Not So Pro 3

[Dream]

Yes. We pumped all of it. Did a 125 yards total. And yes! I’m tired.
I was a construction worker for 30 years. I’ve spent the last nine years working for a local municipality. So I took five hours off yesterday and today. Went back to my easy job both after we got done pooring. Local contractor can’t find any young concrete guys to help. He’s got a bunch of young guys that work for him. All really good workers. They just don’t have concrete down yet. Oh! I’ll be 58 in December.

Respect given.
Tried pouring my own slab for the lean-to off the garage years ago.
What a horrible, cracked, lumpy, humpy mess I made!
On top of that, I miscalculated how much concrete I needed and came up about 3 yards short, so add another crack and a visible "splice" where I tried to feather the new concrete into the old.
Will definitely let someone who knows what they're doing handle for any future concrete needs.

 

[Dream]

Gfm.....lol

Sup Pat?
Just getting off shutdown here.

 

[Woodwater]

We are all right behind you. Sorry to hear it.

I'm a happy guy. no sorry needed. Things are going the right way.

 

[Wonkydonkey]

Good morning guys,,,


The sun is up and the pressure is 1032, which is higher than we normally get.

 

[timg]

Morning guys
Eastside Y Town Cadillac pick up. Sawzall creative. Thought yinz needed a chuckle this morning. Whatcha think @redline4. General approved?

 

[Lnk]

Yep.
Have a gubberment mandated electronic logging device installed in the truck to prevent us from driving or working too many hours.
Allows 14 hours total on duty and driving, with a max of 11 hours per day of driving.
Must have a 30 minute break within the first 8 hours of driving/on duty time.
This isnt exactly fair to those of us that do service work instead of hauling freight.
Our time doesnt necessarily end at the end of a given week.
Ive found that logging off and unplugging the module from the wiring harness works to let us get through the weekend and reset our time.
We arent driving the trucks anywhere except to and from a hotel, and should really be granted an exemption for that. We get our mandatory 10 hour off duty time to rest, we just dont get the 34 hour reset until after our work is done, so we need a way around that.

I am under 10k gvw, so no log book required. As soon as you go dual rear wheels, the regs change. We are monitored by our company only. That being said, this project is an anomaly, I am going into KY as the companies that do what I do there, are not very good. They all want me to service their sites. I have to tell them I can't due to distance, then they complain about the service provider the have currently.

 

[Lnk]

Yes. We pumped all of it. Did a 125 yards total. And yes! I’m tired.
I was a construction worker for 30 years. I’ve spent the last nine years working for a local municipality. So I took five hours off yesterday and today. Went back to my easy job both after we got done pooring. Local contractor can’t find any young concrete guys to help. He’s got a bunch of young guys that work for him. All really good workers. They just don’t have concrete down yet. Oh! I’ll be 58 in December.

Damn dude, that is impressive. I probably could have done that 20 years ago, but not today. You're a year older than me. Now I am embarrassed! I need to step up my game. Though I won't ever get to 125 yard level. Respect for sure.

 

[Lnk]

Morning guys
Eastside Y Town Cadillac pick up. Sawzall creative. Thought yinz needed a chuckle this morning. Whatcha think @redline4. General approved?View attachment 342787

That's a nice el- cadillaco. Remember the Cimmaron? We used to call it the cavallac

 

[Lnk]

 

[redline4]

What about the giant chomp marks in the crossmember behind it?
Not sure why those are there, and maybe I'm missing something, but it looks like whoever put a pair of channel lock pliers or a pipe wrench on the crossmember crushed the wires in the harness without any fuchs getting harmed in the process.

The harness is push pin clipped to the frame and crossmember. The coating they use is a nasty, greasy goo that wipes off. Those marks are from me with my little pry tool getting the damn clips pried out of the holes.

 

[timg]

I am under 10k gvw, so no log book required. As soon as you go dual rear wheels, the regs change. We are monitored by our company only. That being said, this project is an anomaly, I am going into KY as the companies that do what I do there, are not very good. They all want me to service their sites. I have to tell them I can't due to distance, then they complain about the service provider the have currently.

Yup, Everything changes after 10k commercial vehicle. DOT physical card mandatory too. No logs required if on 150mi. home base. Most landscapers and tree guys are out of compliance.

 

[Kiwioilboiler]

The harness is push pin clipped to the frame and crossmember. The coating they use is a nasty, greasy goo that wipes off. Those marks are from me with my little pry tool getting the damn clips pried out of the holes.

I was a bit distracted on your original post Ed sorry. So are you saying that some individual wires making up the bundled loom are damaged, not a group of wires?

 

[Lnk]

Yup, Everything changes after 10k commercial vehicle. DOT physical card mandatory too. No logs required if on 150mi. home base. Most landscapers and tree guys are out of compliance.

I do the dot physical and card, but not the log book. And yes, most small businesses are out of compliance. I am not for more regulations, but would like higher fines for incidents. Seems there is a shortage of over the road tractor trailer drivers, because i see many that are awful. Blocking the left lane for miles and not caring. Getting passed on the right. I hope it is a local problem and not a national one.

 

[farminkarman]

Good morning gang. Too much to do this weekend....I need vacation again

 

[Kiwioilboiler]

I do the dot physical and card, but not the log book. And yes, most small businesses are out of compliance. I am not for more regulations, but would like higher fines for incidents. Seems there is a shortage of over the road tractor trailer drivers, because i see many that are awful. Blocking the left lane for miles and not caring. Getting passed on the right. I hope it is a local problem and not a national one.

That'll be @JoeDirt . He's a dik.

 

[Kiwioilboiler]

And Happy Birthday Moses @Mastermind .

 

[redline4]

I was a bit distracted on your original post Ed sorry. So are you saying that some individual wires making up the bundled loom are damaged, not a group of wires?

Just 1 single wire.
That harness only had 5 wires, I think. Been finding the same thing in sections that contain 50+ wires.
There's a plastic loom over vinyl tape over a woven cloth tape. The insulation had to have been compromised as the wire was pulled off the spool.
We only see this on the trucks. A little bit on the SUV's ( Suburban, Tahoe) and pretty much never on every other model..

 

[Kiwioilboiler]

Just 1 single wire.
That harness only had 5 wires, I think. Been finding the same thing in sections that contain 50+ wires.
There's a plastic loom over vinyl tape over a woven cloth tape. The insulation had to have been compromised as the wire was pulled off the spool.
We only see this on the trucks. A little bit on the SUV's ( Suburban, Tahoe) and pretty much never on every other model..

Wonder if the harness making robot needs it's fingernails cut?

@cuinrearview any clues how this would actually be done in a production line bro?

 

[ray benson]

Good morning. 72°F/ 22°C going up to 77°F/ 25°C

 

[Mastermind]

The harness is push pin clipped to the frame and crossmember. The coating they use is a nasty, greasy goo that wipes off. Those marks are from me with my little pry tool getting the damn clips pried out of the holes.

I see. I thought it got smashed and damaged the wire.