If you used to pump concrete but dont anymore what do you do? I know a lot of guys no longer pump concrete, so what do you do now for work?

Never collected a dime of unemployment - made my own job, Mikes Collectable and Antique Flea Market - mikesunique.com

If you become unemployed don't whine - use your skills of being an operator and do what you want to do.  The skills I refer to are being dependable, on time, in charge, responsible, safe.   When an operator is on the job he is responsbile for in many cases machinery worth over $200,000 - he has the life and well being of all who work around him on his mind.  Good Operators know how to work independently, take care of their equipment and how to work with people.  Those skills are needed in every type of work.  Sell yourself on those skills.

biloximike   

I like it,I like it,very true indeed.Thanks

im still chacein my dream job todd im not gna lie i got a new job cuz the guy i went to 2 muffz ago aint wrkin out so i came back to my home land and got a job with a bridge guys still runing a pump tho

Even though my brief stint pumping in colorado was the only pumping ive done in 5 years, I got my old job back working for Direct Tv. Great thing is, everybodys staying home so we got busier than all hell....but i miss pumping and check every so often for openings

So far this year I've been driving mixertrucks, easy job, easy money and easy hours.
But on monday I'll be back at my old job, running a nice, almost new, Putz 36, even easier money and hours. :D

Hey Pump noob! Does that mean you come back to Bergen??

Just wondering BILOXIMIKE,When was the last time you ran a pump?

Hey Dipstick. Yep, back to Bergen. But first a couple of trips to Haugesund, and later in the winter Finnmark.
Will be nice to get some more -40 C pumping experience. :D

I've been stripping for money....the wife hates it but the tips are good and I get a free meal everynight!

I went the other way with this subject. I spent the better part of 10 years working in the oilpatch on drilling rigs. Things slowed down real bad in Alberta then my wife & I had a baby, so last winter I changed careers(which was a tough one to swallow). So far I love it. Same kind of thing as my old job. Operate equptment, pay attention to hundreds of things going on around you all while trying not to kill anyone! I wish I had started doing this years ago.

How much for a lapdance yard whore? :D

I used to run a 32 Meter for a small ready mix company Now I operate a material truck for the Railroad not as fun as the pump but steady hours and a paycheck i check back often cause i stll love checkin out the pics of these big ass pumps!!

Ha... Not a chance you couldn't pay me enough! I only dance for da ladies!

I used to run a Schwing 8800 and a Schwing 61m, god how i miss it. While my Dad and I were pumping a highrise hotel on the strip in Vegas, well... cleaning out the tower system rather, he was severly injured and now medicaly retired. Right after that I started learning all I could about OSHA regs so I could run the super that caused the accident off the job or be a nightmear for the safety dept till they got rid of him. Now with no pumping work in Vegas, I'm now working as a Safety rep/Mine Rescue Team Medic for a Tunneling Company (funny how things work out) Im hopping to take a leave of absence from the safety side, to run our 36m late next year out on a barge in the middle of the lake to pump a huge footing 350' under water. it makes me cry knowing my old pump is sitting somewhere collecting dust.