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I over estimated myself

mogley98mogley98 Member Posts: 18,297 ✭✭✭✭
edited November 2013 in General Discussion
I ordered six yards of concrete and over estimated my capacity to spread it, a lot of a bit. Whew I'm slap worn out. The driver was a saint and helped me spread it and pull the 2X4 across it, he got a bonus.

one 8x8 slab, one 12 x 6 and one 16 x 16 broom finish. I'm done.
Why don't we go to school and work on the weekends and take the week off!
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    saserbysaserby Member Posts: 1,873 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    That's a lot of work for one man. Good thing the driver was cool. Sometimes they're not.
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    AlpineAlpine Member Posts: 15,066 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I know exactly how you feel. Done that myself.
    ?The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.?
    Margaret Thatcher

    "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics."
    Mark Twain
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    discusdaddiscusdad Member Posts: 11,421 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    most concrete companies here i'm sure it took extra time to unload him. will charge extra for time involved.
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    searcher5searcher5 Member Posts: 13,511
    edited November -1
    Kinda hard to realize that we aren't 25 anymore. Speaking for myself, anyway.
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    fishkiller41fishkiller41 Member Posts: 50,608
    edited November -1
    What ever made U think U could finish a 16'X 16' alone? How did U were gonna screed it with no help?
    U lucked-out bigtime!! That driver went WAYYY above and beyond...
    Gott'er done though!! WTG!![:D]
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    montanajoemontanajoe Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 58,092 ******
    edited November -1
    ...concrete waits on no man,,,glad you got it done.[^][^]
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    woodhogwoodhog Member Posts: 13,115 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    wow, that's superhuman effort. Good job!!
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    MobuckMobuck Member Posts: 13,816 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Just a few weeks ago, myself and a cousin poured 26 yards of concrete footings and trowelled it off. That was a real butt buster.
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    wundudneewundudnee Member Posts: 6,101 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I give you much credit, you're a hard man. Anything over 10X10 gets a trowel machine.

    I had 2 1/2 years of cement finisher apprentice training when I got hired by DuPont. There were 600 employees on the plant and most of us were young and tough. Everybody was good at something, car repair, carpentry, stone masons and finishing cement. You just can't imagine how many garage, barn, basement floors, patios, sidewalks and foundations 600 young guys can have. We poured a barn floor once that was 81 yards. There were three of us that had seen wet cement and a lot of other willing help. I didn't mind being free help, but I finally told people that if they couldn't afford to rent a trowel machine, they couldn't afford my free help.

    Anyway, you have my respect to tackle that much by yourself.
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    mogley98mogley98 Member Posts: 18,297 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    No respect deserved it was a stupid lack of experience. Again if the driver wasn't a Saint I would have mounds of dry concrete to chip away!


    quote:Originally posted by wundudnee
    I give you much credit, you're a hard man. Anything over 10X10 gets a trowel machine.

    I had 2 1/2 years of cement finisher apprentice training when I got hired by DuPont. There were 600 employees on the plant and most of us were young and tough. Everybody was good at something, car repair, carpentry, stone masons and finishing cement. You just can't imagine how many garage, barn, basement floors, patios, sidewalks and foundations 600 young guys can have. We poured a barn floor once that was 81 yards. There were three of us that had seen wet cement and a lot of other willing help. I didn't mind being free help, but I finally told people that if they couldn't afford to rent a trowel machine, they couldn't afford my free help.

    Anyway, you have my respect to tackle that much by yourself.
    Why don't we go to school and work on the weekends and take the week off!
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    danielgagedanielgage Member Posts: 10,476 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    and no one will steal it
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    austin20austin20 Member Posts: 35,075 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by us55840

    Ahhh, concrete.

    It's that product that only does two things:

    1. It gets hard.




    2. It cracks.

    [^]
    Both are guaranteed.
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