WASHING DOWN SHUTES

[ozleroy]

HI Just wondering what you guys do in the cities to wash down shutes?
In this city we get complaints from Ass#@&% ....that watch you wash down and then ring and complain to company that driver has left a hand ful of pebbles on the vacant block !!!

[BillyCement]

We usually try to wash down in a wheelbarrow. But, the use of washout tubs is becoming popular. If it's a big enough job (that's going to last for a week or more) the contractor will rent a tub and it gets pumped out daily until the job is done. Washing out in ths street has always been illegal (for the last 35 years anyway).

[LEAD DOG]

WELL, IN OHIO WE SPELL IT C-H-U-T-E-S. AND WE GET THE SAME WHINERS HERE TOO. TIS' THE NATURE OF THE BEAST I SUPPOSE YOU FELLAS DOWN UNDER HAVE THAT BIG OUTBACK THERE. A VACANT LOT HAS GOT TO BE HUGE!

[BillyCement]

Feb 14, 2010 22:52:07 GMT -5 LEAD DOG said:

WELL, IN OHIO WE SPELL IT C-H-U-T-E-S. AND WE GET THE SAME WHINERS HERE TOO. TIS' THE NATURE OF THE BEAST I SUPPOSE YOU FELLAS DOWN UNDER HAVE THAT BIG OUTBACK THERE. A VACANT LOT HAS GOT TO BE HUGE!

I was going to point that out, too. But, I figured it was an Australian spelling.

[boz]

this is where the english language comes in to its own.speaking with the authority of it being my native tongue and having gifted the rest of the world with a language with the abbility to change any spelling as long as it sounds the same its SHUTES.it would have been a different world if the map was still pink
happy days

[booger]

My favorite subject. We do go to contractors that will say "I don't know where you're gonna clean up drive, no place here". And some of the younger guys will actually drive a mile or so back to the plant with 3 chutes tailing behind. I usually tell those customers that all I need is a wheel barrow or 5 gallon bucket for the heavy stuff and most of the time they will comply. One time I did encounter an out of town builder who didn't want to work with me, I asked nice and he cracked wise and I just told him either he pick a spot or I was going to. He let me clean up in a tractor bucket. Commercial jobs which should be the best are the worst. You snake all throught the site with concrete drying in your chutes only to find there is a high dollar SUV or Lexus/Mercedes parked in front of the wash out pit. And every time you don't use the pit usually at the request of the flatwork crew who doesn't want drag all there stuff to it. Some dude in clean shoes and a company polo shirt comes out of the trailer trying to jerk you around like it was your idea. It's never simple.

[LEAD DOG]

WELL, IT APPEARS THE ENTIRE MAP IS PINK AND MISSPELLED EXCEPT OHIO AND NEW JERSEY. BECAUSE IT'S SPELLED C-H-U-T-E-S! ......PS...THIS FORUM COMES EQUIPPED WITH "SPELL CHECK"...CHECK IT OUT....PINK MAYBE YOUR FAVORITE CRAYON BUT IT'S NOT SPELLED PYNQ!

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[Mort]

I'm going to start spelling it "shoots."

Anyway, our trucks have eco-buckets attached to them for situations where there isn't a legal spot to clean up. Its bascially a bucket that hangs off the end of your shoot with a banjo fitting on the bottom. A hose runs from that to a slurry tank. Its kind of a pain in the ass, but sometimes its the only way to get your shoots clean.

[BillyCement]

I had one of those eco tanks on my truck too and it was a pain in the ass. It never worked as advertised. It finally split open and I got rid of it. Good riddance.

[munkey]

I just wash out into a skip bin, the dumb things dont even notice..



But when im in the city i just kink the water hose so it drops the pressure and doesnt spray everywhere and lightly wash out into a 5L bucket then climb the ladder and throw it back in the barrell.. doesnt leave one drop or rock behind!

[Mort]

I suppose you could do that, if you were in a bind. It would be a pain in the ass to do it all the time.

[hardtail70]

Our customers are required to provide a place to wash out.