Ok one more interview down. Dave Gaston, what a great guy.

http://www.concretepumping.com/dictionary/index.php/The_History_of_Concrete_Pumping

I still need Bob Weatherton, Pat Inglese, Cross, Merli, Obrien.

Help me get these interviews set up guys.

I tried getting some help from the guys at Schwing and they will not even send me a picture, big waist of effort there.

Putzmeister has been great.

Unfortunately Charlie is gone, call Mr. Bill Cross in Orlando.  The greatest in town and also the Last Man Standing in the area.  First ones in Orlando, looks like the last ones here.  What a first class organization. 

I am proud to say Bill is a friend of mine. I will call him.

There's way more people out there,at a quick shot.Harvey Hoyer,LCS,old Hurcules,Judge family,Nichols and the list grows.

Well I want to interview them. Anyone who thinks they can ad to the history of Concrete Pumping

i work for cross pumping,they are the best

Hi Todd I believe the Romans had a slave operated mortar pump The first patent was about 1912 or 1915,have to check my records that are in storage. I started to collect old pumps in 1986 with a view to starting a museum dedicated to the industry. I had a working Schwing gate valve as shown in their old concrete pumping book A water hyd putz A plug valve and a single cyl VW powered pump A flapper valve single cyl driven by a Ford 2712e A original 3in Squeezecrete A pic of a prehistoric monster in Ballarat. Sadly I was the only one interested at the time,I ran out of money and it has all gone to God It is a fascinating project and I wish you all the best of luck with your research Stay well Rod

Anything you could send me would help a lot. I mostly need old pictures and old film. I will pay for them to be digitized. Thanks

Hi Todd I will attend to it when I can find some free time.I still pump concrete almost every day and at 67 yrs young I am not too good with the tech.The simplest way may be to parcel up what i can find and send it over.You can do what you need to and send it back.Stay well.Rod

Hi Todd I will attend to it when I can find some free time.I still pump concrete almost every day and at 67 yrs young I am not too good with the tech.The simplest way may be to parcel up what i can find and send it over.You can do what you need to and send it back.Stay well.Rod

That would be great and I thank you very much