how about a Oklahoma,AR,MO,KS,TX,+IA GTG thread?

[nbbt]

Good day folks. Close to 50 this morning and all day, slight cooling so they say for overnite.

 

[Sawdust Man]

 

[Hedgerow]

Would be interested to see what they use for a screed..

27' wide is WIDE...

 

[Sawdust Man]

Would be interested to see what they use for a screed..

27' wide is WIDE...

Power screed....and more guesswork than I like.....but, I just work here..lol

 

[Jetmd]

Okay so that’s 2 slabs poured recently.
@Hedgerow
@Sawdust Man

So is rebar a thing of the past?

 

[Bryan Newton]

I hope you can get another leg soon so you can ditch that wheel chair.

Me to I got a wound on my stubby leg that's got to heal up then I can start getting fitted for my new leg

 

[Sawdust Man]

This one's got a boatload of fiberglass in the mud.

Not my slab, so not my decision.

 

[Sawdust Man]

 

[67L36Driver]

Adventures in cutting the Duncan street maple:

The small stuff I’ve cut up disappears overnight.

I’ve had three stop and ask permission.

One fellow wants a large round to pound breadfruit.

I can’t convince him that the wood will crack as it drys out.

We have a contingent of Samoans in Joetown. They have volleyball tournaments over at Huffman Methodist Church. And, do they like to party.

 

[Hedgerow]

Okay so that’s 2 slabs poured recently.
@Hedgerow
@Sawdust Man

So is rebar a thing of the past?

It's still used for some projects.

But the fiberglass works too..

It's all about what's under the concrete.

 

[Hedgerow]

Power screed....and more guesswork than I like.....but, I just work here..lolView attachment 396007

Let me guess..

A stick, a transit, a trowell and a concrete guy's eyes..

Those power screeds work pretty good in the right hands. Not mine of course..

 

[Jetmd]

One fellow wants a large round to pound breadfruit.

Please enlighten me…..breadfruit?

 

[Sawdust Man]

Let me guess..

A stick, a transit, a trowell and a concrete guy's eyes..

Those power screeds work pretty good in the right hands. Not mine of course..

Yup, you nailed it.

This guy gave me the impression he's done gobs of concrete, and knows his stuff..... about the time we started trowelling he says he'd never actually done anything but direct the chute......but he'd seen other guys that were really good at concrete work.

I get that a lot, people that think they know lot's of stuff..... then by the end of the day I find out I have way more experience than they do.....

I'm pretty sure he put the screed together backwards too....

Oh well.... he's a real nice guy & paid us well and that's why we were there.

 

[Sawdust Man]

A nice view on the drive home tonight...

 

[Hedgerow]

Yup, you nailed it.

This guy gave me the impression he's done gobs of concrete, and knows his stuff..... about the time we started trowelling he says he'd never actually done anything but direct the chute......but he'd seen other guys that were really good at concrete work.

I get that a lot, people that think they know lot's of stuff..... then by the end of the day I find out I have way more experience than they do.....

I'm pretty sure he put the screed together backwards too....

Oh well.... he's a real nice guy & paid us well and that's why we were there.

If this helps, you do pull the power screed backwards...

Any minor imperfections are polished out using the power trowel...

And a squirt bottle with some water in it.., lol..

 

[Sawdust Man]

If this helps, you do pull the power screed backwards...

Any minor imperfections are polished out using the power trowel...

And a squirt bottle with some water in it.., lol..

Yeah, on the way home I looked at pics of screeds online....he had it backwards...

His power trowelling was sub par, so lots of permanent imperfections in this slab.

He wouldn't let me put water on it either, said it'll make it crack...

 

[Only the Tony]

Okay so that’s 2 slabs poured recently.
@Hedgerow
@Sawdust Man

So is rebar a thing of the past?

My shop floor has it. 67 total yards as well. I hired it done since I didn't have the time to do it myself. Already had pad built up and compacted for them to start.

 

[Workshop]

Yup, you nailed it.

This guy gave me the impression he's done gobs of concrete, and knows his stuff..... about the time we started trowelling he says he'd never actually done anything but direct the chute......but he'd seen other guys that were really good at concrete work.

I get that a lot, people that think they know lot's of stuff..... then by the end of the day I find out I have way more experience than they do.....

I'm pretty sure he put the screed together backwards too....

Oh well.... he's a real nice guy & paid us well and that's why we were there.

Yep. Everybody’s an expert when it comes to you doing the job. I had a guy criticizing my work once when I was a mechanic. I had barely got started so I put his wheels and tires back on his truck, put it on the ground and backed out of the shop. He asked me what I was doing? I told him he was such an expert he could take it home and work on it himself.

 

[Sawdust Man]

View attachment 396065
My shop floor has it. 67 total yards as well. I hired it done since I didn't have the time to do it myself. Already had pad built up and compacted for them to start.

67 yards is a gob of concrete to pour in one shot!


The one we poured today was only 21 yds and that was pleanty for us guys.

 

[Only the Tony]

67 yards is a gob of concrete to pour in one shot!


The one we poured today was only 21 yds and that was pleanty for us guys.

Two shots. 17 for footing and 50 for the slab. Still more than I wanted to tackle by myself. Ran a total of 19 when I added onto the house in two pours.