PUMPING CONCRETE to the ROOF TOP!!!

Another tight-ish back alley setup for the PUTZMEISTER 38-5 concrete pump.

[@jamessomero3617]

When the next live stream

[@canadianconcretepumper1979]

We keep talking about it, but it's been tough to find a date when everyone is available. Hoping within the next 2-3 weekends here.

[@yotaforlife8408]

We always replace our reducer with new hose to avoid that exact situation .. if it is a special hose for a specific job we will keep that reducer with it so it wears even

[@andrew274]

I keep my boom off the driver side all the time but i know I'm safe to the front of cab off the passenger side. What i do (Alliance pump) is grab the stack valve and override the limit switch hydraulicly and then hang a piece of caution tape out the door for the stack valves to remind myself to put it back on the driver side

[@erikd1616]

Your videos are so informative. I really appreciate the time you take to make these 👍

[@canadianconcretepumper1979]

Thanks man. Glad to hear you find them helpful. My ultimate goal with the channel was to hopefully help people learn things in not the same manner as most of us starting out in this trade 20+ years ago did (the “not so easy” way) 😂😂😂

[@markrobinson6883]

I don't always watch concrete pumping videos, but when I do, The Canadian concrete pumper is quite possibly the most interesting pump operator in the world 🌎 Keep pumping my friends

[@canadianconcretepumper1979]

@@markrobinson6883Mark, could you please put together a KZbin short explaining this to my wife. For whatever reason, she just don’t get it. 😂😂😂

[@markrobinson6883]

@canadianconcretepumper1979 will do Scott. Obviously you're wife is unaware of the most interesting man in the world, the "dos equis" Beer 🍺 commercial guy . I try to bring comedic relief, to many retakes I have a couple new shorts out, not much interesting content.

[@canadianconcretepumper1979]

@@markrobinson6883 I love the shotcrete videos mark. A safety tutorial of your setup would make for a great video, as well as a walk around tour of that bad ass Reed C50SS pump!

[@vincepolimeni9870]

Hi bother love your videos im from austraila have been a conctere pump oprater for 15 years

[@canadianconcretepumper1979]

Welcome brother! A channel for pump operators, by pump operators!

[@vincepolimeni9870]

@@canadianconcretepumper1979 yer i can tell thats why i love it. I love the line pump lol

[@canadianconcretepumper1979]

@@vincepolimeni9870 Same here. The line-pump videos are honestly my favourite to make. Something about dragging hose around that’s just good for the soul!

[@vincepolimeni9870]

Yer 100% i love getting to a job thats been truned down by other pump opratets and just doing it easy make me feel alive lol

[@devinborges]

Jobs like this are good for those layflat hoses, easy to fold over so there’s no spills in between filling wheelbarrows. More so on jobs where the boom isn’t straight up.

[@joelmcdonald4297]

What's up Scott! Man I had a job all week that my set up was quite similar to this, completely short rigged on the passenger side, punching throught skylights to pour a 700 yard deck with 300ft of 3inch lol good times. Stay safe, keep it shiny side up!!

[@canadianconcretepumper1979]

Yikes!!!!! Sounds like we got the gravy gig with this one 😂😂😂

[@joelmcdonald4297]

@canadianconcretepumper1979 Haha no offense but I would've loved your job instead😂😂

[@canadianconcretepumper1979]

@@joelmcdonald4297 None taken. Aside from the pungent aroma of back-alley hobo urine, it was a pretty gravy gig.

[@markrobinson6883]

@@canadianconcretepumper1979 gotta luv the smells of the back city alley 🎳 be safe 🙏

[@lagresomadsl]

I was genuinely scared first time I was out with a 50m pumpe. Up in 5th floor, seeing the 5th, 4th and 3rd boom coming onto the 5th floor was terrifying, then there was the question about the hiehgt, as the terrain sloped down from the building, making the 5th floor about 23m + or something meter straight down on one side, and the pump rigged up many meters away from the building, and off course everything was happening over the cab, between the front legs, so the pump started to lift on the rear, making it very unstable. So when I was standing on the floor, looking to the direction of the pump, and seeing how the mast was coming down, and the last two massive sections coming in, was not good for my psychic health that day.

[@canadianconcretepumper1979]

The freakiest part for me is when pumping hard and the boom is swaying back and forth between strokes. Definitely does not add longevity to my sanity 😂

[@lagresomadsl]

@@canadianconcretepumper1979 Haha! That actually scared my last two functional brain cells away. I havent seen them since one of those days. Scared to almost a complete death, and making the huge mistake, being silly, looking at mast while pumping so it was moving..

[@bradleym.2008]

Nice outrigger pad toss

[@canadianconcretepumper1979]

It’s like playing horseshoes, for pump operators!

[@MAGLtd-hh3ct]

Using the good stuff! Grace Recovery , always works the best , and easy to use,👍🇨🇦

[@canadianconcretepumper1979]

Definitely the my favourite stuff. I find the delay-powder type products just aren’t potent enough for mud that’s already “on its way”. This recover is nice in that unlike sugar, a small/calculated dose can be used to slow the mud down, rather than killing it completely.

[@pietmorees2775]

Great video Scott greetings from Amsterdam👍🏻

[@sirmister4411]

Hey watch those high power cable lines you might get cable over your wireless remote. Carefully carefull lol. I hates jobs in alley ways just so freakin noises all day

[@canadianconcretepumper1979]

We might get lucky and end up with “The View” broadcasting through our Ergo LCD screen. That Joy Behar is just such a delightful television personality!

[@sirmister4411]

@@canadianconcretepumper1979 I think her ans Rosie said at one time that they were gonna move to Canada. You can have them

[@MaxCrete]

my career as a pump operator has always been "dont do this"... 😂

[@canadianconcretepumper1979]

lol! No formal disagreement from this guy 😂😂😂

[@kyledally8410]

Ha ha. That’s funny. Last year I was training a guy and every day it’s like you shouldn’t do this but today we are.

[@canadianconcretepumper1979]

@@kyledally8410 standard pump operator disclaimer 😂😂😂

[@greghughey9738]

Lol the "Canadia" pronunciations make me giggle...de-cal v D-Cal 🤣 😂

[@canadianconcretepumper1979]

You’re not the first to mention this. Also: it’s called a rooooooof!!! 😂

[@superiorsteeljack]

Great Video as always!!! Thanks Scott

[@canadianconcretepumper1979]

Thanks brother. This was a “spur of the moment” decision to shoot this one… as are most of my vids I suppose 😁

[@jamessomero3617]

I use one sponge every day no problem I have a 38m alliance pipes are clean with a slight cream

[@canadianconcretepumper1979]

Same here. Only time we have issues with pulling just one sponge on the smaller booms is with high cement ratio and/or high chemical mixes. Most of what we do with these 40M and smaller booms, one sponge is just fine. We call that slight layer of cream "free prime" for the next job! 🤣🤣🤣

[@jamessomero3617]

Or the next day

[@canadianconcretepumper1979]

@@jamessomero3617 That’s what I meant (I only ever do one job a day) 😂😂😂

[@greghughey9738]

Agreed on the overhead view feeling ugly. Bigger the pump, worse it gets

[@canadianconcretepumper1979]

Absolutely. That back and forth sway action when 3-4 boom sections are near vertical is a real mind-fu#k !!!

[@jamessomero3617]

Been there done that love the tight city work you could put your passage side outrigger out that little bit help

[@canadianconcretepumper1979]

Strict manufacturer rule for this machine is "all the way in, or all the way out" for these telescoping front legs. Some of the new Putz machines have fully reinforced outrigger structure which allows for partial extension, this 2017 model however does not. Our local safety authority here will actually write you up for partial extension if you cannot provide them written manufacturers documentation stating it is allowable. Always all the way in or all the way out for telescoping outrigger stages unless stated otherwise by the manufacturer.

[@canadianconcretepumper1979]

The slewing rear legs we'll take whatever we can get as there's no restriction with those (at least that I am aware of).

[@jamessomero3617]

Same with schwing and alliance but i have done it so many times that i have not had problems with the front outriggers with no cracks or bends

[@greghughey9738]

When Schwing in-serviced the 65m i used to run, the fella said "all the way in, or all the way out, is to cover the manufacturers ass. It's fine wherever you put it." My mind was sincerely blown lol

[@PouyyAbda-bw1cb]

شكراً على كل الجهدارجو الشرح على الجيهاز فقط

[@greghughey9738]

In this market, water in front of your first sponge will rock jam your turret. Gotta be aware of the materials in a given market...

[@greghughey9738]

We have a fella here in Milwaukee that only learns from y.t...thus why i made the initial comment above. He will ABSOLUTELY try to make a technique from a different area/different materials/different mix design work here, and then i will be stuck clearing hard pipeline....i think you met him in vegas

[@canadianconcretepumper1979]

Absolutely Greg. Most every time we have a guy roll back into the yard with a sponge stuck in the boom, it’s because he didn’t get the boom completely empty before flooding out in front of that first sponge. Our material is extremely forgiving. As you mentioned, with not so great material I’m sure it could be suicide even with all but the deck-pipe empty. Our policy is one sponge with water followed a second sponge with a few gallons in front of it. I just bend/break the rules because I’m the one who deals with it anyhow.

[@greghughey9738]

@canadianconcretepumper1979 i teach 1 sponge, no water. 2nd sponge is behind a hose FULL of water. If you think it took off pulling your first sponge, wash out whatever is hanging. Put it on bang in reverse, use your hand to build suction,while hose is on blast into said hose, take 4 or 5 strokes like that, then pump off. Steer the gray water into an appropriate area. Repeat 3-4 times, then proceed to 2nd sponge. Completely eliminates sand packed 2nd sponges, means i don't have to deal w stupid f ups

[@canadianconcretepumper1979]

@@greghughey9738 so I use that same technique except in a half-full 5 gallon pail when there’s nowhere on site to wash my tip-hose and reducers. I’ll usually have to do it twice over, dumping the dirty water into my hopper in between. That’s good teach Greg. I’m going to say that 99% of pumps rolling back into our yard with a sponge stuck in the boom can be traced back to flooding out in front of that first sponge, and/or not getting the last 2-3 sections of boom completely empty before trying to take the first ball back. The one which drives me crazy is when guys let mud fall down into the tip-elbow and just stuff the sponge in there hoping to god it comes back.

[@CrobLife1313]

I prefer water second to the rock and sponge the turret to prevent a jam it works almost every other time unless it’s a weekday in a specific month you just never know when things will jam and the turret loves the sponge and water is a natural resource so it’s unpredictable sometimes you need to sponge it twice it all depends. amen brother

[@darrickissinger3932]

I always freak myself out going straight ish, up and being short rigged. Always think the worst. I know better but definitely make the ole nerve start firing

[@darrickissinger3932]

Spoke to soon you said exactly my point.

[@canadianconcretepumper1979]

Especially on the bigger booms when the pump is stroking away and she’s swaying back and forth 😁😁😁

[@darrickissinger3932]

@canadianconcretepumper1979 or when your pushing stiff mixes and its moving up of the suspension a little.

[@greghughey9738]

Maybe grab a couple 4" lay-flats brother. They fill, smooth flow, 46m+ meaning old manual control, on 1,200/2., plus easy to kink, and less reduction. Edit for spelling

[@canadianconcretepumper1979]

I’ve a 3” lay-flat but wish I’d gone for the 4” as the 3” still plugs at the reducer more than I would like. Will definitely give one a try in the near future.

[@MaxCrete]

give the 5" mudsnake a try.....no more reducers for b/h jobs.

[@canadianconcretepumper1979]

We’ve played around with a 3” mud-snake a little bit. 5” would be interesting to take for a “test drive” one of these days for sure.

[@kjartanB]

Is it not possible to raise the A section all the way with everything else folded and then rotate it around. We do that with our 38-5 putz often when in similar situations

[@canadianconcretepumper1979]

Yes, we do the same regularly as well. The issue here was space. The boom would have been into the communications wires (and possibly the neighbouring building) if we had attempted to rotate it in the raised position.

[@greghughey9738]

The 38-5 Putzmeister doesn't hyper extend on the main. Better to jump the limiter the to try to swing around while trying to not hit buildings

[@canadianconcretepumper1979]

@@greghughey9738 it’s amazing how often not having that few degrees of hyper-extension on the A boom section comes into play.

[@KevinTorres-kb1hh]

Whats yo from california, la puente local pumper here

[@canadianconcretepumper1979]

What’s up brotha! Glad to have you following the channel. 👊🏻

[@markhawking5153]

Did you put coolant into the hopper? 😅

[@taylordowney8924]

Just water wash 🤷🏻‍♂️😂

[@canadianconcretepumper1979]

Biggest challenge we have with that is making it back to the washout area without having water come splashing out of the hopper and all over the road. Steep hills/terrain are a prevalent here. For 95% of what we do here in this market, pulling a sponge is just quicker/faster/better for our application.

[@user-ng2mt2yr1t]

Hey Scott can you deliver a message for me to Murray and his son I know Murray's son has done a lot of successful things with graduating high school and becoming a successful pump operator like his dad and getting a brand new pump and all that day but can you deliver a message telling his son that he needs to go get the championship and bring home the championship which is the Stanley cup please