didn't get bogged down.
Gets me why the trucks didn't reverse in on the roads sub base, and have the rebar mat laid as the bays progressed.
Would love to see more technical details of the pump’s operation. Prime out, wash out, dos and don’ts for example. Either way, like the videos. Thank you!
Talk about giving me anxiety from 1000 miles away. This is my worst nightmare, I get nervous when we have 2 trucks waiting sheesh
Four hours old?! Crazyyy lol love your videos man!
Thanks for taking your time and watching!
Concretes gonna flash
Wow, At the size and cost of this job site there’s so many people at fault here, the GC is the first one, how much would it cost to have a ballast road dropped for access give the crap soil conditions and once the first truck got stuck and then the second, no one thought to call the mix plant and and hold the trucks, one expensive lesson right there. I remember refusing to pump hot loads, your attitude and the way you handled it is resilient to say least. Props!
William C well , I wanted to keep a positive attitude about the situation. They had enough problems as it was. Fortunately some of the issue I was concerned about took care of them selves with out me having to voice an opinion. The GC and project owner are great to work with. They both never bocked at the decision that had to be maid. For most part we all where surprised by the getting stuck issues. The ground seemed really dry on top but a few inches below the surface it was moist. Like in the video trucks would be driving along and all of a sudden the bottom would fall out.
Glad y’all got to salvage the 2nd part of the day and get some mud placed. Hopefully the weather will be cooperate with smoother running days ahead.
William C thank you. I hope so. Hopefully the virus will go away also. We need a good run of work for a while.
Somebody should let that batch man know about "Delvo", especially on those hot days and longer travel times. Delvo will slow down the hydration process. I wonder why nobody thought about dumping a bag of sugar in those loads. A 5lb. bag of sugar would kill a 9 yd. load. Even molasses would work.
That's true I'm a concrete contractor inside a domino sugar factor and we have to be extra careful when mixing concrete there's sugar everywhere 😂😂
u mean retarder?
Looks like a case of more $ than brains. That's a first for me I never seen that much poured outside a form in my life
Ya the size of a dirt pile.
I wouldn't want to be the guy that has to break that up.😖
Chris is right about the turning drum using up horse power especially when the mix is getting dry, we turn drum off on soft ground we dont have any spare horsepower anyway with our Japanese trucks lol.
Lindsay Harper he’s pretty knowledgeable when it comes to these trucks. He’s a great asset.
Power take off axle is not always able to turn off
Very entertaining! Laughed my butt off through this whole thing!
Glad we could provide a few laughs
Man, I hate seeing that happen to anyone. Thumbs up on showing the video sir !
In 30 years of concreting never seen such a problem,U kept your cool .
I had my worries but the problems seem to solve them self on this one
I've been driving concrete for 20 years and pumps for 10 years. Sorry if I say that certain fucking German guidelines are sometimes helpful. We learned from the beginning that the pump should be positioned in such a way that concrete can be made effectively, quickly and safely. If possible, with 2 cars. Then just get out first and look, are there any manhole covers or is the floor not solid? The following way is polished. I see problems there, it only works if you prepare it well. Excavator mats or something.
What a pack of amateures, you would have thought that the contractor would have put in proper access for the concrete trucks to drive on without getting bogged.
At least cut the topsoil
Many Contractors always go the absolute cheapest route. Around here most are too cheap for even the pump truck smh 🤦
Youd also think the truck drivers wouldnt all be foolish enough to get stuck like all the ones before....what a bunch of morons
@@MrCarr77 unless you’ve hauled concrete before that’s a ridiculous comment, it’s all on the contractor to have adequate site preparation before having trucks drive over.
If I was one of the concrete truck drivers and saw this pulling in I will say F...YOU I’m not pulling in unless the truck is an 8x8 with CTIS even then it will be questionable.
People don't realize how heavy these trucks really are. We haul 80,000 plus pounds on two axels (8 tires) where a regular 18-wheeler hauls the same weight distributed over 4 axels, two axels on the tractor and two more on the trailer (16 tires total).
I drive one in the Corpus area and there is a saying. "Son, there are two kinds on mixer truck drivers. The idiots who have got their trucks stuck... and the idiots who are gonna get stuck!" With the driving we do, off road, in soft ground, you are going to bury one. Probably more than once. I've sunk a few. 🙄
Front discharge trucks might have worked there. They are all wheel drive, and the load is spread out better. We've had them in some greasy jobsites. Had them stuck, too, but usually, another truck or a Case 580 would pull them out. It was always on the GC's shoulder and wallet if chit hit the fan.
You bet!
Ha Ha Drinking game 😂😂😂😂
Awww memories of mud, blood, beer and concrete.
Lol sounds like fun don’t it.
3:38 OMG I can't believe that driver decided to drive on a foot of mud. GOAL
Been there done that, its called a flashover, mud sets up in minutes, you just have to put in as much water possible just to get it out of the drum.
Yep. Wasn’t pretty at all.
(Fellow mixer driver here) Common sense goes a long ways. What made them think a second 10yd truck is going to make it through an unprepared road lol. Maybe if they did 3yd loads...maybe. Site access should be step 1 from the get go.
Yep
Screw ups this big have to be carefully planned, by no planning at all. There should have been men on the street showing the concrete trucks exactly where to safely drive, if that even exists. The trucks should have had their delivery more spread out, but you can't tell how quickly they arrived because most of them were on the job when the video started. With no dry area in sight there should have been a large bulldozer to pull each truck up to the back of the pump truck.
This wasn't just one huge screw up, it was many. A fully loaded concrete truck weighs 66,000 pounds. Gravel sprinkled on wet mud is not going to help much. If those huge piles of mud tracked out into the road are not cleaned up that will cost more money. Rookies.
Lol, Mixer Mayhem. Quick we need 8 skid-steers each with one yard feeder buckets and operators, lol. Supprised that someone from the plant didn't show up with forms to make blocks, lol fun times.
Some days you never know
WoW that's a total mess! That ground is way too wet.
Holy shit! Good video man
Thanks for watching!
That's a big stressful mess. But it happens. A couple truckloads of rock and a makeshift road is about all you can do here or wait til winter when the ground hardens up a bit.
Them dual tires get filled up with mud and in that tread you ain't going nowhere people pick the best days the pour don't they I drove a mixer for 30 years in Southern California jls was the main concrete pumping company out there get some big rock make a nice little driveway up to the pump no problems...
I agree 100%
The wheel chocks are probably from the first load they had on the mixer that they had to dump after getting stuck
Probably so.
When going to work is better than a 3 ring Circus , if you squint your eyes you can see the clowns on unicycles juggling flaming bowling pins , LOL
🤣🤣🤣
Great content keep up the great work
Will try
😂😂😂 Wheel chalks ! Concrete companies do think of everything !
Alejandro De La Torre Lol yeah at least they didn’t make it into the grate.
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@scott rowe man you’ve got some stories. Thank you for taking your time a writing that. That was some interesting stuff.
oh man the value of one D7 when you really need it right? Good videos/thanks for the content--
sadydog1234 yeah really. Luckily the concrete company owned their own winch truck. Lol. I guess this has happened to them before.
Yes really a dozer on sight would have been quick.
There's only 2 words that come to my mind while watching this... CLUSTER FUCK
I was watching this video at 11 pm,and telling myself man they must be in Alaska,since its still day light at 11 pm.Then I realized I had a brain fart,and realized it wasn't live.🤭🤭🤭
That’s funny right there. Lol
CONTRACTORS GET TRUCK DRIVERS FIRED ,EVERYDAY !!!!!😂😂😂😂
A good driver would have refused to drive his truck in that muck ... well after the drinking game was over anyway😂😂😂
Your the captain of that ship, don’t like it ? Learn to say no !!
I blame the GC for not thinking ahead and laying down rock to get the equipment in and out
Some days crap just happens.
A real shit show.
You need to know if the mixers can get to your site before you order the mud.
Definitely would help!
How many yards did you loose?
Enjoy your videos.
Thank you for watching!!!
SNAFU. Dammit driver, where's your road!?
When trucks come to your pump, why do you just stand there? I drive concrete truck my self, and the pumper or a nother worker guides us in. I see also at other jobs you do, the trucks have to determine themself if they are close enough. Sometimes we just have one shot to reach your pump. This is not ment negative, i am just curious. Your Videos are great btw :)
I or someone else is guiding them in. Usually
Gawd, i see this all the time here in Alaska.
Daniel Ramsey thankfully where not the only ones then. Lol
They should just start dumping their drums, to late lost cause. Clean up later.
Holy smokes, who eats that cost? Out here you would be fired for getting a mixer stuck, its happened to a few people I know. Keep up the content, im in lockdown here in norcal, need video's to keep me busy.
cliff beckwith Im guessing the GC does. I’m not sure. We are staying at home for most part. Can’t pump any ways. It’s been raining since last Friday. We need to dry out.
I hauled concrete for 7 yrs,all them trucks getting stuck,that,s called poor drivers.
wow, what a mess! was that an old farmer's planting field? I made the mistake of having the mixer driver try to drive across one, fortunately he only went into the front axle, it was 6-wheel drive, but he couldn't back out, so we had a D-8 come and pull him out
I grew up in Krum and have been around bartel when I was driving
Wow, hate when that happens. Atleast pump is safe.
Got to take care of your equipment
I operate pumps too. Got a 28 and a 42 meters. Been there for a while now.
Let’s play a drinking game! Because that’s with this situation needs more of.....beer!
Lol
Sounded like a good idea!
haha this is gold. they should have dumped there loads after 2 and a half hrs because its already 30min old when it hits site down here in aus it costs about $220 per cubic meter (1.3yrds) but if they have to dump it there is also a charge of $350 per cubic meter tipping fee and ontop of all that there is a $3.70 per min charger per truck after they have been onsite for longer than 30min. then my pump charge and the concreters are all on hourly that's a quick way to bankrupt someone down here in aus lol
rob rayner be careful throwing the meter word around. Some people with think your trying to flex your brain to much. Lol. Thanks for watching and your right the day was pretty expensive I bet. The project owner and the GC had and kept great attitudes about the situation. I hope to be able to work for them some more.
Who would have thought cement mixers would sink in a swamp 🤔
These guys got what they paid for...
looks like they quality control on the concrete
Is that a hard end on the discharge pipe??? Wow!!
NO!!! I’ve have never purchased a double end hose for the boom pump. Much less ever used one. No sir !
Good to know... It is hard to tell in the video..... Nice work..@@MuddyfeetConcretePumping
We have a lot of soil that looks like that here in Dublin we get a lot of that black soil down near Rivers and the canal's a few load of Gravel whould have made life easy people working in an office making the plans saying don't need Gravel because they think there saving money.
How about a bigger pump and some gear if needed to get the pump in a position for the mixers.
Exactly what we needed
Hm, a 4ft slump. I'll be damned 🤣
Lol. Pretty thick
Damn that was a big as pour how many yards were scheduled to be poured
I really don’t remember
that's what happens when you try to pour after it rains.saw it happen way to many times when i drove a mixer
Yeah guys getting the job done at all costs.
Bad days happen. It’s how you overcome them that separate the men from boys.An old man once told me Don’t get mad When the job starts getting tough and biting into your wallet hurry and get it done right so you can be onto another job making money.
dan bell sounds like good advice.
They need the front discharge all wheel drive Mixers
Need to fire that waterboy dousing the slab before he mops.
Les chauffeur mixer sont bêtes 😊
Great Video. Thanks
Donald Lewis thanks for watching
Lol what a cluster f#%k, if you get one truck stuck why would you continue to send more
Trucks to the site, someone should be out of a job!
It must be in the air right now, we just had 5 of our 12 yard trucks get stuck on site 2 days ago. They came back to the yard after over 5 hours. And had to dump everything. Even the pump had to stop at our yard to wash out the hopper before he lost the pump. That’s what happens with 2 percent calcium and hot water😂
OMG!!! Hope everything got saved.
Muddyfeet Concrete Pumping we have some pretty smart operators, they were able to save all the trucks. Once rinsed out, we just throw 5 or 6 yards of rough 3/4 rock in the drum and let them spin for a bit. Clean as a whistle.
Who messed that up? The rock should have been put down days in advance. Those mixers are 32 tons, of course their going to sink.
How long can concrete be in the truck before it no good?
I thought I saw video of a high rise pump that would refuse a truck after sitting on site after 30 min. To an hour and a 30 minute drive to job in city?
Their are other factors but as a rule of thumb 1.5 to 2 hours. It basically gets weaker the longer it sits on the truck. Temperatures of the material plays a big part in that and the batch design.
Completely shot after 3 hours
Admixtures and temperatures play a big part in time limits. Hydration stabilizer or delvo can put the concrete to sleep and you can pour past the 4 hour mark. I’ve seen some crazy shit. ACI 305 puts the limit at 90 minutes but contractors can wave it. If temps are hot, like 80F or hotter, there really is no reason to push the limits. It can take off and adding water will just cause more issues down the road.
It must be Monday and a full moon last night!!
4ft tall tower of concrete
"So this is to dry to pump?"
Yeah really. Lol
By the time I came along the guys I worked for (Consteel Concrete) had figured out to keep an extra gallon or two of antifreeze or a 10lb bag of sugar to toss in the mud as a last ditch effort to save the drum and a lot of work. Sugar is better than antifreeze at screwing up the set somehow - chemical magic.
Yes your right but I haven’t heard of using antifreeze before.
@@MuddyfeetConcretePumping Antifreeze don't work that well, my guess is it's the glycol ... but only the gluten free glycol 😂
Coke works too
@@SHLJR63 Yeah, Coke or 'soda pop' as a high sugar content. Good thinking
@scott rowe Muriatic acid would work too but the hazmat suit would hinder your movement 😂. I've also seen exposed aggregate done (small area) w/ warm water... It was on a sidewalk and the exposed aggregate was in the shape of Alaska ... The contractor said it was all in the timing ... So I can see where spraying that sweet, sweet dew on top would give a larger area extra time to work ... good idea ... way way cool
I've got his business card that has a picture of the exposed aggregate in the shape of Alaska somewhere. Now finding it 😂 may as well watch Treasure of Sera Madera; ! ! Pictures, "We Don't Need no Stinking," Pictures ! !
Lol if that was me I would spread that on the grass toland then let cure and bring the trucks back on day two of pour
Jamal Turner they did.
Only 2 mins in and i'm wondering who is lacking brain cells! How as a Contractor can you allow concrete trucks to progress to you job site on ground like that. Next any truck driver should know hey! i'm not driving through there! Great job site prep! NOT!
after 2 mins. right from the start i think o boy there are u bunch of braindead doing i fine job chiping up
If I was spending money like someone was here .man I'd spend alot on gravel the days before I'd rock rock rock .start with 6 -and end up with 1inch you probly wouldn't spend as much on lost concrete.
When we new it was going to be greasy we would bring bags of lime
Should of had two pump trucks, one pumptruck pump to the other... would of been a lot cheaper...
Add management preparation decision know that you cannot take thousands of tons of concrete in a muddy field
Coment on down Why they dont Off the drum and select the reveres
I work in concrete too for 25 years and I know how hard it is for the pump guys working in no worries you learn in Spanish if you keep working with Spanish toes means four toes we say cuatro dedos in part is right there
Cool. Dedos. I’ll have to remember that. Gracias!
Rookies first off the truck should not even be in gear just let the winch pull them😄
The name on the pump said it all to bad they can't handle the muddy soil hahaha...
Lol
Do you ever pump from one pump rig to another to keep them on stable ground.
Oh yeah. We have a couple of videos like that
@@MuddyfeetConcretePumping it's called piggy backing lol
Wow, what a terribly managed job. The GC should have provided egress to the pour. There isn't a single ready mix company around here willing to drive on grass, regardless on mud. The curbs were all done by hand and that road won't drain correctly based on what my eyes saw. Also, they had 18+ concrete workers that I counted. That MUST have been a mafia job, oh, a union job.
No kidding
Is this a trac home site or a custom home site ?
nick beam they’ll be custom home
Days like these I know why most pump operators are assholes. Wish I would’ve got someone as professional as you to work with all the times I’ve had mud pumped on my jobs but hey as long as they hand signals and aren’t lazy pricks I could care less if they like me.
Y’all don’t act surprised. Y’all already no. Those heavy ass trucks is going to sink. I work for a plant. They say all yeah he can get in I drove my pickup in there. Lol
I’ve heard that 100 times
Exactly why we use front discharge 6 wheel drive mixers.
Gliderider I wonder why some regions have them and some don’t. I’m sure their is one in Texas but I’ve never seen one active.
Muddyfeet Concrete Pumping my area switched over a few years back, I don’t know if anything would’ve helped in that nightmare! Very nice pump rig, you have a good pump operator on that truck, very smooth.
Gliderider yeah I think what’s interesting is those trucks weigh about 6 or 7 thousand pounds more than we do. We didn’t have any issues getting around. Both my trucks weigh around 60,000 lbs. give or take depending on which one we are talking about.
Muddyfeet Concrete Pumping well YOU were looking at the high ground or solid ground as soon as you started videoing, sometimes I think hired hands/ drivers don’t give 2 sh!ts if they tear stuff up.
Hope you didn't go broke with all the beer you had to buy. Ha ha
Lol
Any reason why you have the music blasting? dang........
Michael Johnson no not really.
wow concrete road. classy
It’s a start
Looks like extruded curb mud. Thats a piss poor road to be backing loaded trucks on. Contractors fault. Those baby mixers having issues my 11 cubic yard kenworth would defiantly have problems. In Washington it rains like 8 months out of the year and we get some soft shit. Luckily i got stuck 1 time in 8 years ive been driving. I would like to keep it that way
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But you can have always have a D8 cat on standby pulling trucks in and out of the job site like this.
I’ve been doing concrete for a long time and I’ve never seen concrete drivers drive all over the property like that
If they don't put whinch s on the concrete truck p.s. i like Your banjo picking
Thank you
Should it get a trailer pump and doble pump it
Great video. Wouldn't it be easier to cleanup the dumped concrete with a loader if it were in small size piles along the road? Good there was some water.
They got it spread out.
CONTRACERS NEED TO START PAYING FOR TOW TRUCKS !!!THEY THE PROBLEM !!!!
do they have gravel in texas?
Literally tons of it
I’ve never seen a cement truck on that type of chassis. Around my area cement trucks are purpose built with huge tires and all axles drive. Most are made by Oshkosh.
Yes. I think we need some of those around here
The best trucks were invented by IMI GOOGLE IT,
we used to pour out of 10 wheelers before the all-wheel drive, just have to be careful getting trucks in. some of the older trucks had a separate 6-cylinder gas engine mounted behind the cab to run the drum. it was always exciting when that broke down. we never used pumps much either, not unless we couldn't get close, or we were going over a house for an addition. I remember triple shooting footings and slabs. it was bull work, especially if it was summer
Can confirm up in boston all the trucks are Oshkosh as well front dispense, vibrators on the shoots, all wheel drive things are massive
I guess everything isn’t always bigger in Texas!