You know that sound old heavy wooden doors make when you open them? Loud creeking, moaning sound....that's the sound these guys back make after hours of being bent over like that, much respect to all Rodbusters.
Yes sir my daddy was a ironworker for 35 years he passed away in 2010 but growing up he'd give me $20 to give him rub down I charged him a dollar a minute 😂 he'd say damn girl you're tough... That's highway robbery😂😂 But he always paid up. Because I put in that work, I was wore out by the time I was done. He liked to be killed. He said come on girl you ain't going to hurt me😂😂 Damn I miss that man. They don't make them like that anymore 💯
Nah it's the brickies that truly have it rough, those blokes are on another level Besa block brickies usually btw, nothing too tough about your urban house brickies, watch the blokes throw massive cinder blocks around one handed all day and you'll learn a slice about life
@@dylanwood4164 Hmm how much does block weigh (55 pounds max for besser)? How much does a number 10 or 11 piece of rebar weigh (10 pounds per foot normally in 8 to 24 foot bars) so 80 to 240 pounds. Yes in residential the rod busters have it easier, BUT when placing rebar in the foundation of say a poured in place High Rise building or a Bridge, yeah it's not even close brother ;-)
@@whitey22222 i just finished a job that had about 60 6m cages with 8, 28 ml bars per cage, i know steel can be fucked and theres always a bigger and harder job somewhere out there, ill stick to playing in mud thanks haha
I would beat them using triple wired quad saddle 8s with my eyes closed. Lol. JK. 12 years of this and I developed carpal tunnel. Very painful. It was good while it lasted.
I am a Hong Kong Ironworker It's very interesting to see a different way to tie to wire Coz, normally the wire are seperated from the wire round, and which is cut as 16 inches for each wire The other thing is, we dont use the pliers, we use a hook/goose to tie the iron Wanna try this way Once i get to Canada 🤞🏻
@@midwestoenr4905 if you have to ask your not a rodbuster your just a buster 🤣🤣 Commenting on every rod page two months in the patch. Noise up bud id fucking bury you.
I cut and bend rebar, I always wondered what happened after the fact. I thought my job was hard until I saw this video. But we do sell re bar tying guns at our facility that can tie up a piece of rebar in half the time. I showed it off to some rod busters that came through and they've never looked back. Well worth the investment and less carpal tunnel.
Rebar tie guns make what kind of tie? A snap tie only as far as the ones I have seen, they are great when that is all you need but in many circumstances you need a different tie like a figure 8 or a saddle or either one of those with a wrap, or any of the above in double wire, hence unless the work your are doing is all snap ties they are useless, not to mention when many of the tie machines were brought out to demo on the job I was able to out run them! I will concede that is not the norm, but I am a 4th generation master iron worker with over 16 years in the rod patch and many more as supervision, building poured in place high rise buildings, tilt panel buildings and bridges among other things (-;
@@whitey22222 yes only snap ties, but I'd recommend the Max twin tier it doubles up but yes it only does snap ties, but a lot of youngins coming into the field don't have the experience you do, and they certainly will be slower without the guns. Much respect to you though, it's definitely not a job for everybody.
@@whitey22222 that’s what I thought too but if you watch the guy in the high vis shirt he only does a single loop tie. So the tie gun would work fine here. We always have to saddle tie though
Yeah, i prefer using knippers too. I like te leverage they give and the shape of the head which lets me easily tighten the knot if i need a sturdier connection.
yep us aussies use nippers too, they are pretty good and you can use leverage if you want. You must of done some amazing thing in NYC thats concrete paradise lol.
@@steeltown416 i dont understand the whole union thing in America, I dont even think we hardly have unions here in Australia well i think there might be one large national union to cover every construction trade, maybe because our superannuation (retirement fund) is completely seperate etc
you guys are quick. how do you fellas feel about the stick twister? im just getting back into concrete and while nips are good, I used the stick twister for a bit and its really good and slightly less bending over.
I applied to my local for reinforcement, we're a separate local fron structural. If I get in, would kneepads be useful rather than bending over to save my back? Or will your boots and knees fall in between the rods and its easier to just bend over instead?
@@dapro2524 yeah i know brother...i tried texas,wisconsin,,florida,south carolina but low pay i came back to cali here in 2 months i make more than what i was making in those states in the whole year plus not alot work during winter here in the bay area all yeah making 2500 hundred plus a week
Those are not snap ties, they're called Tabb Ties. I created that. My name. lol nobody tied rods from the left side intersection. I started that back in 1999. My company was called Unity 4 construction. I was thee fastest rod tier in Western PA. Nobody could touch me because of that tie. lol great work gentlemen.
Wait what, you renamed a tie after yourself because you had never seen someone make a snap tie from either side of the intersection before? There is an actual a reason to do this, and it was being done BEFORE I started in rebar in the early 90's, You snap from bothsides alternating to help stop the mat from racking just like using a saddle but for fill ins, like say when you are filling in ties on a wall mat tied on the ground and then flown by crane into position LOL! Hillarious!
@@whitey22222 Dude hold your damn shorts I was fuckin with you. I used to say that to the guys because I’d always out tie everybody with that reverse tie. lol I also started back in 89. And I agree, Ain't none of that shit new. Everything has been done the same way since rod-busting started. keep pushing bro
@@steeltown416 would love to race ya mate, be a good bit of fun seeing how y'all do everything differently Even screeding is done in a different way to what you guys do
Double snap for what? So unnecessary if it holds the bar in place thats all the tie is there for it serves. The tie wire serves no purpose. Once concrete is poured
@@uranga1981 i wouldnt, you are totally right and im totally wrong. Im sorry i stepped into your world my gosh it must be so hard to be a rodbuster i cant even imagine having to punk bar all day and learn all these complex ties and oh my god the heights! I couldnt imagine
Because thats for beginners and you have to learn to tie... we uave to tie saddle ties, figure 8 ties its a lot more than this plus the guns wont get in tight areas... but most importantly a real journeyman can toe faster and tighter than that gun
It's a hurry due to the bids. We get bad rates so we have to hurry the fuck up to meet are goals. Quality is still there we just need better rates. Some jobs want a single man to place tons of steel in a single day. Its stressful sometimes at the expense of our bodies.
You know that sound old heavy wooden doors make when you open them? Loud creeking, moaning sound....that's the sound these guys back make after hours of being bent over like that, much respect to all Rodbusters.
Certain way you bend over too keep your back straight
Yes sir my daddy was a ironworker for 35 years he passed away in 2010 but growing up he'd give me $20 to give him rub down I charged him a dollar a minute 😂 he'd say damn girl you're tough... That's highway robbery😂😂 But he always paid up. Because I put in that work, I was wore out by the time I was done. He liked to be killed. He said come on girl you ain't going to hurt me😂😂
Damn I miss that man. They don't make them like that anymore 💯
They say we concrete guys work the hardest but I have mad respect for rod busters. That’s a crazy amount of bar
Nah it's the brickies that truly have it rough, those blokes are on another level
Besa block brickies usually btw, nothing too tough about your urban house brickies, watch the blokes throw massive cinder blocks around one handed all day and you'll learn a slice about life
It's harder laying block all day especially when time to groud the walls
@@dylanwood4164 Hmm how much does block weigh (55 pounds max for besser)? How much does a number 10 or 11 piece of rebar weigh (10 pounds per foot normally in 8 to 24 foot bars) so 80 to 240 pounds. Yes in residential the rod busters have it easier, BUT when placing rebar in the foundation of say a poured in place High Rise building or a Bridge, yeah it's not even close brother ;-)
@@whitey22222 i just finished a job that had about 60 6m cages with 8, 28 ml bars per cage, i know steel can be fucked and theres always a bigger and harder job somewhere out there, ill stick to playing in mud thanks haha
@@dylanwood4164 It's all good I have respect for all the trades, we all bear some burden of making usefull things out of a pile of materials.
After a couple hours bent over tieing I can't wait to stand upright and tote steel
Just my favorite thing in life. Lmao
Stand upright and punk bar*
Watching this is giving me back pain memories of tying steel for a slab ... I can feel the needles in my spine
Yep ive tied tons of metal building slabs usually 40×40 60×40 not huge but your back definitely feels it when u stand straight up
My father was in Ironworkers Local 58 and New Orleans Louisiana 43 years
I would beat them using triple wired quad saddle 8s with my eyes closed. Lol. JK. 12 years of this and I developed carpal tunnel. Very painful. It was good while it lasted.
12 years? My respects.
@Ace deuce keep doing this type of work and youll see
@@obeycastle2547 I’m an estimator and have the same symptoms
@@takeoffready6218 stop intaking anything that forms yeast. Bread, beer, alcohol, sugar. For 2 weeks, and then reply back to me. See how things go
@@obeycastle2547 perfect thank you . I’m a sugar addict especially when I’m under stress
I now remember why respect this job so much, hard pressed to find a job harder then rob busting
Chiropractor appointment needed after few months of this.
Yuup even for a lil 10 x 10 square back will be sore
On God! Bending over tieing rebar all day SUCKS
Gotta invest in kneepad’s best decision ever
It doesn’t matter when you have a passion for beaing a badass
Lol dude you are not lying 😂 but it pays the bills
Forget who is faster... both are great workers..mass production with 2 hard working gentlemen 👏👏...
I am a Hong Kong Ironworker
It's very interesting to see a different way to tie to wire
Coz, normally the wire are seperated from the wire round, and which is cut as 16 inches for each wire
The other thing is, we dont use the pliers, we use a hook/goose to tie the iron
Wanna try this way Once i get to Canada 🤞🏻
Look up re bar tying guns, they are expensive but save you half the time when you have a big job like this.
my coworker and i talked about this, how the west uses pliers and the east uses hook goose.
Everyone uses pliers out here, youll get laughed off a site if you plan to use a gun lol
@@HeadingNorth04 why
@@midwestoenr4905 if you have to ask your not a rodbuster your just a buster 🤣🤣
Commenting on every rod page two months in the patch. Noise up bud id fucking bury you.
my back hurts from watching this
I cut and bend rebar, I always wondered what happened after the fact. I thought my job was hard until I saw this video. But we do sell re bar tying guns at our facility that can tie up a piece of rebar in half the time. I showed it off to some rod busters that came through and they've never looked back. Well worth the investment and less carpal tunnel.
Rebar tie guns make what kind of tie? A snap tie only as far as the ones I have seen, they are great when that is all you need but in many circumstances you need a different tie like a figure 8 or a saddle or either one of those with a wrap, or any of the above in double wire, hence unless the work your are doing is all snap ties they are useless, not to mention when many of the tie machines were brought out to demo on the job I was able to out run them! I will concede that is not the norm, but I am a 4th generation master iron worker with over 16 years in the rod patch and many more as supervision, building poured in place high rise buildings, tilt panel buildings and bridges among other things (-;
@@whitey22222 yes only snap ties, but I'd recommend the Max twin tier it doubles up but yes it only does snap ties, but a lot of youngins coming into the field don't have the experience you do, and they certainly will be slower without the guns. Much respect to you though, it's definitely not a job for everybody.
@@whitey22222 that’s what I thought too but if you watch the guy in the high vis shirt he only does a single loop tie. So the tie gun would work fine here. We always have to saddle tie though
Idky this is in my recommended but imagine these guys ONLY tying off sutures, they’d be the guys I need in my unit🥰
I did this for years in NYC. I used knippers not pliers though. I loved the job. Very sporadic though as far as job stability.
Yeah, i prefer using knippers too. I like te leverage they give and the shape of the head which lets me easily tighten the knot if i need a sturdier connection.
In California Local 416, we stay busy almost Year round, 100k a year. Kinppers? Pliers out here in the West. I've never seen anyone tie with Knippers.
I’m local 11 north jersey. Lacol 46 nyc uses the knippers. Most of us in jersey use pliers.
yep us aussies use nippers too, they are pretty good and you can use leverage if you want. You must of done some amazing thing in NYC thats concrete paradise lol.
@@steeltown416 i dont understand the whole union thing in America, I dont even think we hardly have unions here in Australia well i think there might be one large national union to cover every construction trade, maybe because our superannuation (retirement fund) is completely seperate etc
You guys are bad ass , coming from Carpenters Union 409 Los Angeles California
you guys are quick. how do you fellas feel about the stick twister? im just getting back into concrete and while nips are good, I used the stick twister for a bit and its really good and slightly less bending over.
You guys get away with only one loop? Luuucky!!
I applied to my local for reinforcement, we're a separate local fron structural. If I get in, would kneepads be useful rather than bending over to save my back? Or will your boots and knees fall in between the rods and its easier to just bend over instead?
The only jobs where a set or kleins and a lot of shitty days gets you $30/hour
in california 50+ an hr
@@octaviocali4697 its becuase cost of living is high in cali
@@dapro2524 yeah i know brother...i tried texas,wisconsin,,florida,south carolina but low pay i came back to cali here in 2 months i make more than what i was making in those states in the whole year plus not alot work during winter here in the bay area all yeah making 2500 hundred plus a week
@@octaviocali4697 not right off the bat, I know Cali union but how much do they pay rod busters starting
@@chevyboyzz4996 first period 21.73 hr anf 8th period 39.43 and hr as an apprentice
Always faster when you don’t heel your shit.😂
Those are not snap ties, they're called Tabb Ties. I created that. My name. lol nobody tied rods from the left side intersection. I started that back in 1999. My company was called Unity 4 construction. I was thee fastest rod tier in Western PA. Nobody could touch me because of that tie. lol great work gentlemen.
Wait what, you renamed a tie after yourself because you had never seen someone make a snap tie from either side of the intersection before? There is an actual a reason to do this, and it was being done BEFORE I started in rebar in the early 90's, You snap from bothsides alternating to help stop the mat from racking just like using a saddle but for fill ins, like say when you are filling in ties on a wall mat tied on the ground and then flown by crane into position LOL! Hillarious!
@@whitey22222 Dude hold your damn shorts I was fuckin with you. I used to say that to the guys because I’d always out tie everybody with that reverse tie. lol I also started back in 89. And I agree, Ain't none of that shit new. Everything has been done the same way since rod-busting started. keep pushing bro
I own a Red Bridge in Frisco and have a ox named Blue!! Great story brother, how big was that fish you caught again?
@@whitey22222 u can go from left side then from right side on every other to help rocking too.
I never heard of tabb ties. I just started from the left because it feels like i can tie the rebar faster that way
so solid they could have missed four or five in a pattern,
Those ties won’t hold
What pliers are those?
Is there some device that wheels over the bars where a worker can lay in a position and tie ? To save back
Ayy brohh quick question was this the sasol job in Westlake LA ? I'm just seeing this
Love the hard hat xD
F me I thought bricklaying was hard on ya back
There is a Drill bit looking tool that ties wire now.
What rod was use for this project
Is it 16mm?
30mm
How much an hour?
It would suck if your tools fell 😂 ain’t getting them back lol
Muy lentos los compas
Siempre ahi un enviedoso vales verga tu
What they are slow i tie an make hook with you noticing
The only winner is the boss that pays u. U get paid by the hr lol
And my family who i support by doing something similar.
And boss man got a family to feed too
It's called Pride, work for your spot that's how you come back. Everyone wins, get to the next job.
@@viktorsubic2139not for much longer with that back!
@@lottsaquatics4385get out from under the table bud
My goal is to be in the union as a ROD BUSTER
I love the shoe laces... Mason line
멋진영상잘보고 응원할게요
I do this with my cousins at work installing the carpet in the schools in las vegas
Cool story bro
@@discotrain173 thanks alot bro
You’re gonna work yourselves right out of a job, boys lol
😂😂😂😂
When we were tying a slab my old Foreman told us all he wanted to see were asses and elbows! No standing up until you got to the end of your row.
W Polsce wiążemy cęgami i przyznam,że z podobna prędkością,ale jednak troszkę szybciej od 20 do 30 wiązań na minutę.
Brawo Ty o gratulacje
Wtf are those tools they're using? Couldn't imagine anything other than a good long set of nips being good for tying steel
Klein pliers, that's the only thing we use in Sunny California, making 100k tying Rods!! Local 416 Ironworkers!!
@@steeltown416 would love to race ya mate, be a good bit of fun seeing how y'all do everything differently
Even screeding is done in a different way to what you guys do
@@dylanwood4164 that would be cool, well it's Friday cheers 🍻!!
1/4 twist?
Broh is that Juan trejo
Tan bien pavas puros guangos
Westlake?
It should have been a double wire snap tie at least👍🏽
Andy it’s held by gravity you idiot, double snaps are for bitches
Kent Lawrence you’re an idiot lol...I was a rodbuster for 10 years haha I know what I’m talking about
Double snap for what? So unnecessary if it holds the bar in place thats all the tie is there for it serves. The tie wire serves no purpose. Once concrete is poured
nik c you wouldn’t understand a Rodbuster competing in a tie race
@@uranga1981 i wouldnt, you are totally right and im totally wrong. Im sorry i stepped into your world my gosh it must be so hard to be a rodbuster i cant even imagine having to punk bar all day and learn all these complex ties and oh my god the heights! I couldnt imagine
Hope those ties hold
Saludos a todos los enfierradores desde chile
Try tying more than one bar...
There is a special tool for this
Lentooooooos
Epa muy lento ? En Colombia nos nosotros amaramos con bichiro y pura pate gallina k da muy bueno y más rápido están muy lentos?!
se para un pajaro y corta esa amarra
ЗА ОДИН МИНУТ Я С КУСАЧКА 26 РАЗ ПРИВЯЗВАЛ ВАМ ИЩО СЛАБО РЕБЯТА
I thought bricklaying was back breaking work but this is worse
good job friends
Respect
Ahhhhh I don’t miss it!
日本の鉄筋屋が使っている「ハッカー」と言う道具を教えてあげたい。
Ganó la compañía..
Just use a rebar tying machine that does that job in 0.25 seconds.... Jesus christ this is third world stuff
Money ?
If you drop your pliers I guess your fired
Thats weak!! Youre only tying one bar. Its more complex having to tie fifty percent or even thirty
It’s really not that hard to tie 50 or 30 percent bud
100% tie on anything is more of a pain in the ass, you cover more sq ft doing 50%
Was that in slomo weak and slow 🐌
Such quick ties are loose as fuck
Everybody pray for their backs
Pero atan como la gente o queda todo flojo y con sobrantes de alambre.
Me puede decir alguien la marca de los alicates con los que atan la ferralla?
Klein tools
Why so fast? All they going to do is give u another job. I’m sure this is hourly lol
4 pulgadas de cuadro ,demasiado amarre ,
Single tie extra slow..
결속선 뺑뺑이가 없내요
La increase corraann
I ain't no real rodbuster but single snap tie is garbage, I've use a saddle tie or a figure 8 tie for shit small than that size diameter bar.
Yep you aint a rodbuster, that's for sure. Saddles and fig8's are for walls and columns, not top steel.
@user-fd4es4sv7c and yur work is most likely garbage lol
@user-fd4es4sv7c yur one dimensional buddy there more to life than sniffing assholes I'm more than likely be able beat at yur job buddy...
Empinensen mas chicos, muy lento
Это же не так быстро
If there recoil is broken then i understand why they holding the pliers wrong if not these guys are noobs
Demaciado lentos y llevan sólo una línea, si es posible agarren 6 líneas y amarran 50 %
Stay in school.
Mexicans tie 3 by the time he’s done w one
😂
Why don’t they have the Milwaukee tool that does this in seconds?
They do have tools that tie automatically and really fast for a few grand
Because thats for beginners and you have to learn to tie... we uave to tie saddle ties, figure 8 ties its a lot more than this plus the guns wont get in tight areas... but most importantly a real journeyman can toe faster and tighter than that gun
Están lentos esos amaradores
America has no quality anymore always just a hurry and cost more🤔
It's a hurry due to the bids. We get bad rates so we have to hurry the fuck up to meet are goals. Quality is still there we just need better rates. Some jobs want a single man to place tons of steel in a single day. Its stressful sometimes at the expense of our bodies.
I counted 19 ties blue face 20 ties guero
Jajaja jajaja
what a nice way to waste his lifetime...
Очень медленно, Я в два раза быстрее вяжут арматурру
No fast
jeieluis Flow you slow 2 homie. I’ve seen your videos. U ain’t fast at all.
🙏🙏🙏👍👍👍
T
Slow as fuck bro
Too Fucking Slow
Hate rebar
Too slow
This is why we don't hire rod Buster's. We do our own rebar before we pour concrete. Double tie or nothing
You and your crew just need to learn how to walk on rebar fool. Always the top bar you’ll never break ties
Disgusting
And that's all ther going to do for the whole day .thats y they take years to finish a small section.🤣🤣🤣