2017 MCAA Fastest Trowel on the Block

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  • Опубликовано: 3 окт 2024
  • Check out video of the 2020 competition at: • 2020 MCAA Fastest Trow...
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    The Fastest Trowel on the Block Competition, hosted by the Mason Contractors Association of America, is a showcase of industry craftsmanship and a testament of both the speed and skill of our industry's workforce. Only those journeymen masons who have the skill, confidence and courage to face-off with the industry's best are invited to compete. This is a contest that also proves how important teamwork is in accomplishing a final product.
    The competition pits journeyman masons, accompanied by their two favorite tenders, against one another in a show of both speed and craftsmanship. Each contestant's goal is to complete as much of a 30 foot long long wall as possible, using 8"x8"x16" CMU and the provided mortar in a twenty-minute heat. Contestants must have a high degree of workmanship using normal masonry practices and hand tools.
    Visit www.fastesttrow... for additional information including registration, photos, rules, and more.

Комментарии • 5 тыс.

  • @drakeboatman9385
    @drakeboatman9385 3 года назад +80

    Imagine putting all these guys in a space with a bunch of materials, leaving for 30 minutes, and coming back to a fucking fortress.

  • @jamesgillard7113
    @jamesgillard7113 3 года назад +203

    I knew shit was gonna go down when I saw the Mexican guys making the sign of the cross on the walk up

  • @BigJon94
    @BigJon94 6 лет назад +1567

    Hope the boss wasn't watching this competition because they would get back to work Monday and he'd be like "y'all been holding out on me" haha

    • @parkinglotstriping9800
      @parkinglotstriping9800 6 лет назад +15

      jonaverette you damn rigth...

    • @jasonkaramo3721
      @jasonkaramo3721 6 лет назад +90

      jonaverette Facts bro! I always tell guys not to slack on a job but once the supervisor knows you can work like a beast they just expect that shit all the time

    • @toddstevens6608
      @toddstevens6608 6 лет назад +3

      Lmao

    • @TheTinkle1
      @TheTinkle1 6 лет назад +17

      Jason Karamo you are correct but the key thing is you now have leverage if he doesn’t like what he gets screw him and find the same job

    • @Junmalo987
      @Junmalo987 6 лет назад +1

      good one! made me crack up

  • @Cnightz
    @Cnightz 4 года назад +40

    This is very impressive. Had no idea this was a competition. We should have youth programs like this.

    • @MMK86
      @MMK86 2 года назад +5

      no one would show up, being stuck in a touch screen trance is more fun for them

    • @edge-rps
      @edge-rps 11 месяцев назад

      give the kids amazing lego sets as prizes @@MMK86

    • @Shane96-gy9hv
      @Shane96-gy9hv 6 месяцев назад +1

      Damn 👆🏻 that’s a sad reality

  • @AndrewJackson-pj7zh
    @AndrewJackson-pj7zh 5 лет назад +467

    Much respect to all brick layers. Regardless of ethnicity, these are guys who take honor in their work. More respect to the older guys still in the game.

    • @thor_guldhammer
      @thor_guldhammer 4 года назад +2

      thank you.

    • @akaajhaelleh7792
      @akaajhaelleh7792 4 года назад +2

      Andrew Jackson 💚💙that shit lame u can’t do that to that

    • @chadlosh6749
      @chadlosh6749 4 года назад

      Yes thank you...

    • @bobayekadabogeyman9819
      @bobayekadabogeyman9819 4 года назад +42

      Why ethinicity even come into your head?

    • @woptown619
      @woptown619 4 года назад +7

      Andrew Jackson what does ethnicity have to do with it? What if I said cause of your name your black?

  • @jimmyfarrow6486
    @jimmyfarrow6486 2 года назад +20

    This is weirdly fascinating. Now I wanna go lay brick for NO reason.

  • @skippyboy88
    @skippyboy88 5 лет назад +827

    Its amazing what I will watch while taking a dump

  • @Goch46
    @Goch46 3 года назад +16

    This is a competition i would pay to watch while supporting this hard working dudes

  • @sefsoliz3977
    @sefsoliz3977 5 лет назад +125

    Brings back so many memories of when my dad would get after me for not keeping up with him... I’ve seen my dad flip, cut a block to the perfect size with a trowel and lay in the blink of an eye. The masonry skill is slowly fading away. Good to see some hard workers out there keeping this craft going!

    • @4runnercolorado422
      @4runnercolorado422 5 лет назад +2

      It may be fading away, but our demand is non-stop in my area. Lots of money in it for those willing to work hard.

    • @salvadorjimenez6022
      @salvadorjimenez6022 5 лет назад +8

      it's not fading away bricks and blocks don't lay themselves we're building a jailhouse and in may we're starting a prison in wichita falls and ALL masons are Mexicans including general superintendent and we have two more projects after that so I doubt msonry will fade away anytime soon!!!!

    • @aiayiidowu4127
      @aiayiidowu4127 2 года назад +1

      Hello my name is idowu Ajayi Olaition

    • @aiayiidowu4127
      @aiayiidowu4127 2 года назад

      I good buddy 👍👍😎 man

    • @joseortega-us6rn
      @joseortega-us6rn 2 года назад +2

      Hey Soliz same thing happens to me, my father was very good I have to be ready to keep up, those are my best memories of him.

  • @mattwolfe3922
    @mattwolfe3922 4 года назад +43

    Masonry is an underrated trade. It takes an incredible amount of skill. These guys make it look easy but it takes many years to get to their level.

    • @LightGesture
      @LightGesture 3 года назад +1

      Maybe on speed. But if you laid block every day and couldnt get to be pretty fast and accurate within a year, you dont want it. Get to a different trade.

    • @frankperricone2065
      @frankperricone2065 Год назад +1

      You got that right, 4 generations of Italian Bricklayers, 3 generations in America, started in Sicily as Stone Masons, shit my family built N.Y. I'm the last.

    • @yannmassard3970
      @yannmassard3970 Год назад

      these walls are gonna fall if you blow on them though

  • @livingonadollar2882
    @livingonadollar2882 4 года назад +74

    Dad was never the fastest trowel But 40 + years after he passed away His building and homes are still there
    I remember 2 years in a row Canadian bricklayers had it bad...Long winter. 2 weeks of rain into a housing crash. Then a carpenter strike The final straw was Building inspector wanted a pay off But ended up shutting down the site on a bad scaffold
    Dad packed up his camper van And took a job 250 miles north And worked out of the van for over a month
    I'm 49 years old since i was a kid till now i wear the gray white And red socks out of respect of the hardships every dad has being a mason

  • @elvislobo7050
    @elvislobo7050 3 года назад +42

    I love the fact that some of them take the sign of the cross before they get to work. Do that too before I start. Awesome work guys ❤️

    • @Randomhandlename
      @Randomhandlename 2 года назад +3

      Polytheistic act

    • @Jehovah-Witness
      @Jehovah-Witness 2 года назад +2

      I hate when people do that!!!!🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

    • @tchoco
      @tchoco 2 года назад

      @@Jehovah-Witness I dislike it as well in this context. I like it when people use it to thank God but dislike it when people in competitions seek a blessing from God in order to win over another person.

    • @JesusRebollar
      @JesusRebollar 2 года назад +3

      @@tchoco it's the faith in God Jesus Christ that moves the believer in everything he does whether is work, a competition or a Battle just like soldiers pray before battle.

    • @JesusRebollar
      @JesusRebollar 2 года назад +1

      My respect for the people who make the sign of the Cross at the begging and after the competition. God bless them. We do not rely on our own skills and understanding but in the help of God who is Almighty and powerful.

  • @buddyhawk8300
    @buddyhawk8300 6 лет назад +143

    Dude in the red shirt did the best

  • @davidkoonce1510
    @davidkoonce1510 3 года назад +20

    These guys just laid more blocks than my entire well-house is made of...and in 10 minutes!
    It took me 6 hours and 12 beers...

  • @ramoncortez8623
    @ramoncortez8623 Год назад +12

    This contest was over when they mentioned Jose and Jesus.

  • @bradybosco4969
    @bradybosco4969 2 года назад +3

    Thump up to all bricklayers watching from Uganda the pearl of Africa GOD BLESS YOU ALL

  • @chicagolandconstruction4065
    @chicagolandconstruction4065 7 лет назад +27

    The boys all did a great job.There is a lot of pressure when you are being watched by all your peers and all job conditions are equal.There are no excuses to be made.The best man won.It was interesting to see the different styles of laying the block.

  • @arizonarider6998
    @arizonarider6998 6 лет назад +32

    Much respect to these guys !

    • @cnnnews9593
      @cnnnews9593 3 года назад

      ruclips.net/channel/UCp4I4jfVfPkSx-E5CEiOJEA

  • @jamesboprice
    @jamesboprice 6 лет назад +22

    If they were actually building something I’d be impressed. Watched a group walling up a CVS store once. Multi level scaffolding. They’d sling mortar up on shovels and toss stacks of bricks to each level. The 2nd and 3rd levels would catch and release in smooth single motions. Now that was impressive.

  • @markusjordantesoro2992
    @markusjordantesoro2992 Год назад +2

    My dad teach me how to do this kind of work and now I'm a bigman a father also and I'll build my own house thanks to my father and God bless to all the people who make to do this kind of job bless you brother.

  • @АлексейСилютин-и9д
    @АлексейСилютин-и9д 4 года назад +5

    Круто.....!!!! Бравые ребята......Молодцы!!!!! Лучшие из Лучших!!!!! Огромная Благодарность Организаторам и Автору этого видео !!!!!!!!!!! Прекрасная идея ))))) Вто это Мастер-Класс........the best of.....very good .....

  • @gabrielcornejo238
    @gabrielcornejo238 4 года назад +30

    Felicidades a los Paisanos 🇲🇽✌💪poniendo la muestra.

  • @teslacybertruck750
    @teslacybertruck750 5 лет назад +603

    Un orgullo de verdad que los ganadores sean mexicanos.

    • @juanmanuellazarolopez625
      @juanmanuellazarolopez625 5 лет назад +63

      la construcción es nuestro fuerte..... mas de 12 horas chingandole bonito "nosotros hacemos grande a america"

    • @poliarco56
      @poliarco56 5 лет назад +25

      Bueno era lo mas probable conoci algunos en construccion bestias para trabajar...los felicito

    • @carivanxxx
      @carivanxxx 5 лет назад +12

      Donde dijo q son mexicanos

    • @JoseLopez-wi2vv
      @JoseLopez-wi2vv 5 лет назад +4

      Pinche tiradera de mescla más lo que tiran que lo que ocupan jaja

    • @juanmanuellazarolopez625
      @juanmanuellazarolopez625 5 лет назад +39

      @@JoseLopez-wi2vv están en u.s.a ahi no son poquiteros....material es lo que sobra

  • @gdmt
    @gdmt 2 года назад +12

    I didnt know they turned this to a sport/event as well. But damn, this is awesome lol. Just like that lumberjack sport

    • @TristanJCumpole
      @TristanJCumpole 2 года назад

      I was about to comment the exact same thing. Whatever next? Competitive hydrogeological groundwater test point installation? Fastest Bentoniting on the block?

  • @julianz.9164
    @julianz.9164 4 года назад +81

    As soon as I heard the names Gabriel and Philaberto, I knew it was over

  • @Daves1681
    @Daves1681 5 лет назад +32

    2:40am lying here watching men lay bricks 🙁🙁🙄 goodnight!

    • @johnnyrussel8976
      @johnnyrussel8976 5 лет назад +4

      You over here beating your meat too men laying brick and then you passed out huh??

    • @adams4100
      @adams4100 4 года назад +1

      *blocks

    • @jamesmeegan4755
      @jamesmeegan4755 4 года назад

      Ahh I just woke and I’m watching this at 2:40am

  • @Rocky-om9dp
    @Rocky-om9dp 4 года назад +21

    Como siempre los latinos somos más chingones. E inteligentes para el jale viva los latinos felicidades Mexicanos son echos de pura fibra 👍🏼

  • @frankyfrank8523
    @frankyfrank8523 2 года назад +1

    It's 1 am. I've never layed bricks before. Don't know how I got here. About to light up another rollie. Fuk it,can't sleep. Gonna watch another competition video

  • @firstname7769
    @firstname7769 5 лет назад +41

    Lol bruh im not surprised the Hermanos took all the prizes 😂😂

  • @leonardorodriguez9919
    @leonardorodriguez9919 7 лет назад +144

    Fuck only if brick layers laid this fast on the job site 😂

    • @MrSw150
      @MrSw150 7 лет назад +15

      Leonardo Rodriguez it's not a race and you don't get a bonus on the job for the fastest trowel.

    • @kansasgardener5844
      @kansasgardener5844 7 лет назад +12

      Shelton Wilson Fuck laying fast I'm Union!

    • @leonardorodriguez9919
      @leonardorodriguez9919 7 лет назад

      Kansas Gardener lol

    • @kansasgardener5844
      @kansasgardener5844 7 лет назад +1

      Leonardo Rodriguez I really am a Union mason in Kansas. Are you a Mason?

    • @Heavenlypeacetheone
      @Heavenlypeacetheone 6 лет назад +1

      if they lay them like that for me and it was prefect to code i would pay bonus

  • @freakyflow
    @freakyflow 6 лет назад +106

    40 years later i still drive by buildings my dad built He once told me If you do your job as best you can It speaks for it's self
    Dad is long passed But i still have his trowel and the shape where his calluesed hands formed a grove...Rain Snow Cold Heat driving 100miles for work, Camping 3 weeks on job sites Losing work because of builder strikes (wood plumbing etc) Home buyer booms and crashes Safety inspectors closing down sites Over all that he had to deal with. He aways came home tired but with a big smile for his little man ...I been wearing construction socks all my life

    • @toddstevens6608
      @toddstevens6608 6 лет назад +11

      freakyflow you truly appreciate how blessed you are. Carry that with you forever.

    • @ikert3395
      @ikert3395 6 лет назад +3

      I have worn several rose trowles down to nothing with my hand print..
      The secret is to let a a really good Mason break in a new rose trowel and the steel remembers...
      That's why you don't let steel taste human blood..
      Coin for a blade.

    • @juniorgonzalez2344
      @juniorgonzalez2344 5 лет назад +1

      Good story my friend, may your dad Rest In Peace.

    • @DanielRojas-nw3mv
      @DanielRojas-nw3mv 5 лет назад

      freakyflow You’re correct I m a builder and every time I go by one of my projects I feel good about it

    • @prophetgoogle7071
      @prophetgoogle7071 3 года назад

      It's really fulfilling when you see someone's craft

  • @ГабилНоврузав
    @ГабилНоврузав 3 года назад +62

    Вот это по настоящему крутые соревнования, вот кому нужно платить большие зарплаты, и показывать по телевизору, чтобы рабочие профессии были в моде, а не всякие певцы и блогеры

    • @modernstrike1779
      @modernstrike1779 3 года назад +1

      Верно говоришь

    • @oleksandrstepashko8696
      @oleksandrstepashko8696 2 года назад +1

      Вы абсолютно правы

    • @turukmakto6689
      @turukmakto6689 2 года назад

      @@oleksandrstepashko8696 в нашей стране проще делают, выставляют первый ряд несколько дней и кладут под гребёнку. а тут они сами над собой издеваюся, один уже может коробку собрать метров 25 на 6 под гребенку, а они угорают с пяти рядов толпой

    • @АлександрСлонь-т1д
      @АлександрСлонь-т1д 2 года назад

      В чем они крутые ? лучше посмотри на видео как люди сами себе дома за сезон строят от фундамента до крыши, и зарабатывают строители нормально.
      и вы уточните куда денутся эти кирпичи и цемент с соревнований ?

    • @ГабилНоврузав
      @ГабилНоврузав 2 года назад

      @@АлександрСлонь-т1д В том что это профессионалы своего дела, а то что люди дома себе строят за сезон, поверь мне я это уже проходил на своём опыте и знаешь по мне лучше уж заплатить специалисту так в итоге обойдётся и качественней и в долгосрочной перспективе дешевле. И заработанный рубль ничем не хуже съэкономленного.

  • @HubberBubber
    @HubberBubber 7 лет назад +36

    If you can think of a competition for something, it exists.

    • @heftyjoe
      @heftyjoe 6 лет назад +2

      Jimmy Tremblay no kidding. I can't believe that this is an actual thing.

    • @FRANK45CASTLE
      @FRANK45CASTLE 6 лет назад +1

      Jimmy Tremblay when I was in Iraq we would see who could get the most cigarettes of the guys we killed. True story.

    • @glenjamindle
      @glenjamindle 6 лет назад

      Yea there's a competition for everything, like the rototiller racing world championships. ruclips.net/video/Kq6GbuVgDZg/видео.html

    • @TheMotocross4life
      @TheMotocross4life 6 лет назад +3

      Castle45commando fuck

    • @Bushcraft-xz6xd
      @Bushcraft-xz6xd 6 лет назад +1

      Us English chase round Cheeses down steep hills, you Americans have bricklaying races.....both as daft as each other!!!

  • @memagoo542
    @memagoo542 5 лет назад +8

    The Mason tenders are the pro's of the trade. 40 years for me. At 60 still pitching bricks,blocks. Some scaffolding 3 hundred feet tall out at the refineries. Etc.

    • @saucelujah5133
      @saucelujah5133 2 года назад

      I do refinery work as well, local 5 bac.

  • @franksuact498
    @franksuact498 6 лет назад +28

    Esto si vale la pena ver , Saludos desde, lima.Perú.

  • @grindordie3336
    @grindordie3336 Год назад

    Quality should never be rushed in such a manner. A wall has a purpose to be as solid as possible.

  • @lindathrall483
    @lindathrall483 2 года назад +4

    IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY DAD HE DID THIS KIND OF WORK

  • @951matthew951
    @951matthew951 7 лет назад +572

    None of these songs are heard on the job site.

    • @JustinCrediblename
      @JustinCrediblename 7 лет назад +19

      I think there are a few select job sites in San Francisco's Castro district and L.A.'s West Hollywood that play these sometimes.

    • @bobbymccann5894
      @bobbymccann5894 6 лет назад +3

      Justin Crediblename possible West and South L.A.

    • @bobbymccann5894
      @bobbymccann5894 6 лет назад +1

      Justin Crediblename Also Sacramento

    • @yourface3154
      @yourface3154 6 лет назад

      Everyday when I was a hod carrier in Oregon.

    • @vinceg8394
      @vinceg8394 6 лет назад +2

      951matthew951 HAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHHA

  • @abdullahalbargi3471
    @abdullahalbargi3471 6 лет назад +5

    Very beautiful and wonderful and I was impressed by his way of using the spoon

  • @lawoftheuniverse8089
    @lawoftheuniverse8089 2 года назад +2

    I Love This...!!! Trades People in General do not get anywhere near the Respect they should be receiving and these guys really do it right...Excellent Video...!!!

  • @juangomez3947
    @juangomez3947 5 лет назад +149

    Bravo por los hispanos...los mejores trabajadores...

  • @ishmael_03
    @ishmael_03 2 года назад +3

    Respect to these guys and all construction workers!

  • @lento7421
    @lento7421 4 года назад +32

    You should've have that competition at my back yard I need a fence 😭

  • @kaytonbrown6287
    @kaytonbrown6287 3 года назад +3

    I work in masonry brick layer from Jamaica enjoy watching this video for the first time.
    I would love to attend even participate in this competition.

  • @alexborundaiii6753
    @alexborundaiii6753 7 лет назад +26

    if the mason had to endure the music ...that is a special quality hah mijas

  • @zahidali-hf5lr
    @zahidali-hf5lr 3 года назад +5

    First time watching such amazing competition. They are heroes work in cold and scoroaching heat. 6121

  • @davidmurray6176
    @davidmurray6176 2 года назад +3

    Level, plum, straight-edge. I've been doing this for 35 years. We do alot of repair on chimneys, tear out block walls and lay block for doors, windows etc. Grinding joints and regrouting plus brick replacement. I've seen and done it all. Doing repairs pays better than brand new construction as far as business goes imo.

  • @gregdavis7204
    @gregdavis7204 2 года назад +4

    They were all fast. Im impressed! Nice job

  • @miroboy25
    @miroboy25 6 лет назад +260

    Yes,God bless the mexicans

    • @mrrly473
      @mrrly473 6 лет назад

      Stanimir Potov t

    • @opinioncorrecta9693
      @opinioncorrecta9693 5 лет назад

      Stanimir Potov. A la mieda tu pito dios anda escucha a Eduardo Galeano Mitos, dios.

    • @claythomas7982
      @claythomas7982 5 лет назад +4

      God bless the white guys who can out do the Mexican, the white guys have something to prove here. The masons are a union, I don't give a flip about unions, that means unnecessarily expensive. Kolfage will build a wall for 3 mil a mile. The unions want 19 mil a mile. Kolfage will use AMERICAN CITIZEN EMPLOYESS AND AMERICAN BUSINESS TO BUILD.

    • @lopezglez.2558
      @lopezglez.2558 5 лет назад +6

      God bless the whole world.!! 😉

    • @urielluna8788
      @urielluna8788 5 лет назад +12

      @Derick Wilsom how about go fuck your shitty security officer job! I bet you wake up put on your belt with your pepper spary and baton and say to yourself that your a cop . Now thats a shitty job

  • @anthonycase9743
    @anthonycase9743 5 лет назад +40

    I did not have to watch this video to know a Mexican had this down I knew they would win I am Mexican I know what am talking about. At the ending I got a little nostalgic this reminded me of 2006 working with my dad fresh out of high school. We use to have a great time and we loved watching competitions like this one but I been out the construction businesses sense 2012

    • @vladb5101
      @vladb5101 5 лет назад +2

      So the wall will be built by Mexicans ? )))

    • @vladb5101
      @vladb5101 5 лет назад +2

      @@anthonycase9743 Hello friend actually I am also an immigrant to EU from Russia. My reflection is the same. However you miss one most important point - In reach countries there are no less oligarchs who wish to pay workers so much as their "third countries" conterparts, but !!! there are trade unions which protect labor, there are public instruments to protect a week (women, poor etc.) from strong ( powerful, reach, etc) The less these instruments are in a society the less protected you are. You run to USA by the same reasons that we run to EU, because in our countries your labor does not give you protection and security because your employers pay you less than they should. For a Mexican it is easier to go to USA and to work for the rate below those that generation of american unionists fought for. Sometimes they died for their struggle. Mexicans and other third world people do not want to struggle for their rights to be paid for their labor. I am an opposition member and factually political asylum seeker because I spent 20 years in these struggle in Russia. Unfortunately my countrymen do not understand why they have to struggle. The same is in Mexico. It is not good subject for you to be proud of that costly restaurants. In a good country a hard working man can afford to visit all restaurants may be not so often as elite but not so seldom in Mexico. I do not support this wall but how can americans convince people of Mexico start cleaning the mess in their own state even if some of them can suffer from it ? Americans suffered and won...

    • @shovelheadseven
      @shovelheadseven 5 лет назад +2

      @@anthonycase9743 Something that people don't know is when Cortez went to Mexico and the story of Cuauhtemoc. Building a wall to separate people is going backwards. I am born and raised in Los Angeles and have many friends who are Mexican. There are more common interests than people might think. There are many rich people in Mexico as you pointed out. One of the richest men in the world is Mexican. They see paisas at Home Depot and think that represents all Mexicans. Trump should be ashamed for not promoting unity with Mexico. You know how that goes it's not the goal. They want racism and to keep everyone apart. That way they can try to keep people from figuring out what is really going on and how bad they are and have been getting fucked by the so called elite. Bottom line is the people who know are in the 3% and it is hard to tell people what they must seek on their own to know. They buy into the propaganda on various levels and think they are so smart. trump isn't even familiar with California. It's all part of the distraction. Basically the border crossed them.
      Twain wrote about propaganda "My country right or wrong." Letters from the Earth. Same shit goes on today.

    • @chadlosh6749
      @chadlosh6749 3 года назад

      @@shovelheadseven
      Reaching both your responses, including out other friend, is one off the things that me proud to an American. But there are basically two types of mind sets here 1) most people who superficially listen to politics and have no actual clue how economics truly work in real life instead of in theory & 2) those who exactly how the economy truly, intuitively functions which from cash flowing from the bottom up-- and not from it trickling down. I am 46 years old and I started working on commercial residential jobsites at the age of 12, with fairly large crews in multiple locations on multiple job sites. Even back then it was on the boderline of being a "NO NO!", however, my Dad was a fairly well known contractor as was his father (at least among the true tradesmen in out community) and several provisions on in the books bank then that made it possible to work kiss that young if they were your own progeny anyway... I just had to make it a priority too not get hurt and suck out when I did stick it whenever I did. As long as there wasn't a serious injury nobody would be striving to prove Any kind of negligence on his part anyways. I'm among of the last hard men... I believer in labor unions in America but i also believe in my own right to work as a general contractor. Right to work laws here are actually misnomers because they (they meaning the bastard politicians and the bastards who have them in their pockets) have hijacked this purpose and inflicted their own agenda on the public which had meant t to be a disguise to hurt the labor unions while also handicapping the contractors and workers that they are supposedly representing-- so in the end nobody wins on our end of performing the work and only the guys with the money are just making more of it... My father had to deal with local union leaders threats but for the moist parthe was one of the few contractors that they left alone... mostly suite to the fact that he has actually trained so many of their masons before they decided you go union. I've had to deal with up north, almost to Michigan, when they started threatening to whip our asses, steal our tools and destroy our trucks. This harassment went on for a week orso until they finally caught me on a bad morning and i put them in their proper place. The same two union reps came intomy jobsite and started talking their same line of shit so i told then exactly what i think of them... "I'm a believer in you two and what you represent. I believe in Labor Unions in the trades because I KNOW that the union and it's regulations saves lives, especialespecially on large projects like hospitals, government buildings and schools-- but how Saree you confer onto MY jobsite and tell me that i have absolutely no right to this work-- steel stud framing and drywall work on a couple of bulkheads in this department store. I'M GOING TO LET YOU TWO OFF WITH A WARNING THIS TIME!!!..." And i proceeded to tell them aboutmy family "My family tree has existed in this country since before this country was even born and my ancestors have lived in Indiana since decades before the Civil War---AND ALL OF THE MEN IN MY FAMILY HAVE BEEN TRADESMEN PERFORMING CONSTRUCTION WORK-- EITHER MASONS OR CARPENTERS OR BOTH!!! SO DON'T COME IN HERE ON MY JOBSITE AND BLOW ME SHIT ABOUT HOW I DON'T DESERVE TO BE WORKING ON THIS JOB-- THE LOSH FAMILY has been here building up this country block by block, brick by brick and board by board since long before either you or your organization has existed and if one of us don't deserve to be here at this moment its you two and what you represent so get the fuck out or get to fighting because IT ENDS!!! TODAY is the LAST TIME that I will tolerate letting either of you talk shit to me and threaten me or any of my men on my jobsite!!! But I'm going to tell you one thing-- if EITHER of you think that you are walking out that fucking door in one fucking piece at this fucking moment then you are sorely mistaken! (Followed by my own loud yet ruefully boisterous laugh) You don't get to come in here and threaten to COME BACK WITH HELP and whip my ass with a bunch of your buddies after I've worked a 16 hour day. NO sir that fight starts right here, right now with just you two verses me-- which should be at least a halfway fair fight for both of you since you two have the odds against me. So which one o of you two wants to get to throw the first punch so I can just get this shit over with and get on with. my day-- which was going to be busy enough even before this shit started-- and now I'm finally running out of patience..." I doubled up my fists and took a defensive stance on the balls of my feet and glanced back and forth at both of them. All of this taking place right in the middle of the open structured fresh produce area right at the front of the store in front of both customers and store personnel so i laughed hard again and I said "and if you try to make a break for the door I PROMISE YOU BOTH the beating that getting ready to give each of you is just going to that much worse," and then i finished each of them off with a steely eyed, razor sharp grin baring my teeth all the way back to my molars. At 6'2" & 200 lbs they KNEW that they had pressed their luck too hard with me and that theywere about to pay for it. Neither of then was as big as me. They stood frozen for a few moments then they both turned towards each other, comically knocking each off balance and began a lightening quick ternse conversation that ended with them both nodding in agreement with each other. They looked at me and both began profusely apologizing for any discomfort that their rhetoric may have caused and before the conversation was over they begged me to apply to become a registered union contractor and offered to send me men who were knowledgeable and experienced apprentices in carpentry that could perform like fully accomplished Journeyman but they themselves didn't recognize that fact so I could get away with paying them like apprentices wages while charging my customers for fully accredited journeymen... Now don't that just beat the band so to speak? Being doubled-crossed by their own union stewards?!? So i laughed and lied, nodding to agree that i promised to give the offer some serious consideration-- off which i had no intention. I let them both make a quick escape after that. I seen them for few minutes everyday for the next couple of weeks. They were always polite as could be from that moment forward. Towards the end one of them "warned" that some of their guys might take things into their own hands and start some shit so i explained to him that was actually his own problem and i proceeded to explain to him that whatever terrible found mine or my men i pinkpromised to delivery it personally right back to the both of them. We chatted making small talk for couple more minutes then bade each other our goodbyes and they left and i didn't didn't see either of them anymore before leaving town... more importantly I never had spot of trouble after that last conversation either lol...

    • @luisrosas5694
      @luisrosas5694 2 года назад

      @@vladb5101 and so will be the tunnels

  • @kingknotty726
    @kingknotty726 5 лет назад +756

    Who else is watching this cause they actually work in masonry and didn’t just find it in recommendations lol

  • @miket2172
    @miket2172 3 года назад +2

    Respect to all the block guys my back hurts watching

  • @InitialEngineers
    @InitialEngineers 6 лет назад +105

    Who else thought they were gonna see people flinging concrete and throwing bricks at a * idgaf * speed .

    • @phoenixcoleman7777
      @phoenixcoleman7777 5 лет назад

      Initial Engineers that’s how walls fall over

    • @pikefisher6665
      @pikefisher6665 5 лет назад +1

      They don't use concrete ....

    • @GingerDust69
      @GingerDust69 5 лет назад

      Initial Engineers I’ve been inspired to make construction videos please can you check them out and subscribe you never no you might like them

    • @4mbpswifi804
      @4mbpswifi804 5 лет назад

      @@GingerDust69 read your comment saw your channel liked it

  • @walk_with_cactus_pete
    @walk_with_cactus_pete 7 лет назад +34

    Way to rep Phoenix! :)

    • @jdiaz9759
      @jdiaz9759 6 лет назад

      Wall Jam Block layer capital of the world ;)

  • @optimusprimo2012
    @optimusprimo2012 6 лет назад +245

    These guys can build a Walmart in 2 hours.

    • @hugovelez577
      @hugovelez577 6 лет назад

      optimusprimo2012 jajajajajaaja

    • @01larana
      @01larana 6 лет назад +2

      That's how they build up super max prisons ,..

    • @wilkyahzee2335
      @wilkyahzee2335 6 лет назад +6

      That's why all Wal-Marts are splitfaced block. Can't see the train wrecked block work.

    • @maddoxinc1642
      @maddoxinc1642 6 лет назад +4

      If you pay them accordingly, they sure can. See how fast the mexican's are working when $8k is on the line?

    • @FallenSkorm
      @FallenSkorm 6 лет назад +3

      Wilk Yahzee they are probably far more skilled than you idiot.

  • @moselc09
    @moselc09 4 года назад +2

    I never knew this stuff existed. the internet is a powerful tool

  • @Appleboy05
    @Appleboy05 5 лет назад +4

    Wow those guys have some serious talent... that’s when u love ur job

  • @angelmortiz1270
    @angelmortiz1270 6 лет назад +79

    Soy boricua trabaje en una fábrica de gabinetes y aprendí mucho con los muchachos Mejicanos son unos nosotros los quiero mucho son mis amigos

  • @davidrupp6336
    @davidrupp6336 4 года назад +153

    You get extremely efficient when you're paid piecework instead of hourly.

    • @James.Walston
      @James.Walston 3 года назад +4

      Absolutely!

    • @Caleb-fm1hp
      @Caleb-fm1hp 3 года назад +7

      More chance of injury, less quality, stamina wear out.

    • @Isinha05..
      @Isinha05.. 3 года назад

      C u

    • @twinny555
      @twinny555 3 года назад +4

      @@Caleb-fm1hp disagree, total skill, especially when you don’t get paid for shoddy work. Part of my job is to tell a brickie take that down and start again when it’s not right. They don’t get paid for bricks they take down.

    • @twinny555
      @twinny555 3 года назад

      Even more so in the UK when you can’t start work until it’s 4 Celsius outside and 8 months out the year here it’s freezing 🥶

  • @dazuk1969
    @dazuk1969 3 года назад +2

    That was like watching paint dry but i appreciate the skill of those dudes.

  • @flackonw7374
    @flackonw7374 4 года назад +14

    I love how Americans can do a competition with everything who more than two people can do.

  • @MiguelTorres-sr6el
    @MiguelTorres-sr6el 2 года назад +12

    I was a hod carrier in my early twenties and it was some tough work. I've seen some really tough and fast bricklayers who could give these guys a run for their money

  • @VetsFleetNY
    @VetsFleetNY 6 лет назад +499

    What am I doing in my life to end up here

    • @abcbask21
      @abcbask21 6 лет назад +13

      VetsFleetNY fuckin weird right?

    • @robopope
      @robopope 6 лет назад +29

      it's 2am and I'm watching trowel videos wtf

    • @forten8066
      @forten8066 6 лет назад +6

      hahaha made my day.... same here, why tf am i watching this.

    • @irusuwa8726
      @irusuwa8726 6 лет назад +2

      Haha, same here. From Italy

    • @mbdontslipp9487
      @mbdontslipp9487 6 лет назад +2

      Honestly

  • @cordelmar
    @cordelmar 5 лет назад +7

    Llo acabo de acer un pequeno trabajo de blockes en mi patio y estoy molido, estos muchachos echaron 6 linesas de alto y largas d blockes en 18 minutos.
    La verdad que son unos bravos trabajando. Grasias

  • @jesusmagana9097
    @jesusmagana9097 5 лет назад +12

    Muy bonita competencia me gusto mucho saludos

  • @ClayEngineer
    @ClayEngineer 6 лет назад +4

    Im so impressed, these guys are artists.

  • @tony91san53
    @tony91san53 Год назад

    A man's trade.
    Brings memories father put food on the table with this. 💪

  • @jimmyhunt9081
    @jimmyhunt9081 6 лет назад +7

    They ain't laying block like this on the job.
    Fuckin cervesa missing from this materials list

  • @josedavalos3309
    @josedavalos3309 5 лет назад +7

    Much respect for block layers since its the hardest job in construction, good layers do as much as 500 or more blocks per day killer job they deserve a good applause..

  • @erscolors
    @erscolors 6 лет назад +251

    No ganamos en las olimpiadas pero q tal pal trabajo😂😂😂😂

    • @sergiocorona7688
      @sergiocorona7688 5 лет назад +9

      Ni en los mundiales!! pero no importa viva México

    • @mikeol510
      @mikeol510 5 лет назад +6

      @@Ronaldo115 tu mama wey

    • @osmarperez6191
      @osmarperez6191 5 лет назад +5

      Mirando a esos brodes medan ganas de irme alas 5 dela mañana y estar ennla obra alas 6 y pegar mis 300 block pero meda hueva levantarme temprano

    • @christianmontalvo1614
      @christianmontalvo1614 4 года назад +1

      Si awebo

  • @zaurenstoates7306
    @zaurenstoates7306 2 года назад +1

    Doing research for a retaining wall and came across this. I love that this is a thing 🥰

  • @murderhornets1166
    @murderhornets1166 5 лет назад +119

    Of Course The Mexicans Won. Besos!😘😘

    • @peterpetigrew2869
      @peterpetigrew2869 5 лет назад +22

      I thought the Black guy would have won...oh wait they dont do hard work 🙊🙊

    • @Emmet-id6xq
      @Emmet-id6xq 5 лет назад +6

      @@peterpetigrew2869 👏👏👏👏👌😂😂😂

    • @actualfactual8737
      @actualfactual8737 4 года назад +2

      @@peterpetigrew2869 Globohomo confirmed in the comment section below. Tread at your own risk.

    • @JavierMartinez-tz6yn
      @JavierMartinez-tz6yn 4 года назад +4

      @@peterpetigrew2869 you will be surprised on black people from Geaogia.
      They are very good on brick.

    • @E.MELCHEZ333
      @E.MELCHEZ333 4 года назад

      @@JavierMartinez-tz6yn let him know

  • @idibibubidibu474
    @idibibubidibu474 5 лет назад +10

    "Con un pico, una pala y un rastrillo te construimos un castillo" - Residente

  • @WodernWarfareTree
    @WodernWarfareTree 6 лет назад +378

    Damn they worked that fast even without bud light and corridos blasting?

  • @yahyatowaqeen6769
    @yahyatowaqeen6769 3 года назад +2

    I wish you more work and success .. I am following you from the Arab Kingdom of Jordan🇯🇴

  • @mahmaebulmufloebonov6370
    @mahmaebulmufloebonov6370 3 года назад +8

    Скорость-скоростью,а качество ещё никто не отменял!В обшем ,зрелищно .👍

    • @ПетяГромов-ъ5р
      @ПетяГромов-ъ5р 2 года назад +2

      сразу видно, наш человек ) Какой смысл от скорости, когда раствора на полу больше чем на стенке )

  • @logicalamerican
    @logicalamerican 3 года назад +38

    Just a thought: maybe they should have this competition somewhere that they actual need a wall built.

    • @yahorzhylinski9347
      @yahorzhylinski9347 3 года назад +2

      good point :)

    • @joegonzalez7725
      @joegonzalez7725 3 года назад

      Around my property 😂

    • @MrMallgood
      @MrMallgood 3 года назад

      Be awesome to have it at a storage rental building

    • @tnezprints2671
      @tnezprints2671 Год назад

      Probably because it's not up to code... they wouldn't move this fast with rebar.🤣🤣🤣

  • @tukwlapuaho5688
    @tukwlapuaho5688 3 года назад +4

    these guys go hard at work. respect

  • @michaelarchangel1514
    @michaelarchangel1514 2 года назад +1

    Here in San Pedro Belize central America
    My worker sticked 4032 concrete blocks in 15 hrs.
    FACTS
    as an licensed electrician licensed contractor plumber air conditioner technician and professional carpenter I can say
    Nice work 👍

  • @josempulido2266
    @josempulido2266 5 лет назад +6

    Men, those youngins are so fast they can build you a whole cinder block house in a couple of three hours.

  • @manuelruiz984
    @manuelruiz984 5 лет назад +5

    Great job and good competition.

  • @orangefanization
    @orangefanization 6 лет назад +4

    That’s some fast block laying. I’d like to see some of my fellow NYC boys at this competition though. Great job guys!

  • @car24dude
    @car24dude 2 месяца назад

    All of this men combined could build an entire shopping mall in a few days.

  • @martinkodymaldonado1667
    @martinkodymaldonado1667 5 лет назад +9

    Los conozco , un saludo hasta halla y bien por ellos un día vamos a verlos a las Vegas animo orgullo de mi pueblo

    • @criaderoarroyo6190
      @criaderoarroyo6190 4 года назад

      De que parte son los ganadores compa de casualidad no son de jaral del progreso guanajuato?

  • @dictat0r
    @dictat0r 5 лет назад +7

    Коротко о том как с минимальными вложениями построить что угодно.
    1е Обявить "конкурс"
    2е найти спонсора
    3е найти лучших мастеров
    4е устроить соревнование(по постройке того что нам нужно)
    И всё... 😂

    • @АртурПупкин-т9м
      @АртурПупкин-т9м 4 года назад

      И получишь кусок говна а не строение - скорость не равно качество..

    • @dictat0r
      @dictat0r 4 года назад

      @@АртурПупкин-т9м так условие будет на качество а не скорость

  • @Hadrorex
    @Hadrorex 6 лет назад +14

    My father was eleven years old when he apprenticed for nine years under a German Master Mason at the tail end of the Great Depression. Brickwork was king. Block was for monkeys then. Sloppy, wavy and inaccurate joinery was your ticket out of the jobsite. And yes, he was one of five Master Masons in the State. His two brothers were also Union recognized Master Masons. And, yes, they are of Mexican heritage. All worked the trade well into their sixties here in the 110+ degree summer heat of Arizona. Each of the three did over four decades at the University of Arizona's construction sites. Many Marie Calendar eateries have their signature work as do the copper mine tanks. Greatness like that died with their retirement. They haven't made craftsmen like that for over two decades.

    • @zorbamusicandlight760
      @zorbamusicandlight760 2 года назад

      WTF ! Great polute for fun !!! Americans creasy..

    • @raulduke3237
      @raulduke3237 2 года назад

      We have less of a need. Today there are still masters, but of new-age craft. My father was a brick layer. Too bad he didnt see the writing on the wall.

  • @Purowalangkwenta
    @Purowalangkwenta 2 года назад +1

    I love the idea of this competition. Everyone is a winner!

  • @yougotmurked9499
    @yougotmurked9499 4 года назад +3

    I’m a Samoan brickie labourer in Australia watching this😂😂

  • @morazan1990
    @morazan1990 5 лет назад +5

    Is very important to keep the head joints full, gentlemans. That is where some of them lost time, filling them up.

  • @luigolz6265
    @luigolz6265 4 года назад +54

    It would had been nice if they'd showed the finished product: How many layers did the winning team did and how good was the job?

    • @indicanorthern6849
      @indicanorthern6849 2 года назад +1

      i was literraly like, WHERE IS THE WINNING WALL GOD DAMN IT ?!

  • @demiantah3179
    @demiantah3179 Год назад

    dude I really enjoy this kind of competitions, just hard workers!

  • @deergutierrez6038
    @deergutierrez6038 5 лет назад +7

    1,2do,3er Lugar, los ganadores Méxicanos!! ✌️👏👏

  • @konstantinfisenko2078
    @konstantinfisenko2078 3 года назад +8

    Это мужчины которые любят себя и свою работу, сморишь и настроение поднимается!
    А у нас на стройке собрались уже династии людей которые ненавидят свою работу и заказчиков!

    • @sakbak6489
      @sakbak6489 3 года назад +1

      😄

    • @МгерДолуханян-й9и
      @МгерДолуханян-й9и 3 года назад +1

      Все верно так они и ещё хорошие деньги за кладку получают,каменьшик в США считается уважаемая професия,а у нас как была цена смешная в Самаре так и стоит, здоровье не вечное,каждый жлоб старается найти и как можно дешевле когда уже и так дешево стоит,нам до них долеко не по качеству работы а по уровню жизни в общем!

    • @faramants5145
      @faramants5145 3 года назад +1

      Сначало посмотри сколько в США проф. строители получают ... Там зарплаты даже для США высокие. Там уважают ручной труд.

  • @nelsonhernandez5877
    @nelsonhernandez5877 3 года назад +4

    Eso es un orgullo que la gente latina se amos trabajadores y les ponemos la pata a quien sea

  • @joshceniga7457
    @joshceniga7457 3 года назад +1

    Good job fellas 👏 ! 35 year mason here .

  • @angelnegro9413
    @angelnegro9413 5 лет назад +61

    Los latinos como siempre sobresaliendo...

  • @JoseSoto-tp8ck
    @JoseSoto-tp8ck 6 лет назад +17

    Hey iam the first guy they called FUCK YEA jose soto LMAO

  • @cesareocacho2503
    @cesareocacho2503 5 лет назад +5

    Standing ovation for all of this guys

  • @denton7773
    @denton7773 2 года назад +1

    My dad still has his metal from one of these events back in 89.

  • @joesmk007
    @joesmk007 5 лет назад +12

    Cool to see alot of Spanish speaking folk. #helpingbuildamerica