CRAZIEST thing I’ve seen in 25 years of pumping concrete!!!! 

Yup, ConForms actually recommends them to be used this way. It looks completely backward however, but that’s what they want.

I appreciate that you’re enjoying the channel brother. It’s unfortunate due to privacy concerns that some of the wildest homes/properties we work at, I am unable to video. Boggles my mind how many folks there are in this world with absolutely obscene amounts of money…. And I LOVE when they choose to spend it on concrete!!! 😂😂😂

Appreciate that brother 🙏🙏🙏

@@michaeledney298 Could not agree more! The potential issues incurred by using a 2-port valve versus a 3-port makes it a no-brainer, to me at least.

So true, unfortunately said curve in this industry is very unforgiving. We were lucky to get away from this day relatively unscathed.

@@canadianconcretepumper1979 I’m guessing it was not Friday. If it was a Friday would have been horrible lol.

@@youtubeconnollyfamily Tuesday. Would you believe it, we pumped the last yard into the slab at 4:00PM, and I was still home in time for dinner. Whole ordeal only cost us about an hour (and that includes reassembling the pipeline).

Good call Matt 👌👌👌

We dodged a bullet on this day.

Could have been better, but also could have been A LOT worse!!! 😂😂😂

Well said James’s. It’s so very true.

It’s amazing how resilient buildup inside of the pipes can be. The number of times we’ve said “just pumped a few hundred yards through her to burn that junk out of the pipes”. That old stuff in the pipes was 65 mpa SCC mix. Would be interesting/super shitty to see if a large agg mix would have busted of it free.

Thanks brother. Learned something new from a shitty situation. Typical of our industry.

Putzmeister, as well as the ready mix supplier (Burnco). Wildest shit I’ve ever seen in 25 years doing this!!!

Despite the shit-show seen in this video, we’ve found that using at least one go-devil helps a lot in terms of getting the system clean. My buddy Dann uses several round sponges and his pipes are spotless. So many different ways, so long as the pipes are clean, it’s a win!

No worries John. Greg was in the house representing Gordy’s. We forgive you, but just this one time only 😂😂😂

Some of the high chemical mixes we found that the square sponges just didn’t quite wipe the pipes clean enough.

Thank you brother 🙏

SK tubería excelente pero creo que es de 130 bar presión nominal explícame las especificaciones de la línea de distribución con abrazaderas de sujeción para evitar golpes de ariete vibraciones bruscas

Same here. Even though we dumped the air, you still just never know.

@@canadianconcretepumper1979 thanks for sharing the experience Scott !

@@johnfarr3128 it’s experiences like this in which most of us gain our most valuable knowledge as operators.

That day could have been SO MUCH WORSE!!! 😂😂😂

That’s why we’re so adamant on blowing a soft sponge through the system on the first round. It will get past any old buildup and remove at least any new mud from the day of.

As well as why I swear by always pulling back at least one hard sponge through a boom. Then soft sponges will skiff right over a lot junk in the pipes.

Yes, we’ve seen that in the S-tube as well as the S-bend on the diversion valve before. High-presssure does some very interesting things at times indeed.

Oh absolutely. We got lucky on this one. Could have been so much worse.

1/4 wall pipe, if it dents from a 3 lbs mini-sledge, it’s probably worn to the point in which it shouldn’t be in a high rise system anyhow 😁😁😁

So this contractor provides all their own gear and labour (aside from the pump down below and operators for both pump and placing-boom). That being said, we help them out with advising on the pipeline routing as well as jacking of the boom setup.

The wild thing is, not really. It is a testament to not only the pump unit, but especially the mix design/quality of materials used in the mix.

@@canadianconcretepumper1979 The mix quality is everything. Have pumped so bad concrete the pump was only pumping on one side, had to suck it into reverse and going forward with each new truck.. Its strange that you where able to get it all the way to the top without any plugs. Or getting any plugs during the job..

Totally a testimony to having good mud to pump, or the buildup would for sure have packed up the condensed area of available are for mud to travel. So.ething different all the time, well done again

Windows are expensive, don’t ask us how we know… 😂😂😂

@@canadianconcretepumper1979 we both have been there, & paid the price 💰

That’s the plan!

In a strange way, we perhaps got lucky that it was so thick and less prone to flaking off.

You’re not the first to ask. As per the manufacturer: they are designed to be inserted as what would appear to be “backwards”. We used them incorrectly for about ten years prior to be advised otherwise.

Well then i will correct bad behavior

@@darrickissinger3932 trust me, to this day it is the weirdest feeling stuffing them into the pipe as what would appear to be backwards. 😂😂😂

Oh man, it could have been SOOOOOO much worse! 😁

The lid on that bin weighs about 2000 lbs, it ain’t going nowhere 😂

Would be helpful in keeping us from having to dig it out of the bin however

Also....Give credit where Credit Is Due.....that operator did his job well....no precast or anything else went in that hopper...if you would of plugged there it would be very bad ..knowing now that operator saved the day by paying attention day...👍

Rumour has it, they never did recover that go-devil….

Yes sir. ConForms actually designs them to be inserted facing that direction (which based on most common logic, appears to be backward), but that’s what they specify).

Break, bang-bang-bang, shake! 😁😁😁

That my friend is the mystical powers of the moustache! 😂😂😂

This one was pretty easy in terms of how sideways things can go. Typically the camera gets set down once things reach a certain level panic 😁😁😁

Backwards is forwards with these bullets, as per the manufacturer “ConForms”.

We’re going to be discussing this tonight in the livestream.

From ConForms: “The nose of the go devil is flat and slightly beveled. It is designed to go over slight bumps like a slight difference in the ID of the pipe. The solid nose of go devil is for impact as it runs into the catcher so it helps in not damaging the go devil. If it is inserted backwards, the cone on the back can hang up on a slight bump causing it to catch on it and get stuck as the go devil can bend that way easier.”

@@canadianconcretepumper1979 www.concretepumpers.com/sites/concretepumpers.com/files/attachments/safety_bulletin_clean_out_procedures_web.pdf

@@canadianconcretepumper1979 it is on the wrong side! Trying to put the link for the procedure but dont know why it disapear after a minute!