@@markrayes2973 I mean that's definitely not true. Just look at the electricians. We get payed more than almost anybody on our jobsites in my local. Still ain't got that broom operator certification. Lol
After my dad died I quit school at 13 and went to work with my uncle to help my Mom pay bills,he owned a roofing company 2 years of carrying 80 lb bundles of shingles up a ladder 12 hours a day will make a man out you, It will also help you realize that being a heavy equipment operator is way better, that's why I quit my uncle and learned now to run equipment
worked in hvac till recently. Not a day went by i wished i was sitting in a crane picking up scrap metal or something. Its easier, its 5 year old me's dream, and its similar to the video games i already play on my free time lol
Smart choice. Starting so early while your body is still developing would've have horrible consequences to your health. It even might've. Bet your backs killing you?
That kinda shit is why I started as a mechanic and wound up in IT. We did mostly metal roofs but yeah... Carrying metal sheets up and down ladders, glad I did it, equally glad I'm not doing it now.
Im not saying you’re lying but this story sounds really fake. Like one of those “when i was was your age i had to [insert crazy physical task here] every day on my way to school” jokes.
“Hmmm do I help OSHA violator 1, 2 or 3?? How big do I want my fine to be?” All jokes aside, mad respect for roofers! I’ll stick to playing in traffic for a living.
Honestly if you complete your work early, your boss gives you more. Because his expectations are higher. He says no extensions or overtime. Then decides to extend you an hour and a half which pushes you over and you get an hour and a half of overtime
@@Agent_Clark yeah, probably true. But I work retail in a critical industry so par for the course and I have to hard carry the entire team, everyone else is way slower than me.
Second guy is impressive, but it’s not as much a feat of strength as it is a feat of balance. Holding the board above him helps with carrying the weight. But being able to keep it balanced while one hand climbing an unsecured ladder takes a lot of coordination. I did similar stuff when I was a sign installer, and these days were always ‘fun’
IDK, but he used enough nails on that one sheet to nail 4!!! Hope that GC gets a hell of a sale on those stick nails!!! Then we can discuss the massive fine and the jobsite shutdown once an OSHA inspector sees that sht.
thats all funny and stuff, but if those guys fall that company they're working for is gonna forget their name faster than it takes them to fall from the ladder and shatter right into the ground.
@@danstrayer111 idk, in my younger days i used to do stupid shit like #2 just to see if it was possible of course I'm 6'4 and was 250 pounds of solid muscle. Fast forward 20 yrs and im definitely paying for every dumb thing i did, 2 bad shoulders, and knees, and back problems. But it sure was fun while it lasted. Funny thing is, I still work circles around alot of the younger generation.
I work in the portable restroom industry and have much respect for these guys. I have seen all 3 of these people on a lot of sites. Just wish they had respect for my port a Jon's. LOL love your channel. Just found it yesterday
Boss: "Who's going to be working the floor below where Ricky's nailing plywood? Employees: ................................................................. 🚑 🚑 🚑
I was a roofer for a while, it's a family business in a way. Didnt mind the labor but the fiberglass in your skin from handling shingles is hell and I may never get over the PTSD from stepping on upturned nails everywhere
That first guy is a chingon 💪 Idk how much those green panels weight, but that second dude balanced it well. The third one looked fun and potentially frustrating if your aim is off.
Its so true. The craziest, hardest, and sometimes the dumbest workers are framers, sheet rockers, and roofers. The stuff they do sure make you wonder and they truly can bring out the imagination. I will say though the dumbest thing I have seen that cost three their lives was running across scaffolding for the taco truck. Saw the whole thing come down and well not one of them lived. Seen electricians pull themselves into a panel drilling into a hot one and rushed them to the hospital, seen guys fall off roofs. Hell my ol man was knocked off the iron by a crane operator five stories and lived. However, I have never seen something so tragic as those three kids fall to their deaths running on scaffolding and jumping from one level to the next like it was a video game.
True, in contuction management class, we talk about how during the building of the tallest skyscrapers and they needed someone climb on the top and build the tower for last bet of height at the end. They first hire the world best rock climber, but he look at it and went "Nope." So one of the management went " I will just do it." And went and did it. One of thing we were told to keep in mind is you will be working with pretty much High Risk Takers, and one of your job to keep them from killing themselves from ignoring safety procedures.
@@kaitourobin840 that is horribly inaccurate. We don't break safety rules for thrills. we break them because they interfere with the work I just got screamed at for not being finished with. But when I have to use 5 minutes to equip PPE to do 10 seconds of grinding, rules become mundane Safety glasses and gloves is all that is needed for grinding (just one example)
@Scandalous Scar Sorry, I didn't use the correct term. I meant High Risk takers, not thrill junkies. I will edit my orginal post. I meant for sake of finishing work, they will sometimes do dangerous stunts without hesitating. Normal people will chicken out, but construction workers are naturally high-risk takers so they will do it. Like another example, a load of materials comes in. It supposed to be 400lb, but ended up 500lb. The maximum factor safety of Crane is up to 500lb, so they will tried to move it anyways. However it will leave no factory of safety If they do move it. So the construction manager needs to tell them no, and go get a stronger crane. But like you said, work needed to be done and schedules need to be met. So it very easy for construction have the mindset to just take the high risk of moving it right there and then.
There use to be a saying that my boss told me one time, back in the day 7 dollars an hour, under the table was just ok, but the unfortunate thing is when he tells you, if you fall, your fired before you hit the ground kinda gets ya to thinking a little bit more on being safe.
Lot of people don’t understand the terms. A rafter is part of the truss (the whole assembly, consisting of rafters, purlin, tie beams, struts, etc) and it is what the roofer secures plywood, etc, to. Purlin are the horizontal support for between rafters. A stud is a vertical support for walls. A joist (floor or ceiling) is the horizontal support for the floor or ceiling. A beam or girder is the load-bearing element.
Yeah this is how I felt during my first few days working construction years ago. Heck I feel that way now landscaping I see guys straight up sprinting and weed whacking and doing it perfectly. I'm "What in the hell, hey man how long you been working here?" "Two months man" I'm like damn bro is that going to be me in two months? Then I realise I weed whack 9 hours a day 5 days a week.
@@mmaybee4379 If the next sparky or plumber ever have to get to where you've been before, a courtesy tip of the hat to leave a little extra wire. I'm changig my pool light bulb this weekend and dreading it. The other bastard left just enough wire so that you cant comfortably change the bulb without one person in the water, one person holding it against the coping.😡
DAng what kind of company Ricky works for? We got fire fighting, painting, electricians, roofers, deep water drilling, roustabout work at a dock. It’s like an all in one
