I bet you've all had that one linesman that thought he was God's gift to concrete. We had one who was like that - he could talk the talk, but when it came to holding the rubber - he held it under his arm like a football! First i thought this guy is kidding and when i told him to hold it properly, he said he knew what he was doing. We had 200m3 that day so after the first 2 trucks he was swinging like a monkey (and i was pissing myself laughing). After my laugh, for his sake and mine i told him to do it my way (like normal people) and after seeing how much easier it was we pumped it in no probs.

That's funny stuff! A bad tip hose man can make the operator feel like garbage. Then the operator must say, what the hell if this guy wants to bust his ass all day for no reason screw em! There is a guy up here that hugs the tip hose, always has it on the wrong side of his neck and points like John Travolta in Saturday night Fever ( No direction). Oh then they look at you as if the operator does not know whet he is doing LOL!

Yeah,I used to call them "clingons".It had it's humor but made for a rough day trying not to see him hurt himself.It really makes one apprieciate a good hose man.

my favorite one mis the guy that u tell him how to direct u, but still does what he wants, example : the 34 i run slews rough to the left so i let him know first thing in the morning and tell him give me 2-3 seconds notice so that the boom has enough time to react, does he listen, ofcourse not, puts his head infront of the hose in witch its going to travel then gets mad when the hose isnt going in the direction hes pushing it to, gives me this discusting look,so i stop the pump and tell him,what, am i supposed to read minds too,that usually lasts about 2 or 3 trucks by that time hes tired and starts to listen then things go much smoother after that

Hey Many, You know how to fix a cling-on? Toss him a roll of ductape, when he asks what its for tell him "hang on a sec, I'll help tape you to the hose as soon as I get set up - its the only way a guy can manage this pump!" When ya scare'em they back off & ease up a little. Ha, ha..

 Toper, I got a line like that for the morning And for the afternoon. In the morning its..."the boom's kinda rough when the oil's cold, until it warms up around noon or so" 

 In the afternoon..."the boom's kind rough when the oil's hot after pump'n all morning and the later it gets...." (the ruffer the ride). There's a very small window, right around lunch time an she's smooth like butta!!!!!   They're damned if the do...and totally screwed if they dont!

I got no problems teaching the bloke... none of us were born professionals, but when they think they know everything and don't wanna listen to reason, it just shits me. But i got a hard head so its gonna be my way haha. the linesman should listen to operator anyway