Concrete rejected-Load was too wet! 

You my man are a victim

Same

When you send the load back what happens to it? Can it be fixed or is it scrap? I never hear any curse words, which is a good thing. Is it not allowed?

@@Thebowzer221 It is ususally mixed with enough water to ruin the cement chemistry so it does not set properly, then it is dumped.

Lmao same here

Yup

Fax

Peak adult hood right there

It’s upsetting how true this is😂

@@erichartzell1338 😂

or 6 am ;)

Wet concrete is no fun we’ve dealt with it and it’s just terrible turns into a huge mess especially for a driveway any driveway really anything with some slopagge it ain’t gonna work

These videos are what help me sleep at night before I go to work the next day!

The positive mentality he has humbles me

im sitting here at 1 am, looking through all his videos, and I dont think ive ever agreed with a statement more.

Yea I do concrete in Canada Ontario, y'all may think Canada's nice and polite, If you really think that's the case then you're out of luck LOL

My wife is the opposite

You seem to enjoy watching another man handle wet loads.

Lol are you a Toronto driver?

It's really nice to see drivers like yourself. a local company near me that we normally order from (a university), the drivers always are super awesome and jump out of the truck to teach us kids some things. We need more people who want to help teach the next generation to fill their spots. And for me, now I have knowledge I ride with for the rest of my life. (in the US, the concrete trucks pour from the back and not the front, so the need for more hand signals is a must, which is what I'm referring to when it comes to knowledge--truck drivers around where I am typically don't get out of the driver seat, but it depends who you get).

Every trade is like that. I was up on a new college building slinging steel with an awesome crew. We got it all done with 3 hours to spare today.

our trade, 5-6 guys (25-28) , and every square inch done to perfection, everyone having fun, boss making a killing, he was 27 too. Refinishing Wood Floors is a lost art.

Do you not use expansion joints? If you pour concrete I the deep south, you have to use expansion joints.

Yep , i did paving stone driveways for a few years. Also done a lot of years landscaping and still currently am. You really start to take pride in your work if you love your job!💯💯

Looks like y'all pulled the forms off the driveway too soon. Never seen that done here in NC.

😂

😂 How true, I was thinking the same thing...I think I'll stick to cutting my grass.

Haha 100% truth

You’re funny! Lol

u had me laughing hard

Pretty rare these days.

Lol easy money for the boss…

Oops sorry didn’t notice I was replying to a comment. I was just noticing what one of the workers had said when the boss was commenting “Easy money, easy money!”…

Wow a really good guy and surely a blessed man. Went out of his way to gift the client a nice pair of Carhart work boots. Very inspiring to me to see a man with a kind heart.

He joked hard with the homeowner too. lmao

The old man was like “sure “ 🤣🤣🤣

You are killing me...

Me too buddy🤣

Yooooooo😂😂

Q

Right bro!!

This gentleman understands that success in business is all about relationships- with customers, vendors and employees. His engagement and concern is a leadership style that works everywhere except in pansy california where employees would complain he’s picking on people. Sir, I’d march with you any time. Bravo.

As a contractor I was thinking the same thing!! I get what he means, but to just hear it as a customer? I'd worry saying that!!

Hahahahahahahaha, it's sarcasm buddy. Clearly never poured. It's never easy.

@@benwright2705 I don't think they were saying that pouring is easy. It seems to me that is was more the point of view of a client hearing it and thinking they may be paying more than they need to.

I felt a bit weird with that too - that’s like going in the Walmart wanting some new GPU and stuff and the Tech guy just said that infront of you… I kinda think it’s rude tbh

@@hunterbriggs7624 As a contractor. when you have done it long enough. You can kinda get a feel for the people you are dealing with pretty quickly. What type of humor you can get away with. What you cant. In over 40 years I find most people just want to be talked to as just folk. People I find tend to respond better to a genuinely friendly person just being themselves than putting on some sort of fake front or a serious as death all business stuffed shirt. Likely the "Easy Money" there is something more to the story and part of a larger conversation prior. Nobody actually thinks its "easy money". I like this guy. Again having been in the trades for over 40 years and now watching the RU-vid vids from various trades You can tell the real deals from the made for RU-vid consumption snake oil salesmen who have more interest in looking clean and super pretty, and in the products they are endorsing (for profit) and selling than what the job entails and giving either poor advise or advise no non professional could ever hope to duplicate which seems to permeate RU-vid these days. This guy is the real deal

Bugs smokes to much please quit bro

Watch from 2:50 he absolutely roasted the customer for no reason and the customers wife caught a stray too!! Saying he needs to get her out of the house then callinng his feet small... why?

Thank you very much.

Nice seeing a team that's not all gacked outta their skulls...

@@SloppyWzrdSleeve lmfao it’s a rare sight

They work well together because they were being filmed.

A red color T-shirt attracts more heat than a white shirt.

Was thinking the same thing! It's always a lot easier when the boss works just as hard with you

How much garbage we make should be at the end of the video

So true and I can’t believe he’s gay

I'm with you, but definitely found out at the end. And those are the exact boots I wear.

I agree with the feet part. He’s kinda like an Andrew Camarata but just for concrete.

My grandad also owned a concrete company up in North Queensland Australia he recently rounded it up after more than 40 years and seeing this video reminds me of all the story

Was thinking that. For real get him some ac

Ehh I look at it like disrespect. That old mans surely earned his stripes doing bullshit over the years. Least you could do is have a comfortable work place for the gentleman is all I was saying.

I hate hauling with no ac, well the driving part of it isn't terrible, but the sitting still is.

Nothing worse for a driver than a truck without AC or heat. The floorboards can get so hot that they can actually burn your feet.Especially in the older Macks. I took temperature in a cab this summer when the truck had been parked on a 96 degree day. Even with open windows the temperature in the cab was 145 degrees. Our trucks are newer ones and do all have AC. Rear discharge mixers. Front discharge are not legal in this state, due to weight.

@Jesus is LORD Hi 👆TRUE!!!

As an architect, I had the same concern with the reinforcement. It.s pretty useless if it is not embedded into the slab!

No you didn't miss it.

It certainly makes it easier to rip out when it sits on the bottom !

Keith, you ever jack out concrete with mesh at the bottom? Yeah it still bonds to the concrete. It is better to have it in the middle but keep in mind these guys walk on it to screed and muck. There will always be sections of mesh at the bottom even if they used dobe. The upgrade of course would be to just use rebar, that's what I would use on my driveway.

We placed max rate of 800 yards and hour at Ft Hood with no rejected loads; As contractors we know how this can happen in this situation

It’s not beautiful when your laying it

@@virginiaballistics8330 I'm sure it's hard work, I think it'd be a nice job/career to have.

@@SteelWorksGuy think again

Not when you’re out here 70hrs a week. It’s not that beautiful

@@michaelstrunk7820 Y'all some debbie downers, maybe it's your attitude and not the work.

What do you think of water reducer? Is it even allowed on commercial work? Mike Day pours 10+ slump and says it's perfectly fine. I'd be curious what a QC guy thinks

@@okgroomer1966 Water reducer is in every load down here in Florida, no matter the slump. We use high range water reducer when the slump hits about 7.5

She might have had a pump clean into her truck the job before and forgot and went and got loaded.

@@okgroomer1966 Water reducer is a good product. You can make it slump wetter while maintain your cement water ratio of a dry slump

This guy respects his employees because they make him look good and he obviously knows what he is doing so they respect him back.

What I was thinking , my last boss used to yelled at me in front of the clients for nothing , apparently it was my fault that he had to work because the idiot to save money only hired 2 finishers for a concrete the size like the one in the video

@@Michael-iu1gv "Why did it take you all day to finish that area?!?" "Because I'm not an Octopus, sir."

I done some groundwork’s when I was a teen and the dude took me on knowing I had the slightest experience in groundwork or civil engineering is what it’s also called but told me he would have me working close to him learning but all he done was sit in his digger all day or help his son while I swept the roads a 1000 times a day

@@lukeshaw3375 Sometimes people will take extra bodies because that's what they quoted for, they may not need extra bodies.....they may be charging say 200 per person, but only paying you 150......Even if they take you and you do nothing, they make themself 50......So you sweeping is still making them money and they still get the job done.

Yeah? Did you guys laugh together while you all finished at the same time?

@@modernproblems1013 relax 😂😂

@@modernproblems1013 Yes, right on your face.

I wish I had a job I was more proud of. I make pizzas but I try to make every pizza the best I can I like to think I'm good at it but I need to figure out a job that doesn't cost a ton of money and time to enter the field that I can make 35k annually so I can get approved for a mortgage

I just started today and I’m Russian American lots of Ukraine jokes today

From the little experience I had doing this type of work it can be hard or just time consuming depending on what you are doing. Since I dont have the patience I think the finishing is more difficult simply because it seems more artistic.

I did it for about a year it’s interesting but rough, sometimes you can’t get a truck close so you have to use wheelbarrows and that’s a killer. Sometimes you can load a skid steer bucket full but not always

The fun part is finishing like smoothing it and stamping

Not easy, hard work.

You should insure that driveway then... Lol.

"? What are you wearing Jake from State Farm? "

If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Those trucks don't look broke, and they ain't cheap.

@@debonium231 clearly the ac is broken🤣

As a big guy who's done a LOT of wheelbarrow loads, I didn't need to know that there was a goddamn buggy that could have been doing my job for me... 😡😡😡😡 Oh well, not doing this kind of work anymore, I guess it doesn't matter.

old man that taught me had a sayin............ Them masons, are the nicest guys in the world........ Till the "crete" shows up. man, was he right about that !! I poured everything from a 1" slump (state bridge job) to a 20" reverse slump........

My gauge has never been wrong

Honestly tho! Sitting here on lunch enjoying this on this Saturday work day

Thank you very much!

Not if you put it on 1.75x speed.... which worked well for me.

I've never understood why people lie about there shoe size...why does it matter what size feet you have Hahaha

@@james8833 I think they believe the old myth of Small Feet Small Meat 😂

@@syntaxsandbox5819 same

@@MuttonChops24 why I got size 13 US shoes but my pp smol

@@glynch1263 🤣

He really looked dead to hahaha that was pissah

Thank you very much.

So true! Especially on the big pours where they use the big ride on concrete trowels to finish.

ur right, gotta have thick skin

Here in Texas I always stop at 7/11 there is literally one on every corner lmfao , I love them mornings stops before having to indulge in concrete

@@jesusislord3720 energy drinks are shite for your body...or any sugar pop

@@mmdirtyworkz okay kid

caseys is the delicacy in indiana!

Tim Hortons here in Ontario Canada

You are so above average for a boss and a man. I love watching you and your guys working. The boss doesn’t usually jump in and work so hard. You amaze me. Love to watch.🥰

Reading without context. This made me think gta where once their dead yoy can walk onto them and get their money

BIG money, easy money...

So easy he even bought him some boots🤣

Never saw them lift it once !!! So much for the integrity of the pour !

x2! I laughed when I saw that.

U could clearly see him pulling up the mesh at 20:02 can't expect the entire video to be of him pulling up the mesh

@@nacib01 Your right,,at 20:02 he pulls it up once. That was a 20 plus yard pour !! That wire mesh did nothing laying beneath the mud !!

should be useing bar stools

Yeah time for a new drum lol

I worked for a welding shop we cut a hole in the side of the mixing drum they jackhammer the cement out we weld the patch back in

@@JohnAdams-xc5yk Try dumping a 5# sack of sugar in once you're sure your load won't be delivered on time. It'll never set.

I know the feeling!!

@@westernrockreadymix5256 where you located?

@@shawnedmunds7647 The Blessed land of STG my dude!

Yup!! Im learning from my dad who has 20+ years experience

I miss hauling loads with wheelbarrows and buckets. Use to shoot gunite and pour decks, hard and rough work sometimes but it was satisfying.

When you mix concrete you don't accidentally make it that wet. It's done by the company's to try to be sneaky and save money. Concrete is measured by yards a yard weighs a certain amount Each truck carry so many yards. So a yard of concrete weighs just over 4,000 pounds. If they can make that 60% water in 40% concrete they're making a killing and not using as much concrete at the same time

@@textman09 you apparently have never worked at a ready mix plant . You try to sound like you have it all figured out but you don’t. State regulations call for scales to be checked monthly. 9/10 it’s the driver washing his truck down and adding water to get it to the right slump and that’s getting it too wet. Because every driver has a different opinion of what a slump is. I’m sure you’ve never even heard that word. If concrete is sent out wet it usually doesn’t cure right which causes the company To pay someone to remove it and/or repour the job. That all cost money not too mention paying the driver , the materials , the chemicals, the diesel fuel , insurance etc . You sound like a complete moron to put blame on a concrete plant trying to save money . Since you apparently use Google to get your info use Google again and see how much it really costs to make 1 hard of concrete and see how much profit you have. What’s really funny is you say it’s 60 percent water and 40 percent concrete. You do realize they make the concrete? It don’t come already made . 🤡 btw I’ve got 25 years combine experience as dispatcher, batchman, plant manager, operations manager and GM.

@@TIDEPROCESS18 I forgot to add the end of my comments sincerely someone who lives in a small bubba town. What can you do about it? Call and complain? Then what you're SOL on ever getting a concrete truck again because you're a snitch.

@@textman09 no man I’m trying to help you. Tell them you want it no wetter than a 4” slump. Let them know before it gets there if it’s wetter than that you will send it back…or even tell them you want the plant manager to make sure it’s on a 4 before it even leaves the plant. They have slump gauges but it’s according to how old it is it might not work. Even their fine print on the delivery ticket should say that can’t guarantee concrete if it’s over a 4 or even on the job longer than 30 mins. Anyway they don’t make money by sending out wet mud it will cost them a lot more in the long run if it cracks, spiderwebs, or even what they call honeycombs DUE to Wet concrete….most of the time when a driver adds water on the job they have to write how much and sign their name, we’ll cover your butt next time it’s wet and write on the ticket they crashing back you got it wet and sign ur name.

I knew by the Kwik Trip

I knew it by the accent. He sounds exactly like my unlce

@@Nuboutlaw Same!!!

I couldn't really tell because he was sober.

can`t believe left the mesh laying on the ground ROOKIES

need some mars bars

The wire mesh is just for looks at the bottom of the concrete

@@LastChanceHomie I get the "we will pull it up during the pour" all the time, BS. Put it on chairs or it doesn't get approved.

@@ukcitizen5341 yep

Thank you.

2:17 am. Let’s gooo

@@aquahero I would like to know too

@@aquahero of course, medium rear preferably

It's funny cuz when I did concrete work we just eyeballed it, if it was too wet it would just take longer to dry, most the time we had go add water because it would be too dry by the time it got to the work site. Most the people doing this work in the states aren't professionally trained, unlike Europe and other countries who have training and certificates for these lines of work.

Colleges still teach these classes, people just can't pay tuition with a part time summer job like they could back then, so on-the-job training is the only option if their parents aren't millionaires, or if they don't take predatory loans that are mathematically impossible to pay back.. Quit complaining about things that you know nothing about. I wish we had it as easy as you did but your generation destroyed any chance of that with terrible policies. God it would be nice if the average annual salary today was enough to buy a house outright like you could back then.

Well your obviously not very intelligent just keep your ignorance to yourself for crying out loud 🤦🏻‍♂️

Giving the guy a pair of boots and being an awesome dude earned mine

Hits him with the sure 😂

I think so too. 😂

@@VictoryOutdoorServices can your daughter drive yet

@@VictoryOutdoorServices can your daughter drive yet

Easy with a daughter of a concrete guy 😤👊🏼 😂. Been watching since 2nd video on your channel. Hello from Aurora. Colorado

I always tell my boss that too. “ he’ll say hurry up time is money” and I’ll say I’m not gonna kill my self and rush to make u more money because I’m only making so much an hour so I don’t take my time but I don’t rush and kill myself either.

Bet that worker gets paid good money because they are all hard workers

The better the company does the better the employees do wake up

Thats why you add % of job to the employees... then theyll actually want to try to get it done. And not be lazy mf that want to stretch some bushit because hes "not making enough". Plus its the boss mans tools , trucks, insurance, workmans comp, marketing, and finding jobs but yea... you labors want more like you did something. Start your own business and make your own money or dont bitch about how you dont get paid enough

@@coryd8814 💯💯💯

Nothing because his uncle took care of the 2nd youngest sons barmitzfah

@@aarongrabowski3775nah he downloaded them off Napster years ago 🤣

So he stole the music off Sims

Its all covered by his 12 ads on the video! Jeez😅

My big problem that prevents me from ever doing concrete is that I always finish way too early.

That's right...employees don't own the company

@@patricialora5692 was this not obvious?

It says a lot about the owner of a company when you can see the workers absolutely struggling because he doesnt want to invest back into them with simple things such as A/C in the trucks when its hot.

@@lshssprings 1). they are in Wisconsin it never gets hot 2). He is working right next to everyone so quit complaining

Concrete is easy money when you've got a crew of guys that have been doing it for 20-30 years each. Don't be fooled, I can guarantee they get paid well.

@@connortierney9450 SMH are you from Wisconsin? We have nasty summers, worse than Florida weather. Sure it isn't the same temperatures but with humidity in the 80-90 percents it's terrible weather to pour concrete. Shut your mouth about Wisconsin never getting hot ffs.

@Hard RIGHT MeXXican Well most likely those college grads are earning less than guys doing concrete after 5 years. Too many people with meaningless pieces of paper saying they are educated and ready for the world.

he for sure could have but any business owner with half a brain would never do that. that would be just pure laziness and would make for twice the work or any given amount of future customers from being a scumbag a laying the crap mix. always faster and smarter to do it the right way once

nah, its wrong and the guy should be shamed for it

How'd u diff?

@@seanmayo206 I am not aware of anyone hand finishing a pour that size in the area, that would be machined. Also the joints would be cut as opposed to tooled.