So glad I've stumbled on your channel. Ten years into this job, never thought about using a range finder. I'm getting one, ... today. Those set up plans were really detailed and laid out well, I only WISH our low cost living area was that detailed. Yall make things look as easy as they should be. Thx for your passion in this job man. Good deal.
I'm always impressed at what you guys are able to tailgate using those front discharge mixers. We have only rear discharge mixers in our area, and from what I can see, they're not nearly as versatile as the front discharge units.... which works out well for us pump guys I suppose 😁😁😁
@@canadianconcretepumper1979 yes it does and thanks. BTW my dad helped re design those trucks (he is a retired concrete truck driver, and he went to advance and imi up to a city here in Indiana and basically was 1 of the 5 drivers that was asked to go and make their suggestions on how to make em better, my dad told them they needed a bigger catwalk and a hose up top and a few other points. I may tell the story one day. or better have him tell the story. the rear discharge trucks are alot cheaper to make. but people still pump around here. alot of line stuff w big heavy hoses. but we got boom pumps too kinda like what u use. we just never use em. I find it is just to much to line up and the wash up is weird here in Indiana. u can't wash out on a rock pile or a garage, u have to have it contained. or it's a big fine. so the buggies are sheep to rent. more work but I just find it easier to work w in the long run. anyways have a great week my friend
I find it really exciting and interesting watching how it's done in Canada. It brings a good bit of perspective and new ideas. The trick with sugar in the hopper saved me from a bad situation a few days ago, so thanks alot for that! Keep up the good work and greetings from Sweden!
I always love seeing feedback like this. Sharing my experiences to possibly help others and/or learn new techniques myself was the premise behind me starting this channel. Those $3 bags of sugar have saved me so much blood, sweat, and quite literally tears over the years.
I'm like yourself love the difference in scenery running the small pump, plus getting into sticky situations can be fun and challenging all at once! Pump on man!!
Yeah man, we had an operator on holidays this past week so I was out on the 38-5 most every day. Without a doubt, it is my “happy place” in concrete pumping 😁
Those little Reeds are awesome pumps! True story: my favourite day of pumping is on a trailer pump (these big pours just make for videos which are more speaking to the masses, lol)). Cheers brother
pretty cool. i am a driver of a 37m pump in Sweden. we use 3" hose most of the time. 4" on high volumes and 5" rareley. not many big projects where i live.
Would love to pump something like this! Very rare to pump something like this in the UK as the market leader gets all these sort of pours! Fantastic video very informative! Keep up the good videos definitely gained a follower 👍🏼
Lol!!! I do the exact same! What's even worse is when on vacation and we spot a concrete pump. "just do your thing hun and I'll catch up with you in a bit" 🤣🤣🤣
A 200 slump in the beginning is unheard of in Norway. We'd be rocking a 700 mil slump, or self comprimating concrete as they call it. Just flows to where it needs to go on its own without losing any of the compressive strength of the concrete. Love the video
Yeah, it's pretty rare that we see conventional concrete slumped to more than a 170mm. Like you said, any wetter and the contractor often just will just use a self consolidating mix.
Do you do your own service work on the trucks? Ive got a fella down the road that has a few trucks and always thought about stopping in and seeing if he needed a hand. Most pump drivers cool?
Concrete is such an amazing material. Cures underwater, can handle stupid heavy loads and and you can build damn near anything with the right crew. Roman concrete is still holding up centuries later. I wonder how some of todays structures will age. Think the Hoover Dam will still be working in 2423?
Thank you brother. I appreciate you watching the channel. Turkey is a major producer of concrete pumps as well as replacement parts. A great percentage our Putzmeister rigs are now produced in Turkey.
@@canadianconcretepumper1979 I'm going to watch your videos one by one, you are doing your job very well. I did not know that putzmeister towers were produced in Turkey.🙂
I use to run them big pump's but the hour's where to much 80+ some Weeks now I just run the small pump doing the little Job's 6 or 7 cube job's here in Dublin Ireland but some day's when the sun is out I whould love to be on one of the big Job's sitting in the sun running the boom.
I wish somewhere they kept statistics with regards the effective divorce rate amongst big-boom operators. I’m fairly confident that it would be startling 😂
With all of the 50+ story towers popping up around the greater Vancouver area lately, these mass pours have become more and more common. Not uncommon to see 3-4 thousand cubic meter pours going on most every month.
That’s my biggest complaint with the GoPro (can’t zoom in/out while recording). For this reason I’ve been incorporating my iPhone on more recent content.
Two of my most recent videos have some fairly extensive setup/levelling content. Perhaps one day I’ll do a video on just specifically this topic. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
This entire video was shot on a GoPro Hero 8. I usually film in 1080 versus 4K. I’m now using a Hero 11 (honestly can’t tell much difference between the 8 and the 11). Just picked up a GoPro 360 Max as well, hoping to play around with it in the near future here.
Especially this job site which is literally underneath the flight path of a major international airport (the runway is about 2 miles away, lol!!!). I did purchase a drone recently, but piloting it os seemingly behind the comprehension level of my 43 year old brain.
Your skills are AWESOME on the pumper boom and that comes with practice & patience so you will most likely surprise yourself with how good your drone skills could be as time goes on. Some very experienced You Tubers have crashed drones and came back smarter from the momentary set back. I am at awe with what people can do with various remotes . I personally don't play video games & trying to advance using Guitar Hero taught me I would need a voice response controller to gain any level of success because my brain certainly could not respond to what my eyes saw yet my brother in law with no remote time was INSANE at playing Guitar Hero and he is definitely older than you so don't give up on trying to master the drone. A drone is DEFINITELY CHEAPER than a pumper truck if you unfortunately have a mishap as you improve your flying skills.
@@gavinperry7237 well back in my late 20’s/early 30’s I was a fairly stout drummer (Rock Band on Xbox 360, lol!!) so perhaps there is some hope for me after all. 😁😁😁
I practice transitioning from A to Z without the hose guy noticing but hell ya it is difficult and I’m only running my 38. I would probably toss the hose guy around with a boom that big.
hello my brother nice video and excellent casting with three excellent units. one question are you an operator or supervisor of the operators men God bless you do not bother you for recording videos because I say in miami it is prohibited because the ACPA prohibits it but we are UA-camr operators hehe excellent I work my brother greetings from the chapo of the pumps in a video you greet me there is for Colombia
Full rate. With the current industry wide operator shortage a pump on standby means other full revenue work turned away. The days of deals are a thing of the past (not to mention operating costs in general having gone through the roof).
I agree with you on the big jobs, they're long and boring. I prefer the small 4 to 50 m3 jobs. driving to the same jobsite 5 to 6 times in a day wears you down.
12k value in Perth plus 250 an hour for each pump on site ...also 150 each way for each pump in the pocket less 2 others wages ... life is good ....easy money ..
I use the bentonite pretty much every time. If I know it’s going to be a quick job and I’m able to washout right there on-site, I’ll sometimes just use a quick spray of oil inside the hopper, but Murphy’s law, another job will come up and now I’m rolling straight to it dirty 😂😂😂
The super quick and easy pours, dusting the inside of the hopper can actually make the washout a little bit more tedious, but “quick” and “easy” is something we don’t see too much of these days.
@@canadianconcretepumper1979 in this line of work I would put Murphys law on every piece of equipment just to remind everyone to over prepare everytime.
So many factors to take into consideration (slump, mix design, boom position, etc…). I find that when pumping with the volume 75% or higher I’ll keep my engine RPM maxed out, or very close to it. The only time I dropped the RPM’s down during this pour was on the top-up pass, end even at that I only dropped them down for perceived fuel savings.
So glad I've stumbled on your channel. Ten years into this job, never thought about using a range finder. I'm getting one, ... today. Those set up plans were really detailed and laid out well, I only WISH our low cost living area was that detailed. Yall make things look as easy as they should be. Thx for your passion in this job man. Good deal.
I have worked at this site before I love it keep it up, its my second day training the pump and loving it.
Thank you for watching brother 🙏🙏🙏
I don't know anything about pumps other than they make our work so much easier... thanks for the detailed explanations
I'm always impressed at what you guys are able to tailgate using those front discharge mixers. We have only rear discharge mixers in our area, and from what I can see, they're not nearly as versatile as the front discharge units.... which works out well for us pump guys I suppose 😁😁😁
@@canadianconcretepumper1979 yes it does and thanks. BTW my dad helped re design those trucks (he is a retired concrete truck driver, and he went to advance and imi up to a city here in Indiana and basically was 1 of the 5 drivers that was asked to go and make their suggestions on how to make em better, my dad told them they needed a bigger catwalk and a hose up top and a few other points. I may tell the story one day. or better have him tell the story. the rear discharge trucks are alot cheaper to make. but people still pump around here. alot of line stuff w big heavy hoses. but we got boom pumps too kinda like what u use. we just never use em. I find it is just to much to line up and the wash up is weird here in Indiana. u can't wash out on a rock pile or a garage, u have to have it contained. or it's a big fine. so the buggies are sheep to rent. more work but I just find it easier to work w in the long run. anyways have a great week my friend
I find it really exciting and interesting watching how it's done in Canada. It brings a good bit of perspective and new ideas. The trick with sugar in the hopper saved me from a bad situation a few days ago, so thanks alot for that! Keep up the good work and greetings from Sweden!
I always love seeing feedback like this. Sharing my experiences to possibly help others and/or learn new techniques myself was the premise behind me starting this channel. Those $3 bags of sugar have saved me so much blood, sweat, and quite literally tears over the years.
Good job, man. I appreciate it,I am interested to be a pump operator how can I start this career?just I like it thanks @canadianconcretepumper1979
I'm like yourself love the difference in scenery running the small pump, plus getting into sticky situations can be fun and challenging all at once! Pump on man!!
Yeah man, we had an operator on holidays this past week so I was out on the 38-5 most every day. Without a doubt, it is my “happy place” in concrete pumping 😁
I just run a little reed trailer. watching you guys get wild with the boom gymnastics is really something. cheers boys.
Those little Reeds are awesome pumps! True story: my favourite day of pumping is on a trailer pump (these big pours just make for videos which are more speaking to the masses, lol)).
Cheers brother
pretty cool. i am a driver of a 37m pump in Sweden. we use 3" hose most of the time. 4" on high volumes and 5" rareley. not many big projects where i live.
Would love to pump something like this! Very rare to pump something like this in the UK as the market leader gets all these sort of pours!
Fantastic video very informative! Keep up the good videos definitely gained a follower 👍🏼
Is it wrong that after pumping all week I spend hours watching videos of others pump? Great content, keep up the good work. Cheers from PEI.
Lol!!! I do the exact same! What's even worse is when on vacation and we spot a concrete pump. "just do your thing hun and I'll catch up with you in a bit" 🤣🤣🤣
It's an addiction brotha I believe 80% of us operators have been diagnosed with it
Great content 👍 I worked a lot with pump trucks with Howard pumping & hydracrete in Cleveland Ohio
Thank you brother. I've seen many of the Howard rigs on various social media platforms. Looks like they run a very professional operation.
I’m with you I’ll run around town all day to chasing next pump job those 1k plus yards are killer good money but boring
A 200 slump in the beginning is unheard of in Norway. We'd be rocking a 700 mil slump, or self comprimating concrete as they call it. Just flows to where it needs to go on its own without losing any of the compressive strength of the concrete. Love the video
Yeah, it's pretty rare that we see conventional concrete slumped to more than a 170mm. Like you said, any wetter and the contractor often just will just use a self consolidating mix.
Interesting
Do you do your own service work on the trucks? Ive got a fella down the road that has a few trucks and always thought about stopping in and seeing if he needed a hand. Most pump drivers cool?
Concrete is such an amazing material. Cures underwater, can handle stupid heavy loads and and you can build damn near anything with the right crew. Roman concrete is still holding up centuries later. I wonder how some of todays structures will age. Think the Hoover Dam will still be working in 2423?
Standing: yes. Functioning: who knows if there’ll be enough water remaining for it to serve its intended purpose. 🤔🤔🤔
Woow.. really awasome great jop.. I am a pump operator in Turkey💥👍
Thank you brother. I appreciate you watching the channel. Turkey is a major producer of concrete pumps as well as replacement parts. A great percentage our Putzmeister rigs are now produced in Turkey.
@@canadianconcretepumper1979 I'm going to watch your videos one by one, you are doing your job very well. I did not know that putzmeister towers were produced in Turkey.🙂
Do you document & notify plant which trucks have either chunks or foreign matter within mix ?
I use to run them big pump's but the hour's where to much 80+ some Weeks now I just run the small pump doing the little Job's 6 or 7 cube job's here in Dublin Ireland but some day's when the sun is out I whould love to be on one of the big Job's sitting in the sun running the boom.
I wish somewhere they kept statistics with regards the effective divorce rate amongst big-boom operators. I’m fairly confident that it would be startling 😂
That was a boat load of mud to pump❤
With all of the 50+ story towers popping up around the greater Vancouver area lately, these mass pours have become more and more common. Not uncommon to see 3-4 thousand cubic meter pours going on most every month.
How deep is that hole that you are pumping concrete into ?
I believe it was 8-10 feet in the deepest areas.
Awesome video brother 👍. Good stuff every week.
Thank you brother 🙏🙏🙏
Would be good if you had a zoom on your camera lens for the big project job's.
That’s my biggest complaint with the GoPro (can’t zoom in/out while recording). For this reason I’ve been incorporating my iPhone on more recent content.
Hello can you do a video on how to setup the levels or measurements/ truck stability before pumping?
Two of my most recent videos have some fairly extensive setup/levelling content. Perhaps one day I’ll do a video on just specifically this topic. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
well done!
Great video and great quality video,what equipment do you use?
This entire video was shot on a GoPro Hero 8. I usually film in 1080 versus 4K.
I’m now using a Hero 11 (honestly can’t tell much difference between the 8 and the 11). Just picked up a GoPro 360 Max as well, hoping to play around with it in the near future here.
I love that secondary screen for the hopper. What are the dimensions? I’d like to build one for myself
I’ve got an upcoming video which goes into great detail with regards to the screens.
Why is the hose still on?! Why would you do that? 🤦🏻♂️🤷♂️
Easier to suck a bucket through the the hose than through just the tip-elbow. Faster/quicker/more efficient all around.
Some day I’ll make the trek down to VA and show you the proper way of doing it my friend 😂😂😂
Do u own the concrete company that u are using the this jobsite
I’m one of several partners in the pumping/placing company (this job here the builders are pouring with their own guys).
Some drone shots would be COOL but possibly illegal to have a drone on these large commercial job sites
Especially this job site which is literally underneath the flight path of a major international airport (the runway is about 2 miles away, lol!!!). I did purchase a drone recently, but piloting it os seemingly behind the comprehension level of my 43 year old brain.
Your skills are AWESOME on the pumper boom and that comes with practice & patience so you will most likely surprise yourself with how good your drone skills could be as time goes on.
Some very experienced You Tubers have crashed drones and came back smarter from the momentary set back.
I am at awe with what people can do with various remotes .
I personally don't play video games & trying to advance using Guitar Hero taught me I would need a voice response controller to gain any level of success because my brain certainly could not respond to what my eyes saw yet my brother in law with no remote time was INSANE at playing Guitar Hero and he is definitely older than you so don't give up on trying to master the drone.
A drone is DEFINITELY CHEAPER than a pumper truck if you unfortunately have a mishap as you improve your flying skills.
@@gavinperry7237 well back in my late 20’s/early 30’s I was a fairly stout drummer (Rock Band on Xbox 360, lol!!) so perhaps there is some hope for me after all. 😁😁😁
I practice transitioning from A to Z without the hose guy noticing but hell ya it is difficult and I’m only running my 38. I would probably toss the hose guy around with a boom that big.
I’d give myself about a 3% of being able to pull it off, and a 0% chance with the pump moving mud at 100+ cubic yards per hour 😂
hello my brother nice video and excellent casting with three excellent units. one question are you an operator or supervisor of the operators men God bless you do not bother you for recording videos because I say in miami it is prohibited because the ACPA prohibits it but we are UA-camr operators hehe excellent I work my brother greetings from the chapo of the pumps in a video you greet me there is for Colombia
how do you charge for stand by/back up pumps?
Full rate. With the current industry wide operator shortage a pump on standby means other full revenue work turned away. The days of deals are a thing of the past (not to mention operating costs in general having gone through the roof).
@@canadianconcretepumper1979 The days of deals are a thing of the past - Love that. About time.
@@lucash2360 will be interesting to see how things hold up through the next recession which is seemingly just around the corner.
I agree with you on the big jobs, they're long and boring. I prefer the small 4 to 50 m3 jobs. driving to the same jobsite 5 to 6 times in a day wears you down.
Yup it’s the variety of work which makes (or breaks) this job for me. I find the most enjoyment in the setup and takedown procedures.
12k value in Perth plus 250 an hour for each pump on site ...also 150 each way for each pump in the pocket less 2 others wages ... life is good ....easy money ..
Total invoice here is around $20K CDN dollars. Total fuel consumed: around $5K’s worth 🙃🙃🙃
Do you still use the dry bentonite in the hopper? Haven’t seen that in a while. Or does that depend on the type of mix?
I use the bentonite pretty much every time. If I know it’s going to be a quick job and I’m able to washout right there on-site, I’ll sometimes just use a quick spray of oil inside the hopper, but Murphy’s law, another job will come up and now I’m rolling straight to it dirty 😂😂😂
The super quick and easy pours, dusting the inside of the hopper can actually make the washout a little bit more tedious, but “quick” and “easy” is something we don’t see too much of these days.
@@canadianconcretepumper1979 in this line of work I would put Murphys law on every piece of equipment just to remind everyone to over prepare everytime.
@@bowenike so true, it’s just that little bit of foresight which make the difference between an enjoyable day of pumping, or sheer misery 😂😂😂
What rpm do you find is the best for smoothness of the hydraulics?
So many factors to take into consideration (slump, mix design, boom position, etc…). I find that when pumping with the volume 75% or higher I’ll keep my engine RPM maxed out, or very close to it. The only time I dropped the RPM’s down during this pour was on the top-up pass, end even at that I only dropped them down for perceived fuel savings.
Awesome. Keep the videos coming, like hearing the insight and wisdom
Did you make that secondary screen?
Yes sir, I have an upcoming video which explains in more detail.
@@canadianconcretepumper1979 looking forward to it
I love bentonite
Bentonite is the the duct tape of concrete pumping, can solve damn near any potential issue with a bag of bentonite…. or at least a few anyhow 😂😂👍🏼
Good merning
I can switch from z to A without killing the guy but he’s gonna notice especially in an old pump
I'm in Regina city, saskatchewan
How can I start to be concrete pump operator?
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That is a BIG machine. Much respect brother 🙏
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