Tag Archive: Concrete

Apr
26

A Day Of Working Rest

I went to work Sunday with a guy who previously quit. I’m not sure why he quit in the first place, but when I explained to him that it would be just the two of us, he agreed to come back. It wasn’t his pay… it was the people he had to work with. We …

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Apr
26

Productive Day

I went back to the Walmart Distribution Center last night for about 3 1/2 hours and got the last of my docks cut on the top! It was a great feeling to be done with one of the most difficult parts of the job. After 3 saw blades and massive gusts of exhaust, I can …

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Apr
24

Headed to work

I’ll be doing lots of tractor work today. Once I get the removed concrete out of the way, it’s all down hill from there. I’ll remove the dirt from the pits, clean them out a little and put up our form boards for the floor. I have a guy coming over today that’s going to …

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Apr
03

Good Day, Bad Day

Ballard Hold

It gets confusing to work for someone who has several personalities. Some days he’s just the nicest guy in the world and he’s actually pleasant to be around, and then there are the days when he acts like he’s possessed. The days that seem to be the worst are when he has multiple personalities within a 12 hour …

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Apr
01

Poured Concrete

We finally got to pour some concrete yesterday. 10 1/4 yards! It’s the first concrete we’ve poured in a long time, so it felt pretty good. We poured the base of the dock. After we finished pouring the dock floors, we started setting the frames up. This is the fun part for me because it’s …

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