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Lumps of lime and sea waterFun fact they just discovered the formula for Roman concrete that lasts centuries.
Lumps of lime and sea waterFun fact they just discovered the formula for Roman concrete that lasts centuries.
Lumps of lime and sea water
YeahIs that really the formula?
I don't know what it is I just know it was rediscovered.
Yeah
How much they carry in the trucks? In Australia it's cubic metres and the average truck carries 5.5. A lot of bigger trucks carrying more these days, though.Here also, but worth it. The concrete is a fk of alot better than bags
He makes concrete shoes
Well @helax, looks like we got some evidence to finally put him away.true
I am currently making you some shoes....
Yes! I did this job for two years we built the floor for them to pour on. We did some massive apartment buildings. We had to be there for the pour to scrape up any concrete that fell through the cracks onto the floor below and make sure everything stayed in place. We would oil the plywood with form oil or diesel so that it wouldn't stick to the concrete. After the concrete settled we would strip all the bars and plywood and then crane it all up to the next floor and start all over again if all the floors where the same we just had to cut our boards one time on the first floor. So each floor you're basically just putting together the same puzzle. lol I think the highest we did was probably like 15 stories it was so long ago i cant remember exactly but that seems about right. It was a pretty tough job for a young Green 18yr old me working with my crazy ass twice my age alcoholic cousins. Those guys were fucking nuts. lolMy friend just bought a house and he has a dirt lot in his backyard. He asked me to help him pour a concrete slab so we could put up a patio cover. We had close to 100 bags of 60lbs of mixed concrete. He should've just paid for a truck to pour, but we had to do it manually. Those 60lb bags were heavy as fuck. They felt like they weighed twice as much and we had to do this 100 times. pour into the concrete mixer then pour into the formation we had. People who do this all day must be stronger than shit.
Well @helax, looks like we got some evidence to finally put him away.
Usually, the trucks around here carry 10-12 cubic yards. Front dischargeHow much they carry in the trucks? In Australia it's cubic metres and the average truck carries 5.5. A lot of bigger trucks carrying more these days, though.
They probably didn't "just" discover it... it would have been bad for the economy if we used that formulaLumps of lime and sea water
Lumps of lime and sea water
If you want something on a site that looks heavier than it is, try and move a roll of lead. I know lead is the daddy of heavy non-reactive metals, but fuck me it's like you've stepped into a cartoon worldI don't really do flat work, but I've done tile installations for over 20 years.
For some reason sacks of concrete and cement feel heavier than other objects. Try picking up a 94lb sack of cement. It's like carrying mercury. Also, why do they put it in thin paper sacks that rip with a gust of wind? Hate when I have to use that stuff. I'd rather get premixed bags for floating floors and walls than do my own chopping and mixing.
And yes, carrying 5 gallon buckets of concrete sucks.
I was 20 years old and had never lifted weights in my life. Just laboring. Cut as all hell, but only really jacked on my back and forearms. You couldn't miss the forearms, but if you were to look at me at the time you wouldn't think I could pick up that weight. I am barely over midget height being 6'-2" though.did you look like you could haul that kinda weight? Bodybuilders will always use the concept of construction workers to illustrate how it isn't the volume and time you spend lifting weights, it's the proper execution. In other words, as Leroy Colbert said, "if it was how much work you do, construction workers would have the best built bodies in the world".
Yes! I did this job for two years we built the floor for them to pour on. We did some massive apartment buildings. We had to be there for the pour to scrape up any concrete that fell through the cracks onto the floor below and make sure everything stayed in place. We would oil the plywood with form oil or diesel so that it wouldn't stick to the concrete. After the concrete settled we would strip all the bars and plywood and then crane it all up to the next floor and start all over again if all the floors where the same we just had to cut our boards one time on the first floor. So each floor you're basically just putting together the same puzzle. lol I think the highest we did was probably like 15 stories it was so long ago i cant remember exactly but that seems about right. It was a pretty tough job for a young Green 18yr old me working with my crazy ass twice my age alcoholic cousins. Those guys were fucking nuts. lol
Those 60lb bags were heavy as fuck. They felt like they weighed twice as much
For some reason sacks of concrete and cement feel heavier than other objects.
Christ.Usually, the trucks around here carry 10-12 cubic yards. Front discharge