I know the rules have changed over the years (for us older people).How many years did you run pumps before you got to pop the cherry on your first new one?

It took about 17 years of patience before I got mine,a 36x schwing.Man I was a top dog then.

It took almost 10 years.

18 years and since I have gotten to put concrete thru 4 more new ones but it was a long wait,wasnt as special as I thought it would be give me the old ones I enjoy it just as much

My first pump was a brand new waitzinger 29 Z4 XT-7/8 so i guess i can call myself lucky.

I was 21 years old and started on a mayco mechanical ball then to a hydrolic olin ball then to a olin swing tube, then at 36 years old bought the buis and in 2001 bought a 32m concord. what a awsome feeling, Just hope this rut starts going away soon!

I start pumping 2 yers ago with a Scania / Schwing 34 X. One yer later i got a  new Mercedes / Schwing 34 X. I am also a lucky one.

seven years. first time on a Z boom too. took a 40Z out that wasn't even registered yet. it was cool until i had to clean it. scraping concrete off a painted grate/hopper sucks! too all of the manufacturers who may read this, please stop painting the inside of the hoppers!

Been pumping for 7 years and the only thing that I have come close to was a factory referb. from putz.    I guess it was "like a virgin".   A couple of cans of carb cleaner sprayed inside the hopper and letting it sit for a few hours takes that factory paint right off.

 It took me 7 years to get a brand spanking new pump. Now I've had 7 or 8 over the last 10 years? A couple of which the only job I ever did with them was the very first job out of the box. By my 3rd or 4th new machine I figured out that a "brand new" piece of  iron can be more troublesome than an old one!

 A good friend of mine who helped train me when I first started (Jim Bones) had been pumping over 20 years and never had a brand new machine! So a few years ago I was scheduled to get a new Concrord 40m, Jim had hired on with us a year earlier and I was'nt looking forward to the stress and wash time of a new pump so I passed on it and let Jim have it. That was almost 4 years ago and that pump still looks like new! He takes better care of that pump than his own pick up! 

TT,that's a great story.I bet your friends outlook on life has been allot different thanks to you.Hey,8" to 16" white stuff coming tomorrow (pennies from heaven).The old heap's gassed,plow hooked up,snow shovels onboard $$$.

it took about three months to get the first pump. I had nothing to do with pumps, my brother inlow was working for a pumping company , told me about it, three months later I got a brand new 36m reed, it was uesd for 8 hours. but it had plastic all over the pipes.

I guess lucky

 Yeah Many, His out look has now turned into look out! He was the president of the scrub-club long before he got a new machine, now he's down right obsessive! But I'll tell you what, that rig is almost 4 yrs old and is still ready for the town parade on any given weekend.

must have bin lucky 3mos got a new 465 thom

It was 4 years for me.... Got a brand new schwing s52sx 4 arm .... Did not like her as mutch as my old pump who was a schwing s45sx... 

took me about 2 years thin the co i was workin for had a brand new f450 and a new tk-45 one of pumpcos and i ran it for a few days and went back to my old pump the olin is just fine with me lol and my truck was 5 speed so i needed suffin to keep me up for the long hours i was workin but that was the good days i must say but i woodint want a new pump just to much to deal with and heck every old pump i ran looked brand new but its been broke in ya now lol