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02-06-2008, 11:51 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Henderson/Las Vegas, NV
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|  whoever said "war is hell..." NEVER PUMPED CONCRETE!!!
For those that don't know, I'm a diesel mechanic for Merli Concrete Pumping here in vegas. Concrete pump trucks are awesome machines but when things go wrong, they don't do it half-assed... I just spent all worning almost knee deep in concrete because our brand new Schwing 8800TP just lost a mud cup... Tons of concrete are POURING out of a part of our half million dollar machine where it should not be. Me and one other mechanic were down there this morning helping the oerators clean the thing out and replace the broken parts. All while standing in the middle of the largest jobsite in the US right now, over 7000 people running around, 15 or so cranes, hundreds of pieces of heavy equipment... This place is a god damn circus. And all of this because schwing won't warranty a ****in material cylinder to us. ****!! Ok rant off... |
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02-06-2008, 12:04 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Orlando
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This thread sucks without pics.......  |
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02-06-2008, 12:14 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: SERCRC
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| The key to standing in concrete working, is to try to get the job done fast!  Take too long and that jobsite will have a guy with a mohawk permantly stuck in the middle of it!DJ, contrary to your location line.... I like you! You're the coolest black guy on RCC! Oh wait, you're the only black guy on RCC!  |
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02-06-2008, 12:17 PM
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02-06-2008, 12:29 PM
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02-06-2008, 12:32 PM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Vegas
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I wish I was union.
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02-06-2008, 12:50 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Henderson/Las Vegas, NV
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Hahaha, it has its ups and downs.
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02-06-2008, 12:58 PM
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| ~THE SCALE SHOP~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: KILLEEN TX
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you say your Schwing isnt working right? they have pills for that........  |
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02-06-2008, 01:21 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: SERCRC
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02-06-2008, 06:12 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Henderson/Las Vegas, NV
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ok some pics, not of our little emergency but just pics. -first one is the jobsite, we're doing the tower closest to the camera, we're about half way up. -second is the machine that tried ****ing us this morning. |
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02-06-2008, 06:25 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Sin City
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I hope you made some piles of the concrete so we can have a new crawl spot.  |
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02-06-2008, 07:04 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Albuquerque
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02-06-2008, 07:15 PM
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| TEAM MODERATOR   Join Date: May 2004 Location: Tennessee
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I hate Schwing pumps. I kinda like pouring concrete,it's gravey. | |
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02-06-2008, 07:33 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: IN MY GARAGE
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Well my dad just got home and has to go back to afghanistan in 3 weeks and i will make any bet that war is a hell of a lot worse the pumping concrete and something go wrong.if something wrong over there its someones life. he brought many videos and pics and it looked like total hell. he has one video of a afghan blowing up 3 hummmers with american soilders in it.id consider that worse the concrete...but that does suck
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02-06-2008, 08:46 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Henderson/Las Vegas, NV
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02-06-2008, 09:16 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: I hope you SHUT UP!!!
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whats the name of that hotel? I saw one being built last august. I think it was called the cosmo? |
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02-06-2008, 09:26 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Vegas
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The Cosmopolitan is one of about 50 being built. | |
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02-06-2008, 10:12 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Henderson/Las Vegas, NV
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go to www.citycenter.com its owned by MGM, its a 7.4 billion dollar project. the only construction project in the world thats larger is some dam being built in china.
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01-12-2012, 12:35 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Arlington wa
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| Re: whoever said "war is hell..." NEVER PUMPED CONCRETE!!! Quote:
 ... they bust ass and so do we... but... its all gravey ...  | |
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01-12-2012, 01:19 AM
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| Rock Crawler  Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Calgary Crawlers, Alberta, Canada
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Trying to move around in wet concrete is a lot harder than people think. I'm a carpenter/scaffolder and worked on the Bow Tower here in Calgary. We built the frame (to their specs despite our protests) for a tarp system to contain heat while the poured the floors. One day they just finished smoothing a floor when a big wingstorm hit and it started sliding the scaffold clamps right off the tubes. The whole job was shut down but we had to run around in wet concrete and rebar a foot thick trying to secure a 200' by 30' section that was close to flying off into downtown Calgary. Vehicles and pedestrians everywhere without a clue that a couple thousand pound kite could slam into them at anytime. We got it secured without incident though. Point of my story is, I agree. Trying to run around in wet concrete working as fast as possible sucks ass and I'd never have done it if it wasn't 100% necessary. It is definitely shitty...... It was a good job for money and pictures though....  |
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