We can't pump this!!! where's the sand. Pumping concrete with Muddyfeet

Pumping concrete with the trailer pump. Most of the time things goes pretty well. But their are those days that makes you wish you stayed home. Lol

[@L4BEL420]

I've watched a few of your videos and I just want to say, as a CMT technician who has tested probably over 100,000 of yards of concrete, I THOROUGHOLY appreciate the dedication you bring to making sure your cement/concrete is up to snuff. Too many times have I seen contractors try to skate by with sub-par product, and time and time again I try to explain to them that I'm not just being an asshole. There is a spec for a reason, and if not done correctly the first time, it comes out of YOUR pocket to remove and replace said product. There's a reason guys like me exist and are kept in business. Keep up the good work.

[@middletennesseeconcrete3673]

Great video brother! These kind of days definitely do happen. Ready mix companies can make your day hell or easy.

[@MuddyfeetConcretePumping]

Luckily they are few and far between

[@maxobara1496]

Nice recovery, but what a pain!! Seemed like the driver didn’t have a clue on what was happening? Thanks for sharing, enjoy the cooler weather for sure🤗👍🇺🇸

[@MuddyfeetConcretePumping]

Your right

[@TaylorAkins]

@@MuddyfeetConcretePumping I've been sick in hospital got email

[@Musclecar1972]

Just because the driver see’s a bad load, doesn’t mean the batch man, or the dispatcher will listen to them, the driver is the low man on the totem pole, I have been on both sides of the equation, as a contractor, and a driver. The dispatcher may be dealing with a much larger pour elsewhere, and that’s where his interest will lay, right or wrong. The driver is the easy target, his face is right in front of you, he literally has no control of anything related to the batch, unless he over does the water add during mixing. Lay blame where it belongs, the companies have their own agendas. Also, sand is one of the more expensive components of the mix, as a driver we were told that by quality control. Then, there’s the overbook factor that’s also a problem with most companies, larger pours get the priority. Not saying it’s right, just stating facts.

[@luvstotroll]

That is EXACTLY right

[@ernestmorales1023]

Select ready mix . Always the good stuff . Or it dont leave the plant . Enjoyed the Reno Paden rd pour yesterday Friday . Great group of guys .

[@OTR_TPA]

100% absolutely positively the driver should have caught that while slumping up. There goes his bonus.

[@MuddyfeetConcretePumping]

Someone definitely screwed up

[@ryanbrausa4325]

Concrete is tough these days. We are on allocation in the DFW area and are only getting 30 trucks a week. Some days we order 10 and get 4 other days we order 10 and get 12. It's damned hard to plan labor and scheduling around this stuff. We'd too be hard pressed to reject a load because we'd likely not get another one.

[@TheCrustyFry]

It’s ridiculous what’s going on out here

[@stormingnorman7200]

Hi, everything was set up for a straight forward pour until the concrete turned up and then waiting for a load as the concrete now starting to go off in your pipes not nice but you cracked on and got the job done, I've been there myself having to tip steel pipes before I lost them when I used to do this job here in the UK.

[@MuddyfeetConcretePumping]

Man, I’ve lost some hoses before. Unfortunately that comes with the territory.

[@liboy9844]

If that batch was for columns, beams and suspended slabs, that would have been a real issue. This video was surely educational thanks.

[@canadianconcretepumper1979]

Best video yet! Every pump needs a pet name and I think "Jewel" suites that little SP500 just perfectly!!!

[@MuddyfeetConcretePumping]

Little jewel. We just went past the one year anniversary of her being stolen. I’m sure glad I got it back

[@canadianconcretepumper1979]

@@MuddyfeetConcretePumping “little jewel” it is!!!!!! After watching so many of your line-pumping videos I’ve damn near established an emotional attachment to that little money maker 😁

[@BenBNC]

When you dropped the hopper we’re your lines already clear? Did you manually shake those out into a wheelbarrow ?

[@AcesDman7]

I guess you got no kind of contract on what's coming from the plant. Good 👁️. Your Spidey senses told you something was up. Great Save. 👍

[@johnnytyrrell7060]

I got a load like that a few weeks ago didn't sound right in the mixer so I got up and looked in and it was just Rock's plus it was the bigger Rock no the smaller stuff I was Lucky I looked because whould have plugged me up bad and I was on a road and whould have made a mess if I had to drop the Hopper out there. I had to wait about an hour for a new load to come.

[@MuddyfeetConcretePumping]

Good thing you rejected it.

[@polishman4168]

Great video as always , @19:20 reminds me of what I look at after my morning coffee 😂🤷‍♂️

[@CowboyCarCrushing]

Knocking on 20K homie 🤠👍👊

[@MuddyfeetConcretePumping]

Slowly but we are moving forward

[@kmpumping]

Bad mixes are a nightmare and can be really dangerous. Good job on getting the job completed. I noticed you haven’t had a remote for awhile. what happened to it?

[@MuddyfeetConcretePumping]

I didn’t order one with this pump. Been pretty Happy with out on.

[@BenBNC]

Also what do you do when the contractor doesn’t have anyone capable enough to place on the other end of the hose?

[@harrycohen2948]

My day wouldnt be over yet! Wait til the code enforcement sees the road all stained up for the next 20 years lol.

[@francodeiuliis1562]

Captain crunch again I see Cheers from Nova Scotia

[@MuddyfeetConcretePumping]

We get a bowl of it every now and then

[@timothywhieldon1971]

another epic fail. thanks for sharing.... takes guts to show fails

[@gtroyFJB]

I’ve been doing concrete for 54 years. Poured it batched and pumped it. That truck would have gone back immediately. That’s what you get when the batch man and driver don’t check their load before it leaves the yard. Good catch because that would have screwed yourself and more importantly the home owner because that was garbage concrete. Also family owned a concrete plant and I know what goes on.

[@MuddyfeetConcretePumping]

Wow I bet you have stories

[@meeruisland]

Seems to me that i am hearing that the customer who is forking out cash is to blame, FFS they are paying and not getting it free...at the end did the cement water get pushed down the drain ?

[@violettacastiljo7714]

Nice mix welcome to my world

[@MuddyfeetConcretePumping]

I don’t like it. Lol

[@violettacastiljo7714]

@@MuddyfeetConcretePumping bentonite would helped

[@pulporock]

The concrete mixes seem to be all over the place on that job. Think twice about using that company again. Not sure what was going on with the rebar either. But the good news it was entertaining. Cheers from Oz

[@fyrman9092]

Making soup cans, nice analogy. To me, I had a different perspective.

[@MuddyfeetConcretePumping]

Just keeping it real

[@timothywhieldon1971]

what a MESS. i hope you guys cleaned that road up.

[@Ryan-ii9rx]

Looks just like the shotcrete pools we build. The job site’s trash can

[@ferryblauw7502]

Hello the 1st mixer truck with bad mixture, with too little sand in it you should never have thrown it in why don't you have a hatch on your gradient for the grease bed? Gr Ferry

[@JFirn86Q]

That seems like a nightmare man... I feel bad for the homeowner as the ready mix company definitely affected the quality of the job. Not the concrete workers' fault. With all the computer systems the batch companies have, how can they mess it up so badly. Your hypothesis about the rain might be big part of it - but why the different ticket weights?!

[@MuddyfeetConcretePumping]

Who knows. Thanks for watching

[@adamwatts3482]

I'd reckon the difference in ticket weights is the 2nd driver checked his load and realized it was too stoney and had the batch guy add more a little more sand

[@nikolayivanov4226]

Normally pumping concrete must have 8-12 sm in Abrams cone. And also right percentage of sand 0-2 mm, stone 5-25 mm and cement.

[@James-on1vy]

The rebar laying in the dirt will do little to nothing to reinforce that pad. Should have bricks under it supporting it off the ground.

[@andynicoll8566]

That kind of shit wouldn't have happened at our plant and when something screwed up the company allways made good. You don't all ways have the trucks to send one out faster than scheduled, but we would've made damn sure that the rest of the loads came without a hitch.

[@freebird7284]

i guess that's mud life, glad you were able to save it

[@MuddyfeetConcretePumping]

It happens

[@charleslafrenz5559]

That is a course mix. Majority plants have moisture prob to account for moisture in sand and adjust sand and water proportions

[@MuddyfeetConcretePumping]

It’s usually someone with their head pocked up To where the sun don’t shine

[@markrios78]

And it might be pumping ok however to finish that rocky stuff is shity and all that rock in those steps. Good luck

[@MuddyfeetConcretePumping]

Tuff deal all the way around

[@alkennedy1124]

Need some roughage lol nice a expensive none speaking man not u derstanding you on the sand in the mix lol nice thanks buddy BigAl California praise Jesus Christ grace amen 🙏

[@MuddyfeetConcretePumping]

Thanks for watching!

[@woodennecktie]

we worked a lot with concrete mills and they are almost criminal in hiding their mistakes

[@keithjurena9319]

How did that batch pass slump test at the plant? Guess fly by night plants exist

[@MuddyfeetConcretePumping]

Lack of pride

[@SR-bh5jd]

I must be a Sally. Handling cement, without gloves, dries and cracks my finger tips.

[@Andrew-Ponce]

How come you don’t get a few guys to drag the hose back to recirculate into the pump? I understand moving that 3” hose back and forth would be a pain but it beats concrete setting up in the hose.

[@MuddyfeetConcretePumping]

Sometimes I do.

[@rawgerod]

Do you suggest someone starting with a new pump or an old pump? what advice can you give a beginner?

[@MuddyfeetConcretePumping]

I would highly suggest working for some until you learn about the business. We started cold turkey and probably did more damage than good until we got it figured out

[@woodennecktie]

a concrete pump never gets better by using it , compair it with a wheel loader or excavator most yellow goods deteriorate by the hour of use

[@JuanCastro-do9hc]

I wish I would've met yall when I worked for a gc that worked with ultra all the time!

[@tedhart4468]

I haul Crete for a living the driver should have noticed something not right with load you can see the sand in a 89 mix if you pay attention to it when your slumping down at the plant

[@MuddyfeetConcretePumping]

Never been on your end of the profession

[@tnolan3176]

Must have raised the speed limit under the sand bin !!!! Thats what my Dad would always say !

[@MuddyfeetConcretePumping]

Lol

[@jessiperry60]

uh oh i see the wheelbarrow... things may get sticky 🤣🤣🤣

[@MuddyfeetConcretePumping]

Yep, went down hill in a hurry

[@ColinWatters]

Do you do slump tests?

[@JacobVanHeel]

I uses to sanitize over head transfer pipes and hoses and we had ball valves with air hose fittings so when we went to shoot the pig through the line you could close the valve when air pressure got low then open it and never loose pressure in the lines and hoses.

[@dylanwoods979]

I wouldn't have even put that in my pump 😂

[@MuddyfeetConcretePumping]

I knew it wasn’t going far. But had to prove a point.

[@dylanwoods979]

@@MuddyfeetConcretePumping you're a better man than I

[@33bradh]

What was the mix that you put into the elbow in-between trucks. I just got into the pump world about 6 weeks ago. I've not seen that before.

[@MuddyfeetConcretePumping]

Type n mortar mix to prime the system

[@tomhomer891]

@@MuddyfeetConcretePumping Theres also a slimy substance they call Bull snot to prime a pumper with! Seen it used many times by Howard concrete pump trucks & Dick corporations in & around Pittsburgh Pa. A union pump operator makes over 40 dollars an hour in Pennsylvania

[@mikeb1596]

I would have convinced the finishers to reject the load without even trying to pump it. Even if it made it through, the homeowner gets screwed with a garbage looking finish.

[@solidasconcrete]

My thoughts excactly. He should have called the layer over straight away instead of adding water and mucking around emptying hopper

[@briceglattfelder8511]

I pumped a ready mix company an hour north of my area the mud is hit or mix one day smooth as it gets and a another day pump doesn’t want to pump it I always turn my hard switch on with that company

[@MuddyfeetConcretePumping]

Sometimes you just never know what their thinking

[@andynicoll8566]

No excuse, most wet batch plants have eyes on the mix either by camera or direct view. I worked at a dry batch and it had moisture sensors that told the computer how much water to add. Not all ways perfect but the driver was responsible for checking the load so he (or she) should've seen a bad mix!

[@armedrebellion47]

That looks like Pervious mix

[@TheWISE67]

Would yall be interested in a small drive over containment for your pump? Let me know and we can probably work something out to get ya one to try out. I'm in central oklahlma.

[@nathandean1687]

ya that pump doesnt like it at all . i hear how the enging running

[@Rosales33]

Can you make a video on how you wash out

[@MuddyfeetConcretePumping]

I’ll look into it

[@viankalobosvalenzuela7456]

Excelente trabajo 👊 💯

[@darrelldavis3212]

No grass to cut. Put green dye in the concrete and cut the yard with a garden hose.

[@larrywirsig2120]

Second load will work..with that 3"

[@kevinmoore342]

That’s some major rebar. I guess everything is really bigger in Texas.

[@MuddyfeetConcretePumping]

Fiberglass rebar

[@angelsantiago2305]

Crazy day 😂

[@gerkenrent-all5873]

You just need to pour out of my volumetric trucks every time you wouldn’t have to guess if there was sand in the mix😂

[@MuddyfeetConcretePumping]

You know that’s right!

[@CerretaniOutdoorsLLC]

Man I’ve honestly been using those volumetric trucks all season 250-300 yards I do residential and the mix is always A1 finishers dream

[@CerretaniOutdoorsLLC]

Always comes to the job with 10 yards too

[@gerkenrent-all5873]

@@CerretaniOutdoorsLLC volumetric is the way to go constant mix every time

[@majorjackpotslots]

Never seen poopcrete. Nice

[@MuddyfeetConcretePumping]

On occasion

[@tinsley2277]

Just commenting to help the algorithm 😂

[@MuddyfeetConcretePumping]

Appreciate ya

[@RecklessSavage]

we got 3 trucks double rock loaded. frickin dippy operator filled sand bin with rock almost cost us a pump driver and time $$

[@MuddyfeetConcretePumping]

They just don’t get it.

[@jeremy2216]

I wonder if the concrete company you used see this?

[@MuddyfeetConcretePumping]

I doubt it

[@qwerty112311]

16:45 looks like why it is better to pull the rebar off the ground after the concrete is over it instead of elevating it before the pour. Ain’t no way that middle rebar is ever going to produce structural support.

[@chaselipp987]

You think you know what you're talking about? Cause you're wrong. Elevating the rebar before the concrete gets poured won't be any different than pulling the rebar as the pour is happening. As long as it is in the slab and not underneath it

[@PomerleauL]

Doesn't ANYONE pull the rebar up into the concrete. Honestly rebar in the ground is a waste. I had a poured slab once where I used a motorcycle to pull rebar out from in the ground under the slab. The contractor was forced to remove and redo the job after seeing the video.

[@MuddyfeetConcretePumping]

On occasion

[@martinambrosecchia2991]

Still looks way too stoney, should have rejected that one too!

[@jimmystuckey1412]

A semi modern plant should have moisture meters in the sand bin

[@alkennedy1124]

Oh yes that’s right keep building pools , that way when the water is gone they can was the pools for burn pits lolol the water is almost gone out here in the Colorado River Lake Mead and Lake Powell are drying up lol nice keep up the muddy feet pig trap like it are they are here to the end thanks BigAl California. Cal port Lynn is right upthe road from my house monolith in Calportland cement lol right out of the mountain right here for the whole world Mojave California

[@nathandean1687]

thats why many folks like your self buy a self contained mixing truck.

[@MuddyfeetConcretePumping]

I’m not sure I can get it all there at the same time by myself

[@rememberthegoodoldays193]

Didn’t see a single person pullin up rebar. Hacks.

[@davidmaroneysr.7568]

Job for real mud warriors

[@A1972LS5MAN]

The batchman should have checked his moisture probe or at least adjusted his trim for the load. That mix looked awful

[@MuddyfeetConcretePumping]

I agree

[@kevinmoore342]

That is crazy

[@MuddyfeetConcretePumping]

Real crazy

[@markrios78]

You didn't get 50 feet you got crazy you knew that load was to rocky and after a rain storm you never want the first Is couple of loads from the plant.

[@davidsuperdavelarson6174]

Some days you wonder why you get out of bed. From the looks of those trucks over all condition you can see how bad a business operation they have.

[@nathandean1687]

at 19:10 seems like not enough water.

[@mikeklein318]

U know that looks like u ended up with a hot load of mix

[@MuddyfeetConcretePumping]

Naw, just took them a while to get us the rest of the mud

[@nathandean1687]

well at least those rocks will clean your piping out.

[@MuddyfeetConcretePumping]

Yep

[@larrywirsig2120]

Cup of liquid detergent

[@allencharlei8351]

That oozing out of the end of the pipe needs major amounts of water

[@MuddyfeetConcretePumping]

Definitely needed some attention

[@allencharlei8351]

@@MuddyfeetConcretePumping and I know all about hourly workers for companies costing you money they don't care if they screw up they still get paid but it costs you and me money when we're trying to work for ourselves

[@CrimeVid]

Still a bit lean on the second truck !

[@MuddyfeetConcretePumping]

We got it though

[@jessiperry60]

that mix is missing about 2 yards of sand..

[@MuddyfeetConcretePumping]

100% agree

[@cashking8056]

get those hydrulic lines off that ram ( 7:42 ) before they blow from rubbing

[@MuddyfeetConcretePumping]

Their ok

[@blawknox]

Glad I wasn't paying for that job

[@normanchristin1923]

Can you back bill the cement company for your loss if they don't supply the correct mix and you loose a bunch of hose? Also what about the home owner, there was definitely a joint between the two pours! If they have problems in the future can the redi mix company be held liable? Now to see how you made out on the golf course! Get them piggies!😁

[@MuddyfeetConcretePumping]

Just posted it.

[@95thousandroses]

I imagine you can bill them all you want, getting paid would be a different story.

[@bobbyb322]

They don't like cutting grass.

[@steveg5576]

Creepy Crete.....!

[@meyer7312]

That's the crappiest excuse for concrete I've seen in a long time. My gosh

[@kj5190]

That looks like the bin was full of pea gravel, not sand. Moistures or not, that was too obvious.

[@MuddyfeetConcretePumping]

I think so

[@almosthuman4457]

I have no words for how terrible of a pour this was. all the rebar knocked off of the chairs and pressed into the dirt. you didn't check the slump in a wheelbarrow before dumping into the pump. what are you guys doing?

[@MuddyfeetConcretePumping]

Amateurs

[@wiedehopf9068]

morning!

[@MuddyfeetConcretePumping]

Morning!!!

[@mattphillips4260]

hippo done ate to much cheese and backed up

[@MuddyfeetConcretePumping]

Yep

[@richardsloane7983]

He's a truck driver not a concrete truck driver after washing truck down after loading one looks inside barrel to see your slump batch man asleep at the controls driver asleep at the wheel

[@stevebernard3356]

Looks like ufill

[@angelsantiago2305]

You work all time alone never see a helper with you?

[@MuddyfeetConcretePumping]

Yes I’m usually by myself. These crews are pretty good about helping with the hose.

[@gothatnocat6965]

Tells you everything you need to know about the supplier. They don't care about QC, they just want your money.

[@MuddyfeetConcretePumping]

They are typically real good.

[@JoePublic717]

No way would I accepted this crap.. The plant should be responsible for all fees for this job. Employees pay and new hoses.