Tell him to wear a mask On the mixer, cement dust is a killer

i used to labour to myself, but i had to sack myself because i couldn't keep up

Hard to find a guy like him treasure him well guys great work

Yes im another to say it left school 1983 , and proper hod carrier 2 ladders on the house and a mixer 1 bloke loading all day long, had crates as hod stands, 7 on the muck up and down Ladders all day long jumping of the lift in the sand,.to save the ladder work, loved the crack with the lad

Rob is a king🔱🔱, treat him well and buy him some gloves. I was a hod carrier in the late 80's, the day i started on a small doctors surgery, i was loading out 8inch solid concrete blocks, everything was wheel barrow, ladder hod, shoulder and 50kg bags of cement, however i would still say scaffolders are top of the site food chain though. Great videos sir👍👍. Ps, it is easier to babysit three 2 year olds than 2 brickies😁.

Hello, just watched this out of interest, around 35 yeras ago i was a hod carrier- we used to hod the muck and the bricks, carry up ladders, even to the gable. Money was good but you earnt it!! Fair play to anyone who is prepared to work these days, but it does seem alot easier!!

Looks like you have a top lad there a definite keeper. Will show this to my labourer tomorrow it will scare the shit out of him. Thanks for sharing 👍

I knew they worked hard, but that is much harder than I thought. Great video. Also, he is incredibly fit to cycle after his work!

You have got yourself a good lad there mate👍

Your hodie is a legend great grafter very hard to find that type of man

agree a bricklayer is only as good as his hod carrier, yet there's no such thing as a hod carrier today. that's old school

Any young person watching this. If you can try to be an electrician or plumber it is worth it.Don't bother about bricklaying or being a hod carrier. I have been a hod carrier for over 30 years. It is very physical and you will only end up with a bad back and joint problems. That is the best advice I can give. I know you need gcse's to be an electrician but it is worth it. 😊

Great lad to have I’ll subscribe good lads

My horrifying memory of a hod carrier was when he slid down a wooden ladder with his feet either side, his boot caught a splinter in the ladder which quickly turned into a spike and went straight through his calf!

Nice to see a Hoddie given praise been on the monkey (ie) hod for 50 hrs can only manage the spring &summer months now it wasn’t all roses but your never meet better souls than on the Contruction sites and believe you me it keeps you fit 👍

I was on the hod 2+1 for seven years before i got to pick the trowel up 'my dad was a carrier when i was a kid so i grew up with it' my lads think im pulling there leg when i tell em you had to mix run everything up ladder block 'brick' gear and keep the job tidy 'i loved every minute of it 'these lot moan if they have to move anything more than 20 feet away now''spoilt these days and still never happy

I've been on the trowel 27 years , prior to that I was on the hod for 10 years , everything was up the ladder , 50 kg bags of cement unloaded off the delivery lorry by hand. I used to prefer loading out and spent the day running up and down the ladder with a hod of bricks . My Mrs used to moan like hell that I'd fall asleep by 7 pm for an hour. I'd say I enjoyed it more than laying bricks but money talks.

I was on the hod and gave up after 5 years. Everything up the ladder, mix own muck then into dumper and drop on a big board. Then load the spot boards. The brickies can help a bit at times but some don’t. There’s no way I would have time to joint up or start to lay bricks in my days work. I hope the days wage gets split 3 ways? You can’t lay without your top man. Good on him but years ago it was hell. Although looking back it was a laugh at times.

My dad's first job when he arrived in the States at age 17 was hod carrier. I don't think they had motorized cement mixers back in 1925.

Considering how much hod carriers are needed and how hard it is you would think bricklayers would pay them more...

I did this for years before laying brick block then marble and granite, it'll make a beast out of you if you're a young man, in my 40's now though and a Teamster these days.

FebMix bucket for the ultimate muck Transport! Bricks in the hod!

What’s collinson and his gang like.would you use them.??

Think i nearly got the start with you guys on a job in berkshire

Do you like to give your labourers a bit of bricky experience rather than just using them solely as a labourer? Do you think they'll end up bored if all they ever do is labouring?

What happened to that lovely starting handle that use come off and smack you in the chops.

How much is he on an hour?

I was getting £55 a day plus £5 a day appearance on the hod 1988-89 in London moved back uo Scotland worked two and one one being me three way split i was two moves ahead did all the pointing and jumped in now and again some brickies gave their labourers 20 or £30 a day never lasted more than a couple of days dont know what the money's like nowadays got a be a grand surely cause 35 years we were making a grand then depending on the job

half the battle if its a big site is trying to find the forklift driver these days

Back in the day hods got a 3 way split,and earned it everything up the sticks,bucketeers nowadays.

When I was on the hod you saw plenty of fat brickies but no fat carriers :-)

Good labourer is worth twice a good bricky i reck

Don't be letting.your labour work in rain all time if he get poorly from weather he will have time off amd the bricks and blocks will be wet throughout

Well a bucket or a wheelbarrow aint a hod mate. lol And a hod used for mortar has a longer stem on it than a brick hod does. Even us Yanks over here in the Colonies know that much.

How much u paying him mate

Yeah, who ever gives them the most sidemoney gets the best service.

1 on 2....leave it out mate.

Bloody hell and after all that full day Rob jumps on a bicycle to get home! LOL dude doesn't need a gym membership.

I’m looking for a start. Do you need a hoddies by any chance? I have Full PPE Tools and CSCS Card

Hi, he is a bucket carrier, didnt carry muck in the hod.

I hope u pay for.his bike repairs. For.him to be doin all.those miles!!!

Your nothing without good labour

Young lads these days can’t even keep a muck bucket or shovel clean

If you paid attention at school you wouldn't have to be a hod carrier or a bricklayer

The worst person to work for on a site is a brickie always moaning

Shovel the sand from the top

Not a hod carrier at all 😂

Out of interest whats rob get for a day

As a carrier myself of many years please no1 get into this job is degrading and I don't know why but the brickie always think they are better than you for reason

I beg to differ. Hod carrier's of old. Everything came from the ground. Up the ladder. I know health and safety doesn't allow this no more. But hod carrier's of today wouldn't llive with hod carrier's of yester year

Always wonder why hod carriers dont get paid more You can find 1 gem lf a hod carrier in 100 brickies

Just seen your channel bricklayer myself always need to have a good labour top job 🧱👌