1. No matter how many times you move, a laborer will always figure out a way to stand between you and the hose man blocking your view.
let's keep it going!!!!

that's not the point of the thread. the point is to point out the things you see on a daily basis no matter what crew you are working with. it's a fun thread people come on!

Hey JJJ I think #1 law should be "Rocks in,Rocks out,Rocks on"

#2. your job is to pour concrete, my job is to safely operate this boom and pump. I dont tell you how to do your job, dont tell me how to do mine.

#3. The better we get along, the easier your day will be.

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1. No matter how many times you move, a laborer AT REST will always figure out a way to stand between you and the hose man blocking your view.

Mudslinger- that's a motto. not a law.
4. Nowadays, there is usually only one ready mix driver who brings his mud right consistently.

salesman and shippers live on different planets

5. salesman are always delusional about what a pump can do. pumps just don't bend that way.

#6 Hose man always stands next to hose on prime after being told 425 times not to......

i have 2 laws / sayings ....its a pump truck, its not a curb machine!!!      you want it where??? its a pump truck, its not a helicoptor.

"Of course I know exactly what you are thinking."

Rule: Pump operators are mind readers.

after preaching safty, the safty officer stands under the boom while talking to the super and engineer.

Short u hit it! Every saftey officer and super i have ever worked for somehow find a way to get under the boom and start talking shit! even after the 5th time of telling them to piss off!

And the last guy did everything you don't want to do, so YOU'RE the idiot.

i'm phycotic not phycic and,this is my happy face and you can't have it. oh ya i don't see i've done this a thousand times.and for those hosemen who have a rubber fetish, the triple x shop is just down the street.

I actualy pumped a mix today that would be concidered curb mix.super asked whats the lowest slump i could pump,told him 2to 3 and he said that was to wet to stay on there 49 degree slope,25yds and 7 hours later ,what a mess, but what the hay could have set at home and wished for a job.by the way we do need clear glass blowers instead of stained ,just cant see why they need to see the job from my viewpoint. 

7. When the crew is late, the mud is early.
8. when the operator is late, the mud's been waiting for half an hour.
9. When the mud is late, I'm on the clock baby so it doesn't matter.

10. Just because you heard something can be done, doesnt mean it actually can be done.

11. I am not the last guy.

Why wont this go any faster......

Cos it takes you 10 minutes to batch and load  it in the first place.

Chuck,the lowest slump question,if it don't slide down the chute it won't pump.Gotta love that tight mud,no splatter......

when they ask me, whats the tightest slump question... i tell em  "once its in there its too late and its not like that truck is a morter pan i cant just turn it over and bang it out!!!"

#12 the hoseman always want to move faster than you boom can do most of the time they push it in the right direction which is very helpful

13. dont tell me you want water, tell someone that can do something about it. I just pump it.

14. No you cant have a bigger pump. what you see is what you get

 safety is rule one. if working for a daily rental company be nice to the costumer he is paying for you. If they want you to do something that is not correct be nice and explain why thats not correct . Not all costumers know what safe is so be nice and tell them the correct way chances are they may want you back for future pours. Fudamentals is as board subject and can go in differant directions. I have been on jobs where the contractor wants you to drag hoses or lift trowel machines for them . Or you may get the " other operator did it" just be nice and say no . Rule two you don't want to the operator that says he told me to do it.

I now work for a large concrete company here in mich. And it has taken years for them to change there ways on doing things . The pouring chrew hated me at first but have learned whats is safe to do . Now they do it correct without questions. And the gray hair hair is all there fault.

super calls how far can you reach. answer what did you order