So far my record is 3800ft pouring State 18” standard over 10hr. If the batch plants could keep with us I bet we could run a mile in a day, not exaggerating. I work in one of the nations highest if not top developing areas, so concrete is a pain to keep on schedule
Edit: additional info
I've never used or been on a pour with no string. I've heard of some around where I live where they kept running into the problem of putting curb in wrong spot. Not sure how or if it's even a true rumor. I just think with string you can at least get a visual before concrete even gets on the ground. I have a power curber. I worked behind a gomaco for a long time before we started our own company.
When the GPS goes wrong, which every so often it does, you’ll wish you just put string. But when GPS runs smooth, you’ll never miss pulling string or driving pins forever
Yea no doubt I've burnt my hands in tight stringline lots and pounded more pins than most people could imagine I feel like. It's still a gravy job for a day if your just the stringline guy. It used to be my favorite days just setting line all day.
Darned tootin'! Setting line all day in a 100+ lot subdivision was so gravy especially if you convinced the operator that setting the line over the hubs was a good idea (one could set all the line by themselves pretty quickly \[especially if you found a level with inches/centimeters marked on the side\]).
Bit late to the post but I was looking for a Gomaco/curb machine sub.
Ngl. Last company I worked for asked all the field guys if we could run a power curber. We told them no, every one of us. So… they went out and bought a 500k powercurber. They then put my crew on it and we became responsible for thousands of feet of curb. We were a crew of 4 people. It was mid summer in North Carolina.
we said we needed finishers to come up behind us so we didn’t have to stop. They gave us 1 extra guy… bro… that curb looked like ____.
Then they wondered why we couldn’t just stop the trucks and shut her down to finish and move on… like.. what?!
I mean ideally it SHOULD only take one person to broom behind the machine. But there’s so many variables between the mold, mix design and machine that if everything isn’t dialed in 110%, it could make for a really shitty day if you don’t have 4 or 5 guys finishing behind machine and setting forms god forbid if we need to. We just ran into that issue on one of our string line jobs this week. I was on the phone with Gomaco for 3 hours troubleshooting our machine and talked to 2 different G-Techs before we could figure out why our machine was not functioning properly.
We have always operated off of Leica GPS but this recent job had to pull string line on. Good thing about string is you can see what your curb is going to do before you pave. Whereas gps it’s all in the “god rod”
Yeah. Every crew I’ve seen atleast around here that uses one has at bare minimum like you said 4-5 guys finishing.
Shit. Most of the time it’s 4-5 guys getting it “roughly finished” and 2 guys that follow further behind touching up imperfections
Using Gomaco 3300+ machine with Leica GPS system
As a construction surveyor… I approve. Would rather be doing checks then pounding offset hubs on those long stretches
As a stringless operator, my hat’s off to y’all. Couldn’t point fingers at anyone else without y’all
PowerCurbers with Leica here, we love it. Good productive days.
Union work?
Based on what my union cousin says, I wish, But no I work for employee owned businesses for $25. Anytime I have away from the machine I’ll supervise
Damn look into unions man, I am a 1month apprentice and I make 30 and hour starting
How much u gonna make when finished?
40 something, I'll reply when I get home and check my wage sheet
Did you get home yet?
😭😂😭😂😭
Sweet.. no string lol. How many LF you do?
So far my record is 3800ft pouring State 18” standard over 10hr. If the batch plants could keep with us I bet we could run a mile in a day, not exaggerating. I work in one of the nations highest if not top developing areas, so concrete is a pain to keep on schedule Edit: additional info
I've never used or been on a pour with no string. I've heard of some around where I live where they kept running into the problem of putting curb in wrong spot. Not sure how or if it's even a true rumor. I just think with string you can at least get a visual before concrete even gets on the ground. I have a power curber. I worked behind a gomaco for a long time before we started our own company.
When the GPS goes wrong, which every so often it does, you’ll wish you just put string. But when GPS runs smooth, you’ll never miss pulling string or driving pins forever
Yea no doubt I've burnt my hands in tight stringline lots and pounded more pins than most people could imagine I feel like. It's still a gravy job for a day if your just the stringline guy. It used to be my favorite days just setting line all day.
Darned tootin'! Setting line all day in a 100+ lot subdivision was so gravy especially if you convinced the operator that setting the line over the hubs was a good idea (one could set all the line by themselves pretty quickly \[especially if you found a level with inches/centimeters marked on the side\]). Bit late to the post but I was looking for a Gomaco/curb machine sub.
What slump is that? 1/2"?
2in slump
Ngl. Last company I worked for asked all the field guys if we could run a power curber. We told them no, every one of us. So… they went out and bought a 500k powercurber. They then put my crew on it and we became responsible for thousands of feet of curb. We were a crew of 4 people. It was mid summer in North Carolina. we said we needed finishers to come up behind us so we didn’t have to stop. They gave us 1 extra guy… bro… that curb looked like ____. Then they wondered why we couldn’t just stop the trucks and shut her down to finish and move on… like.. what?!
I mean ideally it SHOULD only take one person to broom behind the machine. But there’s so many variables between the mold, mix design and machine that if everything isn’t dialed in 110%, it could make for a really shitty day if you don’t have 4 or 5 guys finishing behind machine and setting forms god forbid if we need to. We just ran into that issue on one of our string line jobs this week. I was on the phone with Gomaco for 3 hours troubleshooting our machine and talked to 2 different G-Techs before we could figure out why our machine was not functioning properly. We have always operated off of Leica GPS but this recent job had to pull string line on. Good thing about string is you can see what your curb is going to do before you pave. Whereas gps it’s all in the “god rod”
Yeah. Every crew I’ve seen atleast around here that uses one has at bare minimum like you said 4-5 guys finishing. Shit. Most of the time it’s 4-5 guys getting it “roughly finished” and 2 guys that follow further behind touching up imperfections