The Construction Thread

[Slowlane]

Our taxes are actually lower than yours, all taken in all.
Damn those Socialist bastards!

That's a different subject. There are many reasons why our taxes are high.

 

[Slowlane]

Or removed. I saw that a lot.

In the old days a lot of them were removed. In more recent years pinning is the preferred method. That way if OSHA shows up you need only to pull the pin.

 

[Slowlane]

Just take it out with the claw hammer. Don't mind my screaming.

This guy pulled it with a pare of pliers (mine) and went back to work. --- My hero.

 

[Slowlane]

8 penny nails? 16 penny nails? Explication, fuckers!

Sorry - and I'm not a carpenter so I'm not real sure but an eight penny os aprox two in long and a sixteen is closer to three. The sixteen is also fatter - aprox 1/8th in

 

[TurdFergeson]

I've seen guys put a board between two "moon buggies" before.

LOL

OSHA would have shit their pants.

 

[Slowlane]

Sorry - and I'm not a carpenter so I'm not real sure but an eight penny os aprox two in long and a sixteen is closer to three. The sixteen is also fatter - aprox 1/8th in

Try this site.

http://www.1728.com/nails.htm

 

[rosco rathbone]

This guy pulled it with a pare of pliers (mine) and went back to work. --- My hero.

I can top that (this kind of shit is the point of The COnstruction Thread btw):

Cleaning a weld with a wire wheel, cone-type.

It threw a wire right through my upper lip and jammed it between my two front teeth. Pulled out with a Leatherman. No accident report!

 

[TurdFergeson]

Try this site.

http://www.1728.com/nails.htm

Why do they abbreviate "penny" as "d"?

http://www.engineersedge.com/graphics/nail_chart.gif

 

[Sean]

Try this site.

http://www.1728.com/nails.htm

Ahh, thanks. We just do 'em in inches. And what kind of head is on it.

As in, "what did you do with that box of three inch lost head wires, you cunt?"

 

[TurdFergeson]

forklifts..always fun.

one time a guy put one of the back tires over the edge of a loading dock and got stuck.

another time we had to hook up a block and tackle to a bobcat stuck in mud.

 

[SkAoUt]

Road construction. Curb and gutter is our bread and butter. Sidewalks too. Monolithic occasionally. Hand form as well as machine. Barrier/upright and roll. Not much call for highway barrier wall here. My province is bassackward when it comes to newish (40 yrs old and newer) paving technology.

Non union. Work fast but safe with small crews and lots of green hands (hard to keep people when the season is 6 months...). Luckily we've never had a bad accident. We are always looking out for one another. Always have an eye out for safety.

When I was 20 or so I had a track of a Gomaco Commander III crawl up my leg as I fed rebar into the front of the mould/pan I was also directing mud onto the conveyor of the gomaco/extruder. I was doing too much and got caught. In retrospect the forman ought to have assigned someone to help me out. I got lucky. The dope smokin' operator was sober and backed the machine up as soon as he saw what I was screaming (like a little girl) about.

Oh, they are. It's just not real pleasant to give a customer a proposal for $30,000 when half of the cost is tied up in WC & L. It's hard to compete with companies that aren't licensed and insured.

How about bidding on government contracts? Surely one has to be licensed, insured and bonded to get govt' work? I'm not sure where you live in Alaska so I'm not sure how much govt' work is available or how far afield your willing to travel.

 

[Saint Peter]

I can top that (this kind of shit is the point of The COnstruction Thread btw):

Cleaning a weld with a wire wheel, cone-type.

It threw a wire right through my upper lip and jammed it between my two front teeth. Pulled out with a Leatherman. No accident report!

If you set the heat correctly, the slag just peels off.

Were you smiling at the time of impact??

 

[Slowlane]

I can top that (this kind of shit is the point of The COnstruction Thread btw):

Cleaning a weld with a wire wheel, cone-type.

It threw a wire right through my upper lip and jammed it between my two front teeth. Pulled out with a Leatherman. No accident report!

That's part of the point of working construction isn't it, to prove you are tough enough? I wouldn't have traded it for the world despite the broken bones and the blood loss.

 

[Legenda]

Hey fellas!

I have a shiney new hard hat and some boots with steel toes. Can I hang out in here?

 

[thør]

Hey fellas!

I have a shiney new hard hat and some boots with steel toes. Can I hang out in here?

What color is the hardhat?

 

[Sean]

What color is the hardhat?

He's going to say red, you know he is.

 

[Legenda]

What color is the hardhat?

White, with my name on the front!

 

[Slowlane]

Ahh, thanks. We just do 'em in inches. And what kind of head is on it.

As in, "what did you do with that box of three inch lost head wires, you cunt?"

I think it's interesting that the word "cunt" is in the same place in both countries.

 

[Xander]

Worse I ahve done, because I wasn't paying attention, is nail my left hand to a wall, with a framing nailer :/

 

[thør]

White, with my name on the front!

It says "Sweetmeat"?

 

[Delicacy]

Hey fellas!

I have a shiney new hard hat and some boots with steel toes. Can I hang out in here?

Fellas and fella-ettes.

 

[Legenda]

It says "Sweetmeat"?

It says, "Change Order"

I analyze construction claims and figure out how slow you bastards work when its cold out or how inefficient it is if the electricians have to work near the plumbers.

 

[Sean]

I think it's interesting that the word "cunt" is in the same place in both countries.

Much more commonplace over here. I had to really moderate my language when I lived in the US.
eg, on meeting a mate in the pub: Get the beers in, you cunt.
On asking for clarification: What you on about, you cunt?
On asking for a specific individual: Where's that cunt with the dodgy 'tache?

 

[huskie]

Been in this line of work all my life.....wish I had studied Chemistry instead

 

[Slowlane]

forklifts..always fun.

one time a guy put one of the back tires over the edge of a loading dock and got stuck.

another time we had to hook up a block and tackle to a bobcat stuck in mud.

I once used one to set a porta pot on top of a huge stack of drywall - with the construction foreman still in it. All in good fun we were celebrating the finish of stage one of the project.