My hobby is just reading the comments to see everyone who knows more than Tom. Thanks everybody for not disappointing. Oh, and I am still waiting for any of the critics to actually post a video of their own…
We had this happen last year. We poured out 10 yards with the front left tire of the truck 6 inches off the ground. We held our breath and knocked it out. Those smart levels really make it easy. Ours are the STABILA brand. Great job and awesome video!
A few moments of holding my breath in this episode - the porch blowout and the truck backing down the hill. And who said laying concrete was boring? Not today!! I keep up with three father and sons concrete vlogs. There is nothing more beautiful than pristine newly laid concrete!!
Wow, another awesome concrete job! The builder should pay your company extra for the professional work and craftsmanship that you take into consideration pouring the concrete!
The Header of this video caught my attention. When I was growing up in Kansas, many of the house in the new subdivision we lived in had full basements. I watched a concrete truck roll over into a basement during a pour. Quite a experience!!
You are the concrete Czar, you would make a good chess player juggling the material delivery, form bulging, rain, truck rolling heart attack, and steep inspector problems all in one day. But it makes the world go round, love it.
@Concrete with the Hauses Just a thought on the near roll-over with the truck ....... shouldn't the chute have been pointing the opposite direction?? Not a massive amount of weight but moving it from the one side to the other would have doubled the net effect.
@@dericksmith2137 Tom didn't answer me but i read a slew of other remarks about it. he said it was womanized cedar which is common to have in direct contact with concrete. i researched it and he is right but he should prolly do a five minute explanation on it in a future show, t y
To answer your question, yes, I have. We were pouring concrete walls in a steep subdivision. We were just over the hill, and the driver missed a gear lost control and turned over in a yard at the bottom trying to make the sharp curve. 10 yards in their yard. We poured one wall on top of a mountain, and it took a dozer to pull the 6x6 up it. A 4 wheel drive could barely get up it.
Leaving that discharge chute hanging off the downhill side of the truck was cringe worthy. I operate a backhoe and leaving a boom like that would have unbalanced it enough to tip. Happens real fast. Lucky you.
FYI, roll-overs are not only potentially expensive (lost drums, product loss, time, tow trucks, etc), but very hazardous. Our concrete division had several rollovers from excessive speed on curves (exit ramps), and uneven job sites. Our sister company had a rollover that caused a driver fatality. That one was caused by dry rot tires on the truck at a job site. We now throw out 10 year old tires at the recommendation of several major tire manufacturers (they are all dated), to avoid disasters like this. Keep spotters a safe distance away and reduce risks whenever possible. You may even have to refuse access to really unsafe areas. It's all funny until it really happens!
Building elevation almost seems arbitrary to some builders. All you have to do is measure the distance between the road and the garage slab and multiply that by 15%. That number is the number of feet you make the slab above the roads elevation...
Actually I have seen one upside down in a basement. We were pouring a driveway across the street from these guys, and they were going to pour footers for a new house. Instead of backing up to the basement, they pulled the mixer along side the dig and the dirt collapsed below the mixer. Quite the sound and site. The contractors left the job as soon as it happened. Mixer driver was shaken but not hurt.
Digging a few holes in the steep part of the driveway would do a good job of keeping it tied to the hill. Dig a few holes 2 feet deep. Just a thought. GREAT WORK AS ALWAYS ‼️‼️. Vinny 🇺🇸
No expansion around porch and columns, expansion also should be the type that allows for rip off of top and placing of caulking, sika for example...this will stop water from getting beneath your pads and "heaving"(as video stated). Are tampering of stone illegal in Pennsylvania (I see tons of stone but not consolidation of same)?
You can say that again , today I tore out a driveway that was laid on a 14-16" mason sand base. Iv`e seen sand under them before but not like that, it was a good thing I had a track hoe to take it out with because a wheeled machine would have been more than interesting. Needless to say I also took the sand base out. I don`t know how that drive way stayed all those years with about 3` fall in 30`and being only 3'' thick to boot.
I have poured my own sidewalk and parts of one of my old house driveways. They look good to me. But not like your quality. But I am excited to see the hill pour. My driveway hill gravel washes out every year. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
Yes, I’ll have I work for a concrete company for 30 years and I seen them roll over many times with 10 & 12 yards of concrete sometimes some r rookie driver, some r accidents
yes, I have pooring a house footing, brand new truck backed over the curb, hit utility trench area, which was freshly run and backfilled, laid down like a dinosaur... full, the readi-mix company pulled it out that night.
Yes. I saw one roll over with a full load, well it looked like a full load. It was an emergency stop as a kid ran out into the road. Full brakes and a swerve and over it went. Concrete everywhere!! Took two of those big wreckers to right it. They used a front end laoder and dumps trucks to load up the semi cured mix. Then it was washed down. Apollo 13.
Morning Hauses! Boy that's steep! Yea witnessed a roll over 25 years ago into a pond,wasn't good,driver made it though,so Btw your son got a new sub,I'll.check him out later!
Grade could have been calculated at the time of setting basement footings from the plan and the road elevation. No reason to have it surprise the concrete sub at time of pour. It is on the general.
Apollo13 if I'm not mistaken but being a ex ready mix driver I have been on some shady jobs and I have driven them all front discharge ,all wheel rear discharge and regular rear discharge and it does test a driver's nerves especially backing down a hill where all you see is the ground out the mirrors the weight shifts and the truck bucks like a bull
We often use an old technique to keep pads in place. That would be by using an auger and drill holes down 16" or so every so often, almost guarantee the pad will never move. I`ve seen pads 30-40 yrs old that never moved a speck done that way.
I saw the aftermath of a concrete truck tipping over, if that counts lol... I showed up one day to start work on a job I had looked at a few days before. When I got there, it looked like they were getting ready to pour a basement next to the one already done, lol... It was really muddy so I missed a good show apparently!!
Would concrete piers, like the ones that are put into stoops, help with the concrete slipping in the driveway?.....you could line 3-4 piers in a line just before the slope goes down to the road?? ..keep up your good work ....great concrete channel!!!!!
Great job! However, I might have leveled that sidewalk a little and put a step or two onto the driveway. Back in the 1970's two trucks I dispatched cut corners a little tight. Those were early days of booster technology and when the inside duals caught the curb, the booster accumulators kept pushing down and tipped the trucks over. The fire department came and flushed out the concrete, a wrecker up righted the trucks, and we sent crews down to clean up the mess. Slightly less stringent environmental rules back then.
Had a cement truck tip over on it's side in the ditch about 40 years ago in front of our house. He got to far into the ditch making a left hand turn into our driveway. He may have been a little distracted. I was a child but as I remember his wife was two weeks overdue and there may have been a new baby on the way. I remember him crawling up and out the driver's window. Fortunately he wasn't hurt.
Just out of curiosity, would the driveway have been less than 15 degrees if you brought it up from the opposite corner of the property (where the red truck is parked) and across the front yard to the garages?
Enjoy your videos Crap the builder could at least put some kinda moisture break between the wood posts and the concrete. Builder needs her excavator to get their crap together when they set grade to keep those driveway slopes in line. thats going to be fun with some snow, or even a bit of ice, 15 is steep. decent finish work otherwise. heres a thought, an accident on the driveway, a slip and fall, owner finds out its not to code and sues township, builder, anyone connected ... stay tuned. Id edit that kinda stuff out if it were me, not worth the Utube revenue, or the comments from idiots like me...
When I was a kid I worked for a construction company, I was loaned out to the concrete company for the day. We were pouring a floor for a legion. One of the trucks blow a hydraulic line for the drum. When they fixed the line they tried to turn the drum, huge mistake, as soon as it started to spin it laid the whole truck on its side. The movie line is from “Apollo 13”
nice job looks great. One question and it is about the garage doors was the door guy drinking because they are two different colors completely,>>>>funny looking.
One of the huge reasons we use our pumps on big small almost all jobs .no need to put drivers in positions that can end badly good driver or rookie no point in making a job harder and possibly dangerous .those trucks are heavy with a material that is moving. If you have never driven one you should .i think it helps understand what they do to get material to us drivers deserve a contractor that thinks about them.i like the way you guys work .and your videos dont drag on with boering footage all is good on this channal thanks for sharing with all
Isn't it from Armageddon when Harry (Bruce Willis) radios into NASA and says "Houston We Have A Problem" and his daughter with crying eyes raises her head upon hearing her dads voice after he was presumed dead after the shuttle missed the landing grid ???
Just a question. why did you put expansion felt in between the pours on top? Eventually it will rot out and create a void, unless the owner is prudent and caulks it. Don't really see the need.
I have seen one go. Got to close to foundation overdig. It was quite the mess. We don't have front dumps. I believe they had to jackhammer the concrete or if the drum.
My hobby is just reading the comments to see everyone who knows more than Tom. Thanks everybody for not disappointing. Oh, and I am still waiting for any of the critics to actually post a video of their own…
At 7:32 did you catch one of your employees finishing up pissing against the back of the house?
homeowners need to put cameras everywhere to catch the pissers & sue them in court!
Nature called! Them beers push through quick
About 7.20 another pisser next to white van.
@@chadsimmons6347😅
Excellent finishing... Was wondering why you don't compact the gravel base??
Apollo 13. I was gonna say an adult film when you were directing that truck down the hill.
We had this happen last year. We poured out 10 yards with the front left tire of the truck 6 inches off the ground. We held our breath and knocked it out. Those smart levels really make it easy. Ours are the STABILA brand. Great job and awesome video!
After your son said Gunpowder and Freedom, I knew I was going to subscribe. Thankyou for supporting him and that cause.
I’m from the northern Butler area and recognized the Thrower truck and Cranberry Supply and I just found your channel.
A few moments of holding my breath in this episode - the porch blowout and the truck backing down the hill. And who said laying concrete was boring? Not today!! I keep up with three father and sons concrete vlogs. There is nothing more beautiful than pristine newly laid concrete!!
Wow, another awesome concrete job! The builder should pay your company extra for the professional work and craftsmanship that you take into consideration pouring the concrete!
Wym
Bro had the lil front porch holing on with three nails
I seen better finishers in Uruguay
The Header of this video caught my attention. When I was growing up in Kansas, many of the house in the new subdivision we lived in had full basements. I watched a concrete truck roll over into a basement during a pour. Quite a experience!!
You are the concrete Czar, you would make a good chess player juggling the material delivery, form bulging, rain, truck rolling heart attack, and steep inspector problems all in one day. But it makes the world go round, love it.
Apollo 13 that definitely was a little nerve wracking watching it slide looks awesome you guys do some beautiful work
Apollo 13 is the movie line. Love your work, so very professional. So pleased that we found you through Mike Morgan's channel.
@Concrete with the Hauses
Just a thought on the near roll-over with the truck ....... shouldn't the chute have been pointing the opposite direction?? Not a massive amount of weight but moving it from the one side to the other would have doubled the net effect.
Hard to say, I doubt it would’ve made a big difference
Keep coming, don't stop! Wise words to live by
Apollo 13. Tom hanks said that quote. Coming back and watching some
Of your earlier videos. Tom, y’all do great work
“Huston we have a problem”
Movie line.
the rough sawn cedar trim on the columns. right against the concrete with no moisture stop? just wondering.
It’s retarded. At the very least they coulda wrapped it with poly.
Never have crete in direct contact with wood.
@@dericksmith2137 Tom didn't answer me but i read a slew of other remarks about it. he said it was womanized cedar which is common to have in direct contact with concrete. i researched it and he is right but he should prolly do a five minute explanation on it in a future show, t y
To answer your question, yes, I have. We were pouring concrete walls in a steep subdivision. We were just over the hill, and the driver missed a gear lost control and turned over in a yard at the bottom trying to make the sharp curve. 10 yards in their yard. We poured one wall on top of a mountain, and it took a dozer to pull the 6x6 up it. A 4 wheel drive could barely get up it.
What a mess I hope nobody got hurt
Leaving that discharge chute hanging off the downhill side of the truck was cringe worthy. I operate a backhoe and leaving a boom like that would have unbalanced it enough to tip. Happens real fast. Lucky you.
I've been on several mixer roll overs. Luckily no major injuries. But there's always the cleanup.
FYI, roll-overs are not only potentially expensive (lost drums, product loss, time, tow trucks, etc), but very hazardous. Our concrete division had several rollovers from excessive speed on curves (exit ramps), and uneven job sites. Our sister company had a rollover that caused a driver fatality. That one was caused by dry rot tires on the truck at a job site. We now throw out 10 year old tires at the recommendation of several major tire manufacturers (they are all dated), to avoid disasters like this. Keep spotters a safe distance away and reduce risks whenever possible. You may even have to refuse access to really unsafe areas. It's all funny until it really happens!
I am at 100% agreement not funny at all
Building elevation almost seems arbitrary to some builders. All you have to do is measure the distance between the road and the garage slab and multiply that by 15%. That number is the number of feet you make the slab above the roads elevation...
Really enjoy watching you and the crew get it done. Had to smile knowing you used my movie line and in such a great way 👍.
🇺🇸🦅🌏⚓️🇺🇸
Actually I have seen one upside down in a basement. We were pouring a driveway across the street from these guys, and they were going to pour footers for a new house. Instead of backing up to the basement, they pulled the mixer along side the dig and the dirt collapsed below the mixer. Quite the sound and site. The contractors left the job as soon as it happened. Mixer driver was shaken but not hurt.
Digging a few holes in the steep part of the driveway would do a good job of keeping it tied to the hill. Dig a few holes 2 feet deep. Just a thought. GREAT WORK AS ALWAYS ‼️‼️. Vinny 🇺🇸
Guess I need to tune in earlier. Answer is Apollo 13. Great video and work crew.
"that sounded weird" lol
No expansion around porch and columns, expansion also should be the type that allows for rip off of top and placing of caulking, sika for example...this will stop water from getting beneath your pads and "heaving"(as video stated).
Are tampering of stone illegal in Pennsylvania (I see tons of stone but not consolidation of same)?
Appolo 13. Houston we have a problem. Great Movie.
Great thing about construction is you rarely have a boring day.
You can say that again , today I tore out a driveway that was laid on a 14-16" mason sand base. Iv`e seen sand under them before but not like that, it was a good thing I had a track hoe to take it out with because a wheeled machine would have been more than interesting. Needless to say I also took the sand base out. I don`t know how that drive way stayed all those years with about 3` fall in 30`and being only 3'' thick to boot.
I have poured my own sidewalk and parts of one of my old house driveways. They look good to me. But not like your quality. But I am excited to see the hill pour. My driveway hill gravel washes out every year. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
Y’all do great work! I love watching your videos, keep up the great work!
Awesome job as always
Apollo 13, good movie, imo.
Nice job guys
Yes, I’ll have I work for a concrete company for 30 years and I seen them roll over many times with 10 & 12 yards of concrete sometimes some r rookie driver, some r accidents
Just subscribed to Gunpowder and Freedom! Good luck with your channel steve!
Good work. Amazing crew workers
yes, I have pooring a house footing, brand new truck backed over the curb, hit utility trench area, which was freshly run and backfilled, laid down like a dinosaur... full, the readi-mix company pulled it out that night.
Job well done guys. Pouring concrete on a hill isn’t easy. You do awesome work. We enjoyed the video 👍👍👍❤️
wonder if they look down on thier neighbors lol joke its a hill , also ? maybe under ground parking ramp lol
Yes. I saw one roll over with a full load, well it looked like a full load. It was an emergency stop as a kid ran out into the road. Full brakes and a swerve and over it went. Concrete everywhere!! Took two of those big wreckers to right it. They used a front end laoder and dumps trucks to load up the semi cured mix. Then it was washed down. Apollo 13.
In the recent past in my area there were 2 mixers that went too fast around the corner and rolled. big mess.
Where you dug out a foot at bottom next to street would it help to add a couple more going up hill to help hold back what will move?
"Keep Coming,...Don't Stop"
That truck got just a little hairy there for a minute. That would have left a mark🤔🤔
Morning Hauses!
Boy that's steep!
Yea witnessed a roll over 25 years ago into a pond,wasn't good,driver made it though,so
Btw your son got a new sub,I'll.check him out later!
Grade could have been calculated at the time of setting basement footings from the plan and the road elevation. No reason to have it surprise the concrete sub at time of pour. It is on the general.
i don't want that house across the street at bottom of that driveway. you get like feet of snow off lake erie not inches i believe.
Was "keep coming keep coming dont stop!!!" the line from a 🎬 movie 🤔🤔 shooot ao many to choose from hahaha 🤣🤣
Enjoy the videos!! I was born and raised in Dorseyville, thgis are sure looks familiar!!
Movie line from Apollo 13 "Houston we have a problem". Next line "There is no crying in concrete".
Apollo 13-"Houston we have a problem"
"Don't stop" baby! 💪🏽😁
Nice
Apollo13 if I'm not mistaken but being a ex ready mix driver I have been on some shady jobs and I have driven them all front discharge ,all wheel rear discharge and regular rear discharge and it does test a driver's nerves especially backing down a hill where all you see is the ground out the mirrors the weight shifts and the truck bucks like a bull
Awesome Video Tom, Good Job Guys and Yes Steve has a Really Good Channel! 😎👍
Since the driveway is over 15 degrees what did the inspector of the city say about it. The Homeowner can sue the builder. If it problem in the winter
I use small but strong metal cones to support the rebar, works excellent.
Thanks for another nice video. That truck did come close to tipping over. And I just subbed your son's channel.
That could have gone very badly! I like how you have insured the stability of the drive with additional rebar.
I just went and subscribed to Gunpowder and Freedom. Hope it helps the kid out!
Having his shute hanging to the left didn't help, why didn't he move the chute to counter the lean?
The chutes are aluminum. The truck weighs, maybe 20 / 30,000 lbs empty.
Good movie quote mate. Apollo13, timezones probably have a me a bit late but oh well. :-)
15% slope! That’s fairly steep. Our city allows for only a 10% grade with a required 12’ landing.
Concrete a world of pure imagination
That's not a driveway but a ski slope. Someone from Fl would say...
Excelente trabajo 💯💯💯💯👍👍saludos desde chile 🇨🇱🇨🇱🙏🙏🙏
That trucks 6x6 abilities is impressive
Apollo 13.
I was working as a Space Shuttle Technicians at Kennedy Space Center when they were filming the movie.
Opie was the director. 😁
Great video and work guys ,and Steve you have 101 subscribers now
We often use an old technique to keep pads in place. That would be by using an auger and drill holes down 16" or so every so often, almost guarantee the pad will never move. I`ve seen pads 30-40 yrs old that never moved a speck done that way.
Marvellous craftsmanship
I saw the aftermath of a concrete truck tipping over, if that counts lol... I showed up one day to start work on a job I had looked at a few days before. When I got there, it looked like they were getting ready to pour a basement next to the one already done, lol... It was really muddy so I missed a good show apparently!!
“That sounds weird” 😜😂😂😂😂😂
Would concrete piers, like the ones that are put into stoops, help with the concrete slipping in the driveway?.....you could line 3-4 piers in a line just before the slope goes down to the road?? ..keep up your good work ....great concrete channel!!!!!
Great job! However, I might have leveled that sidewalk a little and put a step or two onto the driveway. Back in the 1970's two trucks I dispatched cut corners a little tight. Those were early days of booster technology and when the inside duals caught the curb, the booster accumulators kept pushing down and tipped the trucks over. The fire department came and flushed out the concrete, a wrecker up righted the trucks, and we sent crews down to clean up the mess. Slightly less stringent environmental rules back then.
Had a cement truck tip over on it's side in the ditch about 40 years ago in front of our house. He got to far into the ditch making a left hand turn into our driveway. He may have been a little distracted. I was a child but as I remember his wife was two weeks overdue and there may have been a new baby on the way. I remember him crawling up and out the driver's window. Fortunately he wasn't hurt.
That sounds like quite a mess hopefully nobody got hurt thanks for watching
Good job. and good video.
Super crew, you do such nice work.
Just out of curiosity, would the driveway have been less than 15 degrees if you brought it up from the opposite corner of the property (where the red truck is parked) and across the front yard to the garages?
We tried to hit the driveway on the highest part of the street the more we move down the road the steeper it gets good idea though
Bruce from Ottawa Can here. Another fine job lads. In your face was that the phrase yas were lookin for?lol
The driveway grade doesn’t meet spec but you’re gonna pour it anyway? I must be missing something.
I can’t lower the house or raise the street we can only do so much
is that on the whole driveway or just the approach 15%
Enjoy your videos
Crap the builder could at least put some kinda moisture break between the wood posts and the concrete.
Builder needs her excavator to get their crap together when they set grade to keep those driveway slopes in line. thats going to be fun with some snow, or even a bit of ice, 15 is steep.
decent finish work otherwise.
heres a thought, an accident on the driveway, a slip and fall, owner finds out its not to code and sues township, builder, anyone connected ... stay tuned.
Id edit that kinda stuff out if it were me, not worth the Utube revenue, or the comments from idiots like me...
Educational. True.
That was a close one kinda
It was a pretty muddy hillside I was nervous when he was up top
Very nice video
Had to laugh! Check out Jim at 7:33.
They don't call him "Big Jim" for nothing.
When I was a kid I worked for a construction company, I was loaned out to the concrete company for the day. We were pouring a floor for a legion. One of the trucks blow a hydraulic line for the drum. When they fixed the line they tried to turn the drum, huge mistake, as soon as it started to spin it laid the whole truck on its side. The movie line is from “Apollo 13”
Once that concrete sets up in the truck you might as well just drive it to a shipyard and convert the whole tub into an oil tanker anchor.
I do a lot of digging in different plans in the area y’all pour in. We’ve had a few cement trucks in bad ways
nice job looks great. One question and it is about the garage doors was the door guy drinking because they are two different colors completely,>>>>funny looking.
Love your chanel big fan
I happened to roll one on President Day in 1997! Pusher malfunctioned in a turn in the plant.
Great video. What is the best material to pour a concrete slab on?
I like 2-B lime stone good drainage and it locks together thanks for watching
One of the huge reasons we use our pumps on big small almost all jobs .no need to put drivers in positions that can end badly good driver or rookie no point in making a job harder and possibly dangerous .those trucks are heavy with a material that is moving. If you have never driven one you should .i think it helps understand what they do to get material to us drivers deserve a contractor that thinks about them.i like the way you guys work .and your videos dont drag on with boering footage all is good on this channal thanks for sharing with all
They’ll need good winter tires we have a fairly steep driveway and we leaned our lesson.
Houston we have a problem , Apollo lol
Apollo 13 is the movie, pretty tricky drive, checked out Steve's channel, wouldn't have wanted to be the driver shooting the porch
Isn't it from Armageddon when Harry (Bruce Willis) radios into NASA and says "Houston We Have A Problem" and his daughter with crying eyes raises her head upon hearing her dads voice after he was presumed dead after the shuttle missed the landing grid ???
Just a question. why did you put expansion felt in between the pours on top? Eventually it will rot out and create a void, unless the owner is prudent and caulks it. Don't really see the need.
Apollo 13 great video
I love your vids
I have seen one go. Got to close to foundation overdig. It was quite the mess. We don't have front dumps. I believe they had to jackhammer the concrete or if the drum.
Saw that a few years ago!
Driver tried to beat the red light on a left turn! 🙄
What a mess to clean up!
Did you know your fill music is the same as Ron Pratt's. He owns a tow company out of Scott City, MO.
Midwest Towing 💪
So what did the inspector say about the grade? As others have said, it’s on the General.