VIEWERS CHOICE: Who has the cleanest hopper???

Vote in the comments section as to which concrete pumper keeps the cleanest hopper.
Also: did MUDDY FEET pull a fast one on us? 🤔

[@MuDemon2023]

to be honest Jeff's hopper has had many different operators who were not pumpers FYI. my vote was Caleb's hopper.

[@canadianconcretepumper1979]

I give Caleb my vote as well. Jeff fights dirty!

[@ConcretePumpingService]

You guys are too kind ❤️ but frankly I don’t want to win this one. I already lost the sponge ball challenge, I don’t need to add another expense to my WOC trip 😂

[@garlenseong38]

Fairly clean consideration it is a working pump hopper!!!

[@canadianconcretepumper1979]

I’m big on keeping the walls of the hopper clean and oiled as it makes washing out so much quicker/easier.

[@johnnybrophy8229]

I will take a picture of my Hopper here in IRELAND tomorrow and send it to you or JEFF from MUDDY FEET and I will show you a proper clean hopper

[@canadianconcretepumper1979]

Are you on KZbin Johnny??? I think it would be awesome if you could take a video and call us out in a short! 😁

[@user-ng2mt2yr1t]

I think it should be broke down in categories a smaller pumps get judge for how clean their pumps are overall not just the hopper overall I mean from the cab to the engine compartment under the wheel wells all the hoses everything clamps anything that goes with that pump everything could be clean the whole entire thing dragon dragon on the whole entire pump not just the hopper and the and the s tube and all that I think this is a good one I think you should do like I said for the boom pumps that would be a good one too

[@canadianconcretepumper1979]

Is it weird that I have this grand idea of someday holding a concrete pump show ‘N shine??? The criteria you just laid out is pretty much exactly what I had in mind.

[@vegetablesouper9379]

So how many meters have been pumped through that pump since the last time youve hit the hopper with an airhammer?

[@canadianconcretepumper1979]

It’s pumped at least 75-100 jobs since it was last chipped out (and I believe that was only because she was getting a new cutting ring, wear plate, and seal kits in the large and small bearings). We honestly don’t pump many meters with the line-pumps (usually only 1-2 loads per job) but we’re most always using 32mpa or better mixes, so it’s sticky/hot stuff. I attribute not having to chip the hopper to a strict regimen of tossing dirt under the S-tube at the start of each day, as well as being diligent is keeping the walls of the hopper well saturated with canola oil. The hopper gets a good spritz of oil before being parked at the end of each day, as such that she can “marinade” over night. Most importantly: I keep a watchful eye on this old girl. She may not be new and shiny, but she’s as close to being mine as most any other pump in the fleet. Only a couple of other guys run her, and if she gets put away wet, they most definitely hear about it. 😁

[@canadianconcretepumper1979]

According to my records: 240 pump hours (that’s when she was chipped out and the wear parts replaced).

[@vegetablesouper9379]

@@canadianconcretepumper1979 Like the idea of marinating the steel in oil... We rent out forms, so thats the oil we use, but i will try lubing the hopper after she is greased at the end of the day, and i will also start loading the belly of the s-tube with crushed concrete in the morning, because we park in a concrete plant so that would be easy...Thank you for the vids, when can I buy a hoodie?

[@markrobinson6883]

The award 👏 goes to..... The Canadian

[@canadianconcretepumper1979]

I feel like you’re just trying to leverage a few pints of Maple Syrup from your fellow tradesmen north of the border 😁

[@markrobinson6883]

@canadianconcretepumper1979 It's definitely worth some maple syrup , 😋 eh!

[@youtubeconnollyfamily]

Be careful out there. There is a hacker out there going after concrete guys. It looks like. Someone hacked victories channel, deleted his whole channel off of KZbin and deleted his Google account. Someone out there trying to ruin Ryan’s social media life.

[@canadianconcretepumper1979]

So apparently he’s back up and running. That’s quite a scare considering what Ryan has built with his KZbin channel. The beauty thing about this channel here of mine: cyber criminals could give two shits about it, lol!!!! 😂😂😂

[@youtubeconnollyfamily]

@@canadianconcretepumper1979 I saw your comment and went and checked it out and glad he got it back. That was some weird stuff going on there. You might not have the same subscribers but to me you and Ryan are the same. Always make me laugh.

[@user-ng2mt2yr1t]

You are you are hard on yourself there's Scott you are a little bit dirty and certain spots but you know that's no big deal you give yourself a 6 and 1/2 overall for the way you operate a pump and keep everything clean doesn't matter how hard of a day you've had that I'd give you a 7 and a half eighth as a busy day for you guys

[@user-ng2mt2yr1t]

Can we include Dan from g forms on this and Murray and his son too and on this not just who you

[@canadianconcretepumper1979]

@@user-ng2mt2yr1t So Dann is very self-admittedly not a clean hopper guy (every other aspect of his rig is spotless however). Next time I’m on site with Morrie and/or Hunter, we will definitely checkout what they got going on inside of the hopper!!!

[@Will-ll4gv]

I guess when you don’t pump that often it’s easier to keep clean…ohhh😄

[@canadianconcretepumper1979]

There’s always gotta be that one wise-ass!!!! 😂😂😂

[@austinpalmlund5054]

@@canadianconcretepumper1979roughly, how many cubic yards a year do you put through your pumps? We do 17-20k a year through three pumps doing mostly residential and some industrial/agricultural

[@canadianconcretepumper1979]

@@austinpalmlund5054 it’s really all over the map from year to year based on what type of work we have going on. Our 38-40 meter boom sizes are pretty consistent at about 10,000 cubic yards per machine. Our line-pumps do probably only around 2500 per year each. Our big-booms, in a busy year would do around 30,000 annually. We pump a lot of slow/finicky work, so our machine hours are quite high in comparison to actual yardage pumped.

[@austinpalmlund5054]

@@canadianconcretepumper1979 very interesting, all we run now is 38s and 40s

[@canadianconcretepumper1979]

@@austinpalmlund5054 for our market it’s actually the line-pumps and big-booms (47M +) which are most profitable for us. It can be a grind with the 32-40 pump sizes here due to lengthy delays in travel as well as ready mix supply. It’s become very difficult to hit even 2 jobs per day with a mid-sized boom here in the city. We’ve always said with those pump sizes, the first job is break even and anything beyond that is where profits are realized. The line-pumps do well because purchase cost as well as general cost of option (fuel/maintenance/ect) is less than half of a small boom, and many of the jobs we are in/out in just 2-3 hours. Our big pumps do well because they are typically on site for 8-12 hours, so the billable revenue hours are strong, even when doing just the one job in a day. Every market is so unique. This is just what I have seen in ours.

[@GenosCP]

I'm curious what the consensus is on oul used for the hopper. Ive always used a hydraulic oil/diesel fuel mix and spray it in with a red chapin, but my clothes end up stinky as hell. I heard Scott say canola oil but i wonder how easy that would go through a sprayer, any suggestions?

[@ConcretePumpingService]

I highly recommend Spatter Cote 100 Extra. $100 for a 5 gallon bucket. I spray on with a chapin sprayer.

[@GenosCP]

@@ConcretePumpingService morning Caleb, I actually have a 55 gallon drum of that, (got it in a deal, long story...lol), so do you use that IN the actual hopper, or just the lid and surrounding areas? I can't get any answers on the effectiveness on areas actually submerged in concrete,(S-tube, agitator paddles etc), I've heard it just washes off when you spray it with water, so my thought is the water in concrete would dissipate it quickly... the people I know use it on laser screeds and such so it's not "technically" the same thing. Thanks for the reply bud.

[@ConcretePumpingService]

@@GenosCP I spray a fairly heavy coat around the top edge of the hopper and the vibrator. It drips down and covers the inside a bit. The s-tube and agitators are always moving so i think it wears off. The I wash out with a pressure washer so most everything comes out fairly easy for me anyway. If you were to try canola oil, I’d imagine it would go through a sprayer just fine! I think Scott puts his in a hand squirt bottle but don’t quote me.

[@canadianconcretepumper1979]

So I LOVE spatter coat for the exterior of the machine, but find it too thin for using inside of the hopper (gets rinsed away with water very easily). The canola I like because it is thicker and forms a nice, heavy barrier layer when applied. Anything petroleum based is a no-no for us in our market as even just one little rainbow coloured circle on the ground and it’s considered damn near an environment catastrophe. I have also found that petroleum based products over time will disintegrate rubber components inside of the hopper (agitator shaft seals etc…). So yes, the canola is very thick and can be difficult to put through a sprayer during the colder months. I honestly just use a dollar store squeeze-trigger spray bottle to apply mine. During the winter I’ll toss it in the cab for the drive to the site and it’s nice and warm/thin by the time I arrive and need to use it. One thing: DO NOT use canola oil on painted exterior surfaces. If not completely cleaned/removed daily with a heavy degreaser, it turns to a tar like substance which is an absolute nightmare to remove if left on for any great length of time.

[@GenosCP]

@@canadianconcretepumper1979 thanks for the info gentlemen, @concretepumpingservice , I have watched a lot of y'alls videos (as well as Jeff's), and I have yet to see one that shows the pre-pour prep,(hint hint, lol), I'm betting there's a few of us small guys out here that would benefit from it.. Thanks again guys.