I See that as an absolut win dude 🤣

As a concrete guy, I'd say "noneya".😁

I’ll just walk up to the person and barehand grab a handful of concrete out of the wheelbarrow shake it around a bit and go “what ya using here? About a five inch slump?” And just proudly walk away.

Unless there pouring curbs, nobody who pours concrete gives a shift about slump, unless they have to pull it, then they'll want it souped up to a 7 or 8 slump

@@rolandblaise1149 unless you’re doing commercial brick laying and pouring bond beams. If there’s a by-the-book inspector on the job, you’ll be doing them.

Very true.

I was wondering about this because I have no clue about concrete

The higher the longer the day lol

This is completely untrue. Durability of concrete has to do with the mix design. Each mix design has a tolerance for slump where it is good. Anything outside of that whether high or low is bad. Period.

So more water means a harder concrete

What does this affect? Is it just to see if you have the proper mix?

@@drewdrabik3620 it affects how easy the concrete is to work with. Like to make curbs you want it less wet so it will stand up on its own more. Pouring stuff that's flat like these driveways they do, you would want more water in the concrete so it's easier to move around.

@@KING_OF_FARTS thank you, I appreciate the info

@@KING_OF_FARTS It also affects dry/cure times and the final compressive strength of the concrete, but in general the first is an unavoidable consequence of physics and the latter is only worth worrying about on certain specialty jobs.

@@Amigo21189 i was just trying to give him a general sense of how the slump affects the concrete, which is what his question was. If I started going into all the details, I would still be typing.

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Ha!!!

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You have to rod him 25 times; measure, repeat until satisfactory.

If we're talking bout the same finisher...gotta check how empty the crown bottle is

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@@13lueBomber True artistry is seldom recognized in one's own lifetime. I won't have to wait too long, though. I'll be 61 in a couple weeks.

You must not have pulled the wire

Are u gay

Thank you for watching!

@@jayl7460 🤣🤣

@@DatingMatis156 Do you use all info you learn? I don't. Doesn't mean it's not worth learning.

Good luck brother!

Heck yeah man! I tested concrete, asphalt, and soils and did calculations and designs with them for a couple years in the beginning phases of my civil engineering career. I miss this field work, even the 100+ degree days.

You will learn a lot! I took my testing and what i saw on site and now I am a batcher/dispatcher/quality control at a ready mix plant.

My one piece of advice is don’t let anyone walk all over you and NEVER take your eyes off the water valve on the mixer

I’m in a concrete lab as a junior civil as well learning this! Nice

Mind sharing how one implements knowledge of a batch of concretes slump?

@@kuzadupa185 Google what a hardscape is... 🤦‍♂️ You could have saved the stupidity here. Do you really even have to Google that for it to be obvious?

@@kuzadupa185 ACI has published standards for slump results for different types and uses of concrete, equipment is dirt cheap (cone, rod, 2 buckets, maybe a shovel), skill is almost zero (directions can be written on a matchbook cover).

Cry once love it

Don’t be mean please and thank you 🙏

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I could just watched workers an told you whom slumps

Anything residential we typically don’t test, at least at my company. Commercial and State jobs are where slump, air, and strength testing cylinder results really matter. I don’t think my company will even accept any residential inspection jobs because testing for anything under 100yds isn’t worth our time. If the concrete isn’t going to hold a significant load then it’s not important to get it tested. Even sidewalk curb and gutter isn’t super important compared to footings, foundations, and tilt ups.

Yes... I now know how to check the slump, but I don't now what it is or why I want it 🤣

@dave S the slump is used to help determine how wet the concrete is. Depending on what your pouring you will need the concrete to behave differently. For example if your pouring slip form barrier wall that's taller then it is wide then you'll need to have a 1 in slump to hold the wall together but if your paving then you need higher workability 4-5 in slump. They less water concrete has the stronger it'll get so we have other methods to add slump without water, so the slump is really only to insure they concrete will work for the pour

It's the same in the UK. I'd order Ready Mix with a 50mm (2") slump, so I could wet it down with the on-board water if it turned up too dry. I had an Architect insisting on a 100mm (4") slump but the concrete company said, quite rightly, that they wouldn't be able to send out a full load that wet, so it would cost more. I told them to send it out as usual with a 50mm, and I'd wet it down If there was a problem. There was no problem. The Architect was nowhere to be seen. He was just flexing.

Too much water = too high a slump = possible problems with your finished product. A lot depends on the mud too tho. A regular ol every day load of 2500 or 3000 psi with 1.5" hard rock and a little fly ash, no crazy admixes should be poured around a 5" slump. But if the mud shows up too dry (or hot ie old ) sometimes finishers will try to dump a bunch of water in it to get it to where they can drag it to where they need it. But it's gonna cause problems. Even good fresh mud may show up on the ib arond s 5 but if finishers have to drag it a long way, they'll try to wet it up so it'll flow like a river to save them some work but putting too much water in it can effect hydration/curing, reduce final strength, cause you to end up with a weak finish that'll dust off n look a decade old in a month. But it's not that big a deal once you get used to what's going on... No need to do an actual slump test all the time unless engineer requires it. Depends on the job. Concrete guy can look at the mud and tell pretty close to what the slump is.

@@valida85 thank you for the explanation I feel like this needed to be in the video or a part two

Not funny

This man is nowhere near as passionate in his line of work as Hank is about Propane and Propane Accessories!!!!

@@joeysfather2723 i just measured my slump, a good 7 inch. Gonna deliver a huge load with this one

Concrete and concrete accessories!

And I was just going to ask why this test accomplished. Now I know just by your comment glad I scrolled down. Its like pausing and someone else answers the question. Thanks a bunch.

It's pretty crazy to think about how many different jobs there are

Hey Eddy we always,on the end,become a Slumper ?😂

...then you get cracks and can't figure out why

More water weakens the concrete, if it needs to be a high psi concrete, and you add water, it will not test at high psi..

Nooooo!! Never add water!!

The only time I'd add water to concrete is when the batch paper work states a "to add" for water add-able on site which is a nominal range that can be withheld at the batch plant to be added later. Testing technicians and engineers still need to know how much is added to help attain accuracy in all of our calculations as water does still affect strength. Otherwise most of the time SP/Water reducer is used as the alternative if the slump is too low. I you'd like to learn more about concrete you can look up ACI basics for concrete. Plenty of videos to learn from. Or just read the actual study booklet.

Noooo! If I recall from testing in the mid-80s while in college, slumping less was acceptable (just not desirable by the concrete supplier or the workers), slumping too much would either get the truck rejected, or if it was close and they were using a pump you could blend it in with other trucks and slump test the outlet of the pump hose. If I recall, it was VERY rare to have a slump test fail.

Take my word for it, and anybody else's thats ever worked concrete...aint nothin easy about it, that is hard heavy work !!

@@kennethscofield4565 Oh of Course it is i'm not saying it's not.. i'm just saying it looks like it's a Fun Job.. i Did Construction / Flooring / HVAC / Electrical / Roofing so i know how Labor is.

Nooo... aside from being extremely difficult work, you're working on a very thin margin, because you're selling an identical product to everyone else, and bidding on jobs that go to the lowest bidder.