You know that sound old heavy wooden doors make when you open them? Loud creeking, moaning sound....that's the sound these guys back make after hours of being bent over like that, much respect to all Rodbusters.
Yes sir my daddy was a ironworker for 35 years he passed away in 2010 but growing up he'd give me $20 to give him rub down I charged him a dollar a minute 😂 he'd say damn girl you're tough... That's highway robbery😂😂 But he always paid up. Because I put in that work, I was wore out by the time I was done. He liked to be killed. He said come on girl you ain't going to hurt me😂😂 Damn I miss that man. They don't make them like that anymore 💯
Nah it's the brickies that truly have it rough, those blokes are on another level Besa block brickies usually btw, nothing too tough about your urban house brickies, watch the blokes throw massive cinder blocks around one handed all day and you'll learn a slice about life
@@dylanwood4164 Hmm how much does block weigh (55 pounds max for besser)? How much does a number 10 or 11 piece of rebar weigh (10 pounds per foot normally in 8 to 24 foot bars) so 80 to 240 pounds. Yes in residential the rod busters have it easier, BUT when placing rebar in the foundation of say a poured in place High Rise building or a Bridge, yeah it's not even close brother ;-)
@@whitey22222 i just finished a job that had about 60 6m cages with 8, 28 ml bars per cage, i know steel can be fucked and theres always a bigger and harder job somewhere out there, ill stick to playing in mud thanks haha
I would beat them using triple wired quad saddle 8s with my eyes closed. Lol. JK. 12 years of this and I developed carpal tunnel. Very painful. It was good while it lasted.
Yeah, i prefer using knippers too. I like te leverage they give and the shape of the head which lets me easily tighten the knot if i need a sturdier connection.
I cut and bend rebar, I always wondered what happened after the fact. I thought my job was hard until I saw this video. But we do sell re bar tying guns at our facility that can tie up a piece of rebar in half the time. I showed it off to some rod busters that came through and they've never looked back. Well worth the investment and less carpal tunnel.
Rebar tie guns make what kind of tie? A snap tie only as far as the ones I have seen, they are great when that is all you need but in many circumstances you need a different tie like a figure 8 or a saddle or either one of those with a wrap, or any of the above in double wire, hence unless the work your are doing is all snap ties they are useless, not to mention when many of the tie machines were brought out to demo on the job I was able to out run them! I will concede that is not the norm, but I am a 4th generation master iron worker with over 16 years in the rod patch and many more as supervision, building poured in place high rise buildings, tilt panel buildings and bridges among other things (-;
@@whitey22222 yes only snap ties, but I'd recommend the Max twin tier it doubles up but yes it only does snap ties, but a lot of youngins coming into the field don't have the experience you do, and they certainly will be slower without the guns. Much respect to you though, it's definitely not a job for everybody.
@@whitey22222 that’s what I thought too but if you watch the guy in the high vis shirt he only does a single loop tie. So the tie gun would work fine here. We always have to saddle tie though
I am a Hong Kong Ironworker It's very interesting to see a different way to tie to wire Coz, normally the wire are seperated from the wire round, and which is cut as 16 inches for each wire The other thing is, we dont use the pliers, we use a hook/goose to tie the iron Wanna try this way Once i get to Canada 🤞🏻
@@midwestoenr4905 if you have to ask your not a rodbuster your just a buster 🤣🤣 Commenting on every rod page two months in the patch. Noise up bud id fucking bury you.
Those are not snap ties, they're called Tabb Ties. I created that. My name. lol nobody tied rods from the left side intersection. I started that back in 1999. My company was called Unity 4 construction. I was thee fastest rod tier in Western PA. Nobody could touch me because of that tie. lol great work gentlemen.
Wait what, you renamed a tie after yourself because you had never seen someone make a snap tie from either side of the intersection before? There is an actual a reason to do this, and it was being done BEFORE I started in rebar in the early 90's, You snap from bothsides alternating to help stop the mat from racking just like using a saddle but for fill ins, like say when you are filling in ties on a wall mat tied on the ground and then flown by crane into position LOL! Hillarious!
@@whitey22222 Dude hold your damn shorts I was fuckin with you. I used to say that to the guys because I’d always out tie everybody with that reverse tie. lol I also started back in 89. And I agree, Ain't none of that shit new. Everything has been done the same way since rod-busting started. keep pushing bro
@@dapro2524 yeah i know brother...i tried texas,wisconsin,,florida,south carolina but low pay i came back to cali here in 2 months i make more than what i was making in those states in the whole year plus not alot work during winter here in the bay area all yeah making 2500 hundred plus a week
Double snap for what? So unnecessary if it holds the bar in place thats all the tie is there for it serves. The tie wire serves no purpose. Once concrete is poured
@@uranga1981 i wouldnt, you are totally right and im totally wrong. Im sorry i stepped into your world my gosh it must be so hard to be a rodbuster i cant even imagine having to punk bar all day and learn all these complex ties and oh my god the heights! I couldnt imagine
@@steeltown416 would love to race ya mate, be a good bit of fun seeing how y'all do everything differently Even screeding is done in a different way to what you guys do
Because thats for beginners and you have to learn to tie... we uave to tie saddle ties, figure 8 ties its a lot more than this plus the guns wont get in tight areas... but most importantly a real journeyman can toe faster and tighter than that gun
They would be faster if they took their index finger out from in between their pliers most of your strength in your hand is in that first finger and control
It's a hurry due to the bids. We get bad rates so we have to hurry the fuck up to meet are goals. Quality is still there we just need better rates. Some jobs want a single man to place tons of steel in a single day. Its stressful sometimes at the expense of our bodies.
