This guy is not very good at his job. First of all he didn't even know what kind of slump he had pouring into the hopper. He said I need it tight. Really, no wander you plugged up. First truck on a line pump, you make it wet enough to get out the other end. Even a 5 inch slump is going to be a 4 on the other end maybe even less depending on how hot it is. He needs more training.
I was taught to first pump water (hopper filled to around the top of the barrels, give or take. More for long runs.) followed by grout ( at least a hopper full or more depending on length of line) then concrete. The water lubes the line, the grout keeps the water from mixing with the concrete which will cause segregation resulting in a plug. Plus we use structural grout so it can go right into the walls or slab and have no issues. Never use bentonite unless your priming outside of the pour. (Previous comments here explain why). I personally have only used bentonite blowing back on high rise buildings to lube our candy cane. Generally you'll never have a problem with this method. I'm sure there are lots of ways to achieve the prime, whatever works for you, this is our way. Our company does the impossible pumping jobs world wide. I believe the company I work for did a line job around 10,000-15,000ft of line. They lost 1500ft or so in the cleanout process. Mind boggling to think about all that line. lol. Happy pumping guys and gals!! Stay safe out there.
Second comment, I have a small grout type pump, it pumps 1/2" minus and has the 2.5" house... My larger hose has less bottle necking issues but I made a purchased a long reducer pipe and really helped the bottle necking
Muddy feet I just got into pumping bought a s tube type pump- using slick willie to prime with good results ! Appreciate your knowledge on these videos, could we get a video of you cleaning out the hopper on site not just blowing out the hose, that would be helpful to me and I assume others in your audience as well.
Bentonite is a finishers nightmare, it mixs in with the concrete and dosen't set up. I do use it for priming through hoses after a boom prime. And i gotta push about a barrow though the hoses of prime cause bentonite sticks to the hose walls
Yeah it works good. One thing though when hosing it down in the bucket it works best as a oatmeal type consistency any wetter and it doesn't work. Its somewhere like a liter of bentonite power will do 75 to 100 feet of hose. I mix one bucket till it gets to the oatmeal stage pour that in then mix any thats left in the bucket and pour that in.
We use a full 5 gallon bucket with about a liter of B mix for slurry prime out and we add a half of a 5 gal bucket at the 60 ft hose clamp it back up. Add half bucket of slurry every 60ft never have a issue plugging and you can prime out all in a few shots.
@@Dex01-Z_WingZero if it looks like pancake mix your good. I keep buckets mixed and ready to go on top the truck. Throw my slurry in the elbow and head to the next job.
Safe way to clean the hose. Get yourself a blowout tool that clamps to one end that attaches to a water hose. Make a wet newspaper ball that fits nice and snug in the end with the tool. Clamp it up and turn on the water. It will push all the concrete out of the entire line and clean the hose at the same time. But make sure the water don’t get passed the paper ball or it will wash the cream out of the mix and stop moving. If that happens you gotta break and shake every hose. Fun fun
Okay, I have a stupid question. Why does the horn go off as your pumping. Ive watched a great number of your vids and wondered why. Keep up the great work.
We use the horn to signal the truck drivers when we start pumping and stop pumping. Their is a horn at the back of the pump for the truck drivers to use to signal us that they need to stop us from pumping.
Why are you running a 3 inch line with P gravel mix why not a 2 1/2 or a 2 inch as your whip that’s what we use out here in California .. just a question
How does the billing work for the concrete ordered? If you over order do they charge you extra for sending trucks back with mud still in them? If you under order do they charge you more for the extra required? It seems like a lot of the jobs you have show all seem to under order and just request extra to complete the pour.
We use a slurry to prime out, every 60ft hose we add a half bucket of slurry and we've never had a plug up. We always run a 5 or 6 mix through... even with the meatballs from a certain plant. We've never plugged
on our squeeze pump (14M IWC i believe is the brand) i prime it with a 94lb bag of portland. it works for straight out of the boom and i’ve primed 160+ of system off the end of the boom reducing down twice. i’d imagine that’s very similar to your masonry mix
Quick question: Do yalls concrete company have a shortage of mud? Here in northern california there's a shortage of cement its self. Most plants only have enough cement powder to cover 200yds per day..
100 ft of 3” Just mix like 1/2 a bucket of that dirt and fill to the top with water. Mix up till wet mud. Dump it in the hose at the main reducer. Reverse it two stokes first then forward. It will go the 100 ft no problem. Especially using pgrvl.
We use 2buckets of dirt and put in reverse and add water till it’s thick. Then stroke it down then fill up the hopper with concrete and send it. I’ve sent it like 400ft on dirt and water. Never ever used anything else before
One of the more Fascinating pours you’ve done. I would of been curious to of known what all the forms dictated. Forms everywhere. I can see steps. It must of taken a week to form that all out.
from experience i can tell you.. bentonite clay is perfect for a prime out.. but you cannot mix it with the mud or it will leave a mushy spot.. it doesnt dry with concrete.... about 4 garden shovel scoops in a 5 gallon bucket of water and mix.. let it thicken up and use..... it is very rare we plug up on a prime out.....
They were training a new guy on the amigo poured wall crew, a Southpaw. I called him 'Lefty' and I was used to the regular pump man and when he said GO you poured the hopper full! THEN! Well, Lefty got ready and when he nodded I tapped the trigger on the old 10/12 yard Doggie and full it was. Trouble was he was slow on the switch and that mix hit before the prime and it just humped up and that was IT. Ball and seat pump, no reverse so the whole crew was out beating hose. Looked like a prison scene with everybody at hard labor in the rock pile, flailing away. They busted the clod after tearing the hose down but we lived to pump another one. All in a day! GBWYall!.
I use Crete-Lube 3 it works really good on 2” and 3” line up to 200’ line prime no problem I definitely recommend that cheap easy little bags to handle better then cement mortar 👍🏾
@@MuddyfeetConcretePumping we were working in a steep canyon the hose came down hill about 300 feet. It was a little scary when it first started but we had it under control until the third truck was late the water drained out of the hose and it was clogged in a number of spots. We had talked to the pumper about blowing out the lines he said he could handle it. It was a long time ago so it gets a little fuzzy on what really happened but I think he was taking apart the clamps working his was down the hose and got to a point where it was clogged real bad so he was working the taken the clamp off and Erving his pump real hard ! The clog blew and launched the pumper about six feet he landed on a soft part of the hill and popped right back up and that was it
@@drcornelius8275 Go outside and crab some 3/4 minus gravel, get a stick of rebar and lay it on the ground. Cover the bar with gravel, pull the rebar up through the gravel. You CANNOT push that rebar back down. Lifting rebar in concrete works just fine. It However DOES not work with wire mesh.
Something special about the trailer pump yer runnin? Doesn’t seem to surge like the ones I’ve hired…. I always opt for a boom pump just for that reason…..
It could be a couple of different things. The size of hose they are using , tight mud slump , could be the pump and it could be the operator of the pump. But my pump is special though. Lol
I’m in the market to buy a concrete pump and I’ve Ben looking at a squeeze pump from blast Crete . Can any one give me good or bad . I don’t need a high volume pump we generally do smaller pourers for foundations and walls in hard to access areas.
@@MuddyfeetConcretePumping WHAT!!!? That's why about 50% of mine is gone. Boom pumps don't seem to be as bad as a line pumps. Mixers make a bunch of racket too. Great content. I couldn't find your Cherokee project on the other channel. Maybe more than my hearing is gone.
Why do you guys make the finishers run the line pump? That is unheard up here in the pacific north west. The pump operator Always runs the pump for them.
Why do you make the pump operator run the hose? It’s his job to operate the pump and make sure everything is functioning correctly and safely. We have some concrete companies that bring us hard mixes to pump and it’s hard to operate the pump and the hose sometimes. Besides it’s better for them to run it that way if they get to much concrete in their or a grade level that is different that they have control of that. Also that’s the way it was when I started pumping here. I bet y’all also run smaller hose than we do. We have crushed rock versus river rock. Crushed is harder to pump in smaller hoses.
2 things: One time i had a worn-out hose (from rubbing on corners etc) hooked to my reducer and it blew on me, stuccoed mixer truck, my pump and truck and front side of the house😂 so now i always lay my good hoses closest to the pump and face worn out parts down whenever possible. 2) caution: Jeep = Just empty every pocket😂 Pump on!
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This guy is not very good at his job. First of all he didn't even know what kind of slump he had pouring into the hopper. He said I need it tight. Really, no wander you plugged up. First truck on a line pump, you make it wet enough to get out the other end. Even a 5 inch slump is going to be a 4 on the other end maybe even less depending on how hot it is. He needs more training.
Looks like we have our selves another know it all. Did you even pay attention to the video and what’ was said.
Bro right before they even started pumping he said its gonna plug up to show us how to unplug it .. you made yourself look really stupid lol…
Buddy a 5 inch slump doesn’t magically go into a 4 inch slump on 150 ft of hose. Idk where people get this idea from. And it’s not that “hot”
I was taught to first pump water (hopper filled to around the top of the barrels, give or take. More for long runs.) followed by grout ( at least a hopper full or more depending on length of line) then concrete. The water lubes the line, the grout keeps the water from mixing with the concrete which will cause segregation resulting in a plug. Plus we use structural grout so it can go right into the walls or slab and have no issues. Never use bentonite unless your priming outside of the pour. (Previous comments here explain why). I personally have only used bentonite blowing back on high rise buildings to lube our candy cane. Generally you'll never have a problem with this method. I'm sure there are lots of ways to achieve the prime, whatever works for you, this is our way. Our company does the impossible pumping jobs world wide. I believe the company I work for did a line job around 10,000-15,000ft of line. They lost 1500ft or so in the cleanout process. Mind boggling to think about all that line. lol. Happy pumping guys and gals!! Stay safe out there.
Second comment, I have a small grout type pump, it pumps 1/2" minus and has the 2.5" house...
My larger hose has less bottle necking issues but I made a purchased a long reducer pipe and really helped the bottle necking
Yes that’s why I use the 36” reducing pipe for my 4 to 3
Thanks for the plug demo Muddyfeet. Take care.
Yea Jeff I think fall is gonna hit early this year, thanks for sharing buddy.
Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the tutorial on getting the pumping started and what to do if there is a plug..
Thanks for watching
Im new to this type of technology. Are there any conditions to use this pump?? Like Thickness of concrete, height of floor etc etc ....
Muddy feet I just got into pumping bought a s tube type pump- using slick willie to prime with good results ! Appreciate your knowledge on these videos, could we get a video of you cleaning out the hopper on site not just blowing out the hose, that would be helpful to me and I assume others in your audience as well.
Yes I’ll see what I can work up. Thank you!
I hate running my line pump with 3 inch hose haha. I love that 2.5 inch. Our customers love it also
Well I started out with 4”. I hated that after I got my hands on the 3”. So I hear what your saying.
some day you will have to do a revisit video on all the driveways pool decks or other cool things that you guys pumped ."form to finish"
yooooooo new subscriber! happy to find ya. Happy New Year !
Sweat!!!! Clad you made it over
Used to work concrete and I found that there are two kinds of concrete guys. Those that drink and those that used to.
In moderation
Yep I used to drink alot almost 1 yr
Bentonite is a finishers nightmare, it mixs in with the concrete and dosen't set up. I do use it for priming through hoses after a boom prime. And i gotta push about a barrow though the hoses of prime cause bentonite sticks to the hose walls
Never used it. I hear people speak highly of it though.
Yeah it works good. One thing though when hosing it down in the bucket it works best as a oatmeal type consistency any wetter and it doesn't work. Its somewhere like a liter of bentonite power will do 75 to 100 feet of hose. I mix one bucket till it gets to the oatmeal stage pour that in then mix any thats left in the bucket and pour that in.
@@MuddyfeetConcretePumping Bet it works better than OIL used to.
We use a full 5 gallon bucket with about a liter of B mix for slurry prime out and we add a half of a 5 gal bucket at the 60 ft hose clamp it back up. Add half bucket of slurry every 60ft never have a issue plugging and you can prime out all in a few shots.
@@Dex01-Z_WingZero if it looks like pancake mix your good. I keep buckets mixed and ready to go on top the truck. Throw my slurry in the elbow and head to the next job.
Just a shout-out to you Muddy and thanks
Thanks for all the info. Can you do a detailed video on safest way to blow out? Thanks again brother.
Yes I will show how I do it. Not sure if it’s the safest way though.
Safe way to clean the hose. Get yourself a blowout tool that clamps to one end that attaches to a water hose. Make a wet newspaper ball that fits nice and snug in the end with the tool. Clamp it up and turn on the water. It will push all the concrete out of the entire line and clean the hose at the same time. But make sure the water don’t get passed the paper ball or it will wash the cream out of the mix and stop moving. If that happens you gotta break and shake every hose. Fun fun
Bentonite to live lines helps a lot I’ll prime out 100’ of hose at a 5 slump in the hopper but if you only got water I’ll prime 50’ of hose at a time
Nouvelles abonnés de Belgique 😊
Okay, I have a stupid question. Why does the horn go off as your pumping. Ive watched a great number of your vids and wondered why. Keep up the great work.
We use the horn to signal the truck drivers when we start pumping and stop pumping. Their is a horn at the back of the pump for the truck drivers to use to signal us that they need to stop us from pumping.
@@MuddyfeetConcretePumping RIGHT!
Why are you running a 3 inch line with P gravel mix why not a 2 1/2 or a 2 inch as your whip that’s what we use out here in California .. just a question
Thanks for asking. We have a verity of stones here. Most of my customers use 3/4 to 1” rock.
New subscriber here 👍🏽 I like you. Videos .I’ve bin looking in to getting into the business of pumping
Thanks man for stopping by!!!
How does the billing work for the concrete ordered?
If you over order do they charge you extra for sending trucks back with mud still in them?
If you under order do they charge you more for the extra required?
It seems like a lot of the jobs you have show all seem to under order and just request extra to complete the pour.
Yes they want to keep from ordering to much concrete. You pay for what you ordered
@@MuddyfeetConcretePumping And pay DEARLY!
Is that 2 1/2 inch hose o 3”
3” hose
We use a slurry to prime out, every 60ft hose we add a half bucket of slurry and we've never had a plug up. We always run a 5 or 6 mix through... even with the meatballs from a certain plant. We've never plugged
I use water and have never plugged
on our squeeze pump (14M IWC i believe is the brand) i prime it with a 94lb bag of portland. it works for straight out of the boom and i’ve primed 160+ of system off the end of the boom reducing down twice. i’d imagine that’s very similar to your masonry mix
The masonry mix has sand in also. It would be similar to a weak grout. I have used Portland also. It works ok. Thanks!
Hi. How many maximum hoses can be hooked up to the pump?
I’m only willing to put 16 hoses on but I only carry 11 now.
I’d go a good 450ft on that pump all day but it isn’t going to be fast
Keep up the good work brother
Thanks for watching?
Did you get the retaining wall project at the lake finished hot? I never saw the end project if it was
No we haven’t. Will start back on it in a couple of weeks.
Muddyfeet Concrete Pumping can’t wait to see the finished product
I can’t either
Is that a 3 inch hose? Also what kind of concrete are you pumping? Lastly what primer do you use?
3” hose and I use masonry mix to prime with on most jobs
bentonite is avalible at most water well supply houses and is pretty cheap
Quick question: Do yalls concrete company have a shortage of mud? Here in northern california there's a shortage of cement its self. Most plants only have enough cement powder to cover 200yds per day..
I haven’t heard of anybody having a hard time.
Villami that's not alot of mud.
@@scruffy6151 Here they just go to around Hotlanta or Bermingham for slag. Usually a trailer a day.
what brand is your machine? i am looking forward into purchasing one i just don’t know which brand to go with been doing research on them as well
Schwing
Is that 3 inch hose?
Yes it is
We use 2.5 in hose as our primary we also have 2,3,and4 that we use the 2.5 works fine use a Slick Willie product to prime
I may have to get some
100 ft of 3” Just mix like 1/2 a bucket of that dirt and fill to the top with water. Mix up till wet mud. Dump it in the hose at the main reducer. Reverse it two stokes first then forward. It will go the 100 ft no problem. Especially using pgrvl.
Never tried that. Will keep that in mind. Thanks for sharing!!!
@@MuddyfeetConcretePumping yeah maybe a little less then half a bucket of dirt and wet it up like soup. At least 5 gallons. Works just like slury
We use 2buckets of dirt and put in reverse and add water till it’s thick. Then stroke it down then fill up the hopper with concrete and send it. I’ve sent it like 400ft on dirt and water. Never ever used anything else before
we use mortar clay as a slurry/starter in Northern California
We use mortar mix. But I wanted to show a plug and how we get them loose on this video. Worked well. Lol
We use water in Florida baby💪💪💪💪💪💪
One of the more Fascinating pours you’ve done. I would of been curious to of known what all the forms dictated. Forms everywhere. I can see steps. It must of taken a week to form that all out.
If I can remember I’ll go back by there in a few months to see what it looks like.
from experience i can tell you.. bentonite clay is perfect for a prime out.. but you cannot mix it with the mud or it will leave a mushy spot.. it doesnt dry with concrete.... about 4 garden shovel scoops in a 5 gallon bucket of water and mix.. let it thicken up and use..... it is very rare we plug up on a prime out.....
That’s what I hear.
That's what they use here and works FINE!
@@MuddyfeetConcretePumping Remember, you didn't hear it from me 1st! It does work extra fine though Just like Jessi said.
Actual dirt ? Serious question
do you put cotter pins clamps ?
No
They were training a new guy on the amigo poured wall crew, a Southpaw. I called him 'Lefty' and I was used to the regular pump man and when he said GO you poured the hopper full! THEN! Well, Lefty got ready and when he nodded I tapped the trigger on the old 10/12 yard Doggie and full it was. Trouble was he was slow on the switch and that mix hit before the prime and it just humped up and that was IT. Ball and seat pump, no reverse so the whole crew was out beating hose. Looked like a prison scene with everybody at hard labor in the rock pile, flailing away. They busted the clod after tearing the hose down but we lived to pump another one. All in a day! GBWYall!.
nice nice send it bro never lift stay safe this weekend btw when's the next muddy feet tv episode coming out those cooking viz are on point 🤙😏
Thanks man!
What's the outdoor channel Muddy Feet?
MuddyfeetTV
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@@MuddyfeetConcretePumping Once I opened my eyes, I found it! 😆
Lol. Thank you
I use Crete-Lube 3 it works really good on 2” and 3” line up to 200’ line prime no problem I definitely recommend that cheap easy little bags to handle better then cement mortar 👍🏾
Sounds like it works great for ya
Our pumper use to use a sponge
Yes I have also
@@MuddyfeetConcretePumping we were working in a steep canyon the hose came down hill about 300 feet. It was a little scary when it first started but we had it under control until the third truck was late the water drained out of the hose and it was clogged in a number of spots. We had talked to the pumper about blowing out the lines he said he could handle it. It was a long time ago so it gets a little fuzzy on what really happened but I think he was taking apart the clamps working his was down the hose and got to a point where it was clogged real bad so he was working the taken the clamp off and Erving his pump real hard ! The clog blew and launched the pumper about six feet he landed on a soft part of the hill and popped right back up and that was it
Doesn’t even look like the rebar is off the ground
They where pulling it up as they poured.
@@drcornelius8275 Go outside and crab some 3/4 minus gravel, get a stick of rebar and lay it on the ground. Cover the bar with gravel, pull the rebar up through the gravel. You CANNOT push that rebar back down. Lifting rebar in concrete works just fine. It However DOES not work with wire mesh.
@@drcornelius8275 as a concrete cutter. I can concur
If I plug once my customers expect a free pump bill. Also they would never agree to line pour that. They would die. Keep on keeping on.
Thanks man!
Something special about the trailer pump yer runnin? Doesn’t seem to surge like the ones I’ve hired…. I always opt for a boom pump just for that reason…..
It could be a couple of different things. The size of hose they are using , tight mud slump , could be the pump and it could be the operator of the pump. But my pump is special though. Lol
oh nice shotgun n gotta enjoy bud light once in while. Have a good long weekend!! 😉🤙🏽🤙🏽
Verse max is a nice one.
In my younger days I made a pour through 2 in hose at 500+ft it wasn't pretty and a lot of hammer work to get it started lol
Wow. I bet. 50’ long hoses?
No 25ft
I work for a company in Tallahassee FL we run 8 booms 4 Shwings and 4 Alliance and 2 Shwing line pumps a 500 and a 1000
Nichols Stahlco
Sounds like some good equipment to me.
Looks like a lot of people didn't realize he plugged on purpose. It says in title showing how to unplug
Lol I know it!! Proves some people are only here to try and make themselves fill bigger and better than others. Thanks for watching man!
Like a beast u showed that plug what what's up 🤣
Lol. Do it for the fans.
Plugging just to show us how to unplug the hose. I did not need to see this i have been there before but, i am sure other have never seen it.
Did it make you want to go out and buy you a line pump? Lol
@@MuddyfeetConcretePumping not at all lol.
I've seen it a bunch and it makes me want to go over and shine a little place on the TRUCK! Maybe hug a selected spot.
@@scruffy6151If you were on the hose end you were in line for bragging or cursing rights.
Aber der Stopfer ist bei euch genau so wie bei uns genau der gleiche schmeiß
I’m in the market to buy a concrete pump and I’ve Ben looking at a squeeze pump from blast Crete . Can any one give me good or bad . I don’t need a high volume pump we generally do smaller pourers for foundations and walls in hard to access areas.
I know no nothing about squeeze pumps
How much are trying to spend?
If only it were always that easy. Lol
Yeah , know kidding.
I agree Jacob.
If your clamps and hose ends were clean you wouldn't have to beat em closed
👍
Don't use guys hold the hose I wish you could do that in Australia love watching U guys
Thanks for watching!
The one thing I don't miss is standing next to a noisy pump all day.
They can be that. Think that’s why my hearing is going bad.
@@MuddyfeetConcretePumping WHAT!!!? That's why about 50% of mine is gone. Boom pumps don't seem to be as bad as a line pumps. Mixers make a bunch of racket too. Great content. I couldn't find your Cherokee project on the other channel. Maybe more than my hearing is gone.
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Why do you guys make the finishers run the line pump? That is unheard up here in the pacific north west. The pump operator Always runs the pump for them.
Why do you make the pump operator run the hose? It’s his job to operate the pump and make sure everything is functioning correctly and safely. We have some concrete companies that bring us hard mixes to pump and it’s hard to operate the pump and the hose sometimes. Besides it’s better for them to run it that way if they get to much concrete in their or a grade level that is different that they have control of that. Also that’s the way it was when I started pumping here. I bet y’all also run smaller hose than we do. We have crushed rock versus river rock. Crushed is harder to pump in smaller hoses.
Fire clay works great and it's cheap.
Haven’t heard of that one
Looks like a nightmare 2 form & pour glad it's not me 😂
No kidding
tighten your fenders
They are gone now
I want a Beer or have one for me .
Done!
33 Jahre fahre ich betonpumpe aber so habe ich noch nie gesehen . Pumpe zum anhängen
If you're gunna plug, hope it's not in the middle 😂
Lol makes for a good video
ya clamps should be nice and tight
that sites a mess
Seem fine to me
Muddyfeet
2 things: One time i had a worn-out hose (from rubbing on corners etc) hooked to my reducer and it blew on me, stuccoed mixer truck, my pump and truck and front side of the house😂 so now i always lay my good hoses closest to the pump and face worn out parts down whenever possible.
2) caution: Jeep = Just empty every pocket😂
Pump on!
Lol. Probably good advice on all points!!!
Dont dont do the 2.5....plug festival.
Just a thought.
I think differently of ya bcuZ yo choice beer not that yo beer drinker lol jk
This video is a couple of years old now