Wow I’m carrying bigger pads with me from now on

Shared knowledge from skillful veterans to hungry apprentices fuels the growth in every trade. Your leadership is appreciated and valued. Thank you from all of us learning through your efforts and your generosity :)

Thank you Scott for Sharing all your experiences with us its truly amazing to keep learning more about Concrete pumping I've learned So much about pump trucks and line pumping. And will always keep learning more everyday Thank you

Buying my first boom this week actually, I can’t get enough of these videos. Thanks for putting them out there for us

Wow, I’ve never heard that explained to such a degree, really eye opening considering we use a regular 24x24 for 98% of what we do and only use 2 24x24 pads under the top pad if it’s soft. Mostly clay soil in our area

The simplicity of this instruction is a real jewel, while bringing the ground PSI into limits. Retired now but had to work around concrete as electrician running 4" rigid conduit into slabs for large electrical switch gear with a turned up elbow or straight pipe into transformer vault. I still remember some numbers, a yd was 27 cu.ft., a yd weighed around 4,000 lbs, a cu.ft was 150 lbs. 12 runs of straight 4" I.D. Rigid conduit 20' feet long, 240" inches, would reduce the concrete required by 1 yard. A yard with slab 8" inches thick will cover 41 sq.ft.per yard. All our jobs years ago were with concrete trucks dumping into a large bucket or hopper then lifted by crane especially when pouring a waffle or pan slab. Question-How do you push the last of the concrete out of hose or pipe.. is it done with some type slug in front of air pressure behind it or what..??

Excellent Video!

Excellent posting and clear instruction. While the mobile pumping machine is not a crane per se, some safety principles would probably apply to both. I noticed a sloped embankment or ditch in front of the machine. Not sure what the rule of thumb is for safe distance from outrigger to edge of embankment ..? probably depends on depth of slope and weight of machine including load and the current GBC ( Ground Bearing Capacity ) of the soil. No criticism just curious. My friend was bent over running pipe in a ditch about 6 feet deep with no shoring , before OSHA. Vibration from a machine caused the walls of the ditch to suddenly collapse. Three guys just happened to be standing directly above him when it caved. They knew exactly where to dig. Racing furiously they got him out of mostly loose sand. He made it, had some torn ligaments in a leg, three broke ribs from sand compression but was alive thank God, and those who dug him out.

Good video!

good information

Last year I had rock solid silt until it gets wet. 1/2 through the pour we had a monsoon and lighting storm. I had to lay the boom flat out for 2 hours. I was really glad I used a little extra that day.

The coasts of Florida have great ground conditions, almost never need dunnage.

BSF38-5.16HZ!

This should be taught in pump school for operators union

1:30

why are 2x4's considered non appropriate for dunnage ? I understand that larger timbers or dica type synthetic cribbing is obviously superior but if you stack enough 2x4's they have to equate to a larger piece of lumber based on just volume, no? The outrigger doesn't know if you have a dozen 8x8's or a whole lift of 2x4's underneath it, as long as they are laid out in a humane manor and can remain sturdy

What size pads are those under the 24x24?

If it's wood timbers, hard wood only. Other than that, great as usual

The flexibility in those pads render your calculations Inaccurate. Ya guddah have the stiffness in the pads to backup the math. Noe eye say’n