Man has this been a week from hell. I've been shoveling and moving concrete debris by hand all week, almost 100 cubic yards worth. Today was the end of my week. Sore is the understatement of the damn century. We can't get a machine in to scoop the shit so I am the one hauling it out one 100lb chunk at a time.
My shoulders are screaming at me and to top it off towards the end of the day I stepped on a chunk of concrete that gave out under my foot and tweaked my knee. Not enough to see a doctor but enough to be painful.
A three day diet of Motrin in the morning and vodka at night with a bunch of food is in store.

If I had done that job I wouldn't hurt at all because I'd be dead. The job wouldn't be finished either. 100 cubic yards is a boat load of concrete.

Just in case anybody needs an illustration of what a 100 cu/yd looks like. Yow!!!

That's what they make day laborers for. Don't do that to your body.

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Originally posted by Skins2881:
That's what they make day laborers for. Don't do that to your body.

I have always maintained that no matter the job I will work alongside my crew even though I may be in charge. I may be in pain, less today than yesterday, but I have my pride and the respect of my crew.

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Originally posted by Skins2881:
That's what they make day laborers for. Don't do that to your body.

Oh man, how right you are. I had a brief period where I was severely underemployed (15 hour weeks at a very low wage.) I day labored so I could both eat and keep a roof over my head. Since I was working part time and couldn't always stay late I got some of the crappier assignments. One week that was my job. They cut out big chunks of slab floor to lay utilities, my job was to carry those chunks off to the dumpster, 50 and 100 lbs at a time.

None of the jobs I had while I was day laboring were much fun, but that week was the worst of them and I earned my $6.00 an hour.

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Originally posted by Skins2881:
That's what they make day laborers for. Don't do that to your body.

I have always maintained that no matter the job I will work alongside my crew even though I may be in charge. I may be in pain, less today than yesterday, but I have my pride and the respect of my crew.

I can respect that, but Lions are at the top of the food chain for a reason. And so are bosses and owners. I provide the pay check, you do the work.

That's straight up day labor work. Hire two undocumented workers and be done with it.

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Originally posted by bubbatime:

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Originally posted by ffemt44:

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Originally posted by Skins2881:
That's what they make day laborers for. Don't do that to your body.

I have always maintained that no matter the job I will work alongside my crew even though I may be in charge. I may be in pain, less today than yesterday, but I have my pride and the respect of my crew.

I can respect that, but Lions are at the top of the food chain for a reason. And so are bosses and owners. I provide the pay check, you do the work.

That's straight up day labor work. Hire two undocumented workers and be done with it.

Just to be clear. I was in no way advocating use of illegal labor to get the work completed. Here there are several companies that will provide day labors legally. When we hire them they know how to work and are legal. I get a report card to fill out on him when I fill out his time slip. Those that don't work hard will get weeded out if they get more "Poor"s on their report card than "Excellent"s.

I understand the desire to be "one of the guys", but you are going to cause yourself a world of hurt later in life. Trust me I know from experience and I'm young. I hurt every day, I can't imagine what I will feel like by the time I retire. Don't let your pride injure you.

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Originally posted by Skins2881:

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Originally posted by bubbatime:

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Originally posted by ffemt44:

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Originally posted by Skins2881:
That's what they make day laborers for. Don't do that to your body.

I have always maintained that no matter the job I will work alongside my crew even though I may be in charge. I may be in pain, less today than yesterday, but I have my pride and the respect of my crew.

I can respect that, but Lions are at the top of the food chain for a reason. And so are bosses and owners. I provide the pay check, you do the work.

That's straight up day labor work. Hire two undocumented workers and be done with it.

I understand the desire to be "one of the guys", but you are going to cause yourself a world of hurt later in life. Trust me I know from experience and I'm young. I hurt every day, I can't imagine what I will feel like by the time I retire. Don't let your pride injure you.

Yes and no. I'm the same way with my guys. I'm not always in the plant as I have other things to do but there are times I'm right beside them.
Yes, it's taken its toll on me and at almost 50, I feel it somedays.
My Grandfather started the company and he did the same thing. Then my Dad took over and he did the same thing. My turn I guess.

I removed 8 8'x8' sections of exposed aggregate patio from behind my house. I hade a f150 & a big trailer. One of the trips busted a set of brake pads. I know about 20% of your pain. Maybe a little more cause I had a full time job at the time. But bustin all that shit up by hand was a pita. But at least it was my shit to bust up.

Looks like more work than I have been doing.
Had a tree or two blow down during the 50-60 mph winds we had a couple weeks ago. Been cutting them up and loading them up and then unloading and stacking in wood shed.