Sounded like one of those electric, eco-friendly power screeds. Well done. Adapt improvise and overcome, 100%. That little extra surface water probably gave you the extra nice finish! Cheers.
I remember in the late 1970's we poured a slab about 30x30 for my brother's garage. Weather predicted less than 5% chance of rain. It was hazy, humid & over 75 degrees in the morning & predicted around 90 degrees. We had it screeded, & just finished bull floating when the sky suddenly (within about 10 minutes) with no warning, formed a cloud & ABSOLUTLY DUMPED A GULLYWASH for about half hour! We thought we'd need to Jack hammer it out & redo it. Turns out it just washed the top cream off & we had an exposed aggregate surface a little rougher than a course broom brushed finish. It is still in perfectly good condition.
Someone may have already mentioned... the drone flyover at the endless bog would have been an excellent time to bring in the Bigfoot family reunion...🤔😲😱😳 ... enjoy your videos, sharing your thoughts and wisdom. Blessings to you and your crew.☝️🙏🙌🎯
Ken, I worked for years on Utility R.O.W.s. To prevent chiggers and ticks I went to a drug store and bought white sulphuric. I put it into a sock and put the sock into a coffee can. Each day we would grab the sock and tap it around our pants cuffs and waist area. Worked great to prevent chiggers and ticks.
Have decided to put up a building for my machine shop to get out of a bad rental situation. Just found your channel and subbed. Hope to learn a lot from you before I start hiring crews to do the work. I like to learn before I make mistakes.
When the driver was pouring the concrete I thought, boy, they like their concrete on the wet side. Turned out great though as usual. True professional job.
I drag mine sometimes without starting it on purpose. If the slump is too high, the vibration is more than necessary. Usually, if it doesn't start, and you didn't forget to turn the kill-switch on, it is because you forgot to choke it. If it is choked, you probably already flooded it.
Those blue tarps are mode from woven flat threads of plastic. So they may be able to repel rain, but standing water will seep through them just like it does normal fabric. I found that out the hard way.
Good morning Ken, looking a little green,normally you have have about 6 slump this Concreat look like a 4 slump plus surprise with 🌧 bit you over came it all plus the power screed not working you just laugh it off lol I would have been saying things not fit for y tube lol great day my friend. Off too work I go .🌴😎
Wow, it looks like it all came off one concrete truck! Only 5 minutes to do the slab pour? That is amazing. I like your "Perfect" shirt! Too bad the power screed wouldn't start! The "Redneck" is because it was worked by hand? At least the bull float works! Nice billowing of the tarp over the slab. That is troubling that the tarp leaked brand new! At least the power trowel started up no problem. Wow, that is a lot of wilderness behind where you're building the garage. So you take off the blades from the power trowel and go over it with the finish blades. Do you like how it turns out with the finish blades? Is it nicer than the original blades you had on the power trowel? That slab does look really nice! Thanks for this video Ken and crew!
Ken you were out on that road all morning for that Cement Truck. And you finished up in short order with the pour. Tell Chad to wiggle his but. You may be on to something 😂 A better purchase for a Tarp would be to buy used billboards they are cheaper and will hold up better of course they have an ad on the front side. Al and Gina used one.
In the 70's worked cement with my uncle. When he finished a slab with the power traul it had a shiny bluish finish. Also, his power screed was a motor with offset mounted on two long 2x6. We dragged it across with a rope on each end as the running engine shook the boards.
Small engines. Set the choke pull 2x. Remove choke and pull. Engine should start. Allow to warm up before revving up. Two strokes should be run dry after use then you don’t clog the carb with oil. It will need better priming for first start but avoid over choking.
people would tape a piece of 1 1/2" etc pipe the width of the garage door and set it in the concrete, Gives a straight bump for the seal to sit on, Rain wont run over it, and mice wont chew through steel and its straight so no way to crawl under ..They said Ice wont form so seal wont stick to it either
I've been doing some smaller slabs before where I was running out of concrete and just to save the job from being ruined I started sinking some good-sized rocks into the concrete to displace the concrete and bring it up to the top of the form. You wouldn't want to use anything too big where it comes close to the top of the concrete. It's probably not good to do but I've never had one fail because of it. I've never done it on anything big like this job, just small stuff like 8 x 8 or 10 x 10 where I was just a little short.
This makes next to no difference snd weakens the slab. Better to properly use what you have. Then mix a batch (or three) to complete the last corner. If it dries too much use a primer at the joint.
Although a ring or bullseye is classic for tick bite Lyme infection it is actually occurs in less than 50% of Lyme infections, just a red spot is more likely and is the standard reaction to any tick that has been in place for many hours. It will take several days to subside. The harbinger of Lyme or other Borrelia tick related infections is flu like illness. If that occurs a course of doxycycline is in order, but not just because there is a red spot at the tick bite. For the most part Lyme/Borrelia infections are less likely with ticks in place less than 18-24 hours. The red spot just indicates the tick was there and is not indicative of infection per se.
I see them using pool trowels, dont you use flooring trowels or is it you just prefer these When i did this i preferred the float blades then the finishing blades at the end but some use a big disc which i never really liked, good job guys that redneck power screed sure worked great, in my day it was just a big straight edge for tamping
Please make sure you get that tick bite checked out asap! The sooner the better. In most cases, they give out preventative antibiotics. If you kept the tick, they can test it for Lyme.
Of all your videos on your slabs i have always looked for height pens or a wet screed , you seem to use neither . Checkout using a water reducer in your mud. You can pour all your slabs this wet without reduceing the strength. It cost but saves labor.
Probably just a dry spark plug or a new one ken . Alway over come it , to get the job done ✅. Watch them tick bite ken them little batsh . Like having your rain gears same thing buddy .
A redneck power screed sure looks to be a lot less abusive than a redneck chainsaw...wanta trade? EDIT: Never mind the Wife said if I trade her away "there will be hell to pay"
