Day in a life of a mason laborer PART 1

[@jack887]

I started in the masonry trade as a hod carrier in 1968. Spent the last 25 years as a foreman, mostly schools and water treatment plants. So I can see elevator shafts are still the pain in the butt they always were. Thanks for the memories! Keep up the hard work, it will eventually pay off.

[@childrey14]

Looks easy, but as a Union Laborer myself it can be demanding. Just depends on the mason and how fast they go. You do get used to it. It's a fun, but dirty job.

[@travismoyer2982]

@@broski84 sounds terrible but there is something about it I love

[@FullNelson007]

It's simple.. you either love it or hate. There is simply no in between being a laborer or mason..

[@sim7409]

nothing fun about it

[@sim7409]

nothing fun about it

[@OTBMMA]

@@broski84please reply if you can… I’m a college wrestler and am looking for a decent paying hard working job unless this fighting thing doesn’t work out. Do you think this is a good short term job or is there a better trade

[@the-watcher1596]

I know what it's like brother I was a tender for 4 years in FL till I got my chance to jump on the wall and now I haven't looked back and now I'm a alot older but I have my own brick/block masonry company hell we even poor concrete ya gotta do whatever it takes to make a buck these days. God bless you and keep up the great work 👍

[@Jugg3rnut]

I did this job for 2 years. Don't miss it at all! Hard work, especially being the mixer man on a large job. I remember freezing my ass off and getting lime poisoning from cuts. Fun times

[@mr.imperial8721]

Oh shit really....😮 what else happened....im a pharmacy clerk so I genuinely don't know this kind of work

[@devonsykes2598]

Union posistions pay to good not to do it

[@JesseVanPelt]

Lime poisoning. What the hell is that? I've been a mason forever. Never even heard of that

[@youngprince716]

They do make gloves, if your hands are micro soft

[@Jugg3rnut]

Forgot the part about most masons I worked with were dicks

[@brycestrong8195]

The one thing that always stopped me about a career in masnonry was the toll it takes on the body. Have you found this to be the case as well? The bending, stooping, lifting, dust, moving scaffolding?

[@DETROITER99]

Yes im trying to get out now into another career in the labores. Like road work or pipeline

[@brycestrong8195]

@@DETROITER99 have you had health issues that were work-related? I see so many masonry workers without proper respirators and equipment. Silica dust is no joke. Glad you're looking to move on.

[@Nufc1987]

This is what I do. It’s hard graft but the money is good.

[@Ryan-pi4go]

I knew a mason, years. He had huge muscles. This boy was built.

[@sethneumeyer1167]

The broken recoil on the mixer is almost expected.

[@n54nate62]

Every machine my company has is exactly like this one🤣

[@julianalfonso6436]

My biggest advice is if you don’t want to be a mason , become the head tender

[@karatompkins7085]

You pack safety gear we just breath all the dust in and mixer like that is nice 👌

[@bogitube6061]

Very nice, can't wait for part 2

[@bedjoints]

Why are you laying if you're a tender. Laborers don't lay ? That's scabby

[@davidroemer5879]

i started as a tender my self bub

[@mahalewellen4912]

hi so you are a labor, but you lay as well? is this in America?

[@josuesjourney6931]

Noticed no one has headphones on, any thing anyone have to say about that?

[@alwaysapplypressure2477]

Excellent Video

[@sinkingbait9140]

Can you do this job all year around

[@constructionsviewlearning622]

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[@thefakerake]

You can

[@n54nate62]

Hours in the winter are minimal since the the concrete mix won’t dry if it’s 32 or less.

[@notoruouspig5224]

NO REBARR???

[@aaa7189]

Good observation !

[@brianpalmer8636]

Wheres my cuts!!! Need mud!!! You being paid to smoke or work?!?!?! Muds to soupy!!!! Need bricks!!! I took pride knowing I could do the job. Hard work

[@aaa7189]

A labor leaning against the scaffold ? There is always some thing to do

[@TheLordoftheNorth]

Scaffold doesn't hold itself up

[@thefakerake]

There's not always something to do, lol why would you say that

[@PsyferInc]

@@thefakerake Lazy workers see it that way. Hope you don't lead a crew. Cleaning, grab water, mix, clean something else, get more bricks, clear debris, turn the music up, etc. Jim... YOU'RE FIRED!!

[@thefakerake]

@@PsyferInc sounds like something a lazy worker would say

[@PsyferInc]

@@thefakerake So, Jim... lazy people love to stay busy? SMH... I don't have to convince anyone about your intelligence. You already did a good job on that one...

[@jcfpv3454]

Setup by my employer worry everyday I will die from silicosis from drilling into concrete the dust is fatal with no hope get your loved ones away from construction please help spread awareness.

[@aaa7189]

Not using water when cutting ? Did masonry for 35 yrs had both shoulders had arthroscopic surgery's - 4 months each..and just had my left shoulder replaced. Got out of masonry before my right shoulder got worse

[@aaa7189]

@@jcfpv3454 I stopped masonry early this year....Back in the 90's everyone cut block and brick with out water. People wore those stupid paper masks but the person cutting would always have a silica mustache.( they would always say"It's better than nothing)The mask was basically nothing..... I saw a guy cutting stress lines in a concrete floor with a walk behind saw. You couldn't see him when he was cutting. I asked him where was his respirator and if he knew what silicosis was of course he said he didn't have one and no. I told him to get a respirator and get fit tested for it. Silica NEVER leaves your lungs. It hits the moisture and turns into cement again. ( Not everyone can wear a respirator...a lot of stress on your heart and breathing)... This might help you. www.silica-safe.org/ask-a-question/faq...Hamburg, NY

[@jcfpv3454]

@@aaa7189 thank you so much for your time I had never heard of silica or silicosis until after the fact I was just a carpenter and got a job suppose to be carpentry but we were building large mansions on the beach and had to tapcon everything to block or drilling holes into the slab for tie down rods blowing out with air or cutting lap siding I had seen a lot of people around me doing it dry my entire career and didn't think anything of it I really had no idea about the dangers of the dust or the fact that it's a death sentence with no cure or treatments and it's been scaring the crap out of me I only worked for the guy for 3 years and didn't do it everyday but did do a lot of it I talked to a few masons who told me they had done it for 20+years dry and never wore a mask or a real cheap paper mask i have seen a pulmonologist who said there is mild scarring on my lungs but that he doesn't see consistent findings associated with it at this time that I have to monitor it for the rest of my life it has turned my entire life upside down and I keep trying to find hope in this I just wish I was atleast warned most of the guys I have asked never seemed to care and still see it done dry to this day I really appreciate your time it has given me some hope in this I just hope it's not too late for me and my family

[@jcfpv3454]

@@aaa7189 did you ever dry cut it without a respirator

[@aaa7189]

@@jcfpv3454 Always cut with out masks back then. Started to wear a respirator since a restoration job in 2000. Safety glasses were rare back then. In the early 90's I was cutting block and I felt something in my eye.A piece of the blade went into my cornea. I had to drive to the only open emergency center for eyes 32 miles away. Ever since then I wear safety glasses

[@BigCroca]

i really want to get into it

[@paisajesdectyotroslugaresc6816]

Nice 👍🏼

[@Productions-gt6uv]

Hey man part 2 coming ever?

[@mr.imperial8721]

Please send us more

[@alwaysapplypressure2477]

We A you n your hard work

[@ShaneGregory-e3o]

Can I get a shake up!

[@caleblammers6032]

Bro why you laying 😂

[@Cheef2k]

Bro you're a mason

[@thefakerake]

More like an apprentice

[@nilevalleyafrican9451]

Okay !! He's a mason laborer

[@kevinheart6267]

Doing better than 90% of tinders out there keep up the good work brother

[@newworldmasonry6688]

I like it. I gta do mines

[@hectorgonzalez8043]

Good..but please do better than this. Read my first comment

[@TreyStewart699]

Gta?

[@smug8567]

Nah. I got have to get job where I can rest my game leg. All these kind of jobs are out. Maybe night watchman or something. Then again the night air might bother it.

[@hectorgonzalez8043]

U lazy bum

[@glitterfartsss]

🤨

[@alexsolomon5136]

Djinn an jinn demon 😈 KZbin

[@masonrymaven9519]

Amateurs

[@RAIDER-sf3wk]

Laborer helping to lay block? FOH

[@stickjr.3715]

Such a meaning less pride less job. Nobody gives a fuck about laborers. And they pay is dogshit!. Great video though.

[@brycewood2492]

I’m a masonry laborer/apprentice rn and I make $21 and hour workin 55-60 weeks in Montana. I’m 20yrs old makin damn good money doin that work, just started but it’s great pay. Gotta stop complaining and just work hard, the money is there in any trade

[@spookyxo1696]

@@brycewood2492 agreed bro im also a masonry laborer & people don't realize how hard it too slug around stones all fucking day.

[@WW-sj7zk]

I’m an experienced tender ( 10 years) here in Ontario, Canada . I work 6 till 3 Monday to Thursday, and off at noon on Fridays. I am with a labor union making $34.70 per hr, plus pension and benefits. If you stay in shape , be aware and take care it can be a rewarding career .

[@ozzayyyy]

@@WW-sj7zk do you get drug tested randomly?

[@WW-sj7zk]

Maybe an initial test for some government jobs but have never been randomly tested although it can happen … depends on if some type of incident or accident takes place. Personally, I have never been tested.

[@hectorgonzalez8043]

Quit bouncing around with the camera and turn off the stupid Walmart background music...it has nothing to do with this honorable trade.