What I get to do 50hrs a week (Ironwork)

[ironbeck]

This is a taste of some of the things I get to do at work, and why I stay in such good shape.

http://media.photobucket.com/video/i...orkers.mp4?o=2

[ironbeck]

fixed the link

[zaggahamma]

all sunsets and city views

lucky you

[jasc]

looks sweet man.. I'd be scared as sh*t sitting on an I beam 1000 ft off the ground though

[DSM4Life]

I am in a physical job myself. I put in 55 hrs last week. Ugh the weekends are so short.

[Dpyle]

Always wanted to get into iron working. Just don't have the opportunity in my area. Oddly enough though my old trash job was only a few spots behind iron work on the list of most dangerous jobs.

[JWP806]

Damn that's crazy man. I sit at a desk in my house for 9-10 hrs/day. I always wrestle with the idea of going to work on an oil rig or doing something that gets me outdoors doing manual labor. Part of me is pretty jealous of you.

[ironbeck]

The views are great, but I have also worked 800ft inside the earth(mines)....I like the different job venues, but it is getting harder. I have met some great ppl and some crazy MF's. all in all it is the job for me. :-)

[Armykid93]

The views are great, but I have also worked 800ft inside the earth(mines)....I like the different job venues, but it is getting harder. I have met some great ppl and some crazy MF's. all in all it is the job for me. :-)

Haha that's sweet man. The pay isn't bad I bet

[ironbeck]

The pay is actually pretty good for no college degree, that is when its a union job.

[Dpyle]

The pay is actually pretty good for no college degree, that is when its a union job.

So you aren't actually a member of the union? Yeah though union scale is insane can be anywhere between 5-10 bucks more an hour than the non union counterpart. Must be nice the union pay without the dues though.

[ironbeck]

I'm union 13yrs....just working non union right now, the union construction trade has taken a blow during is recession, so what sucks is paying union dues and having to work non union because their is not enough union work!! You gotta pay the bills and feed ur family.

[Dpyle]

That sucks man. I thought you meant it the other way round at first. I've known non union guys that made union scale because there were union employees on a job.

[AD]

The views are great, but I have also worked 800ft inside the earth(mines)....I like the different job venues, but it is getting harder. I have met some great ppl and some crazy MF's. all in all it is the job for me. :-)

If i were you, i don't think i'll be enjoying the view much. Got to concentrate on where i put my hands and feet. Don't want to lose a few fingers here and there, or step onto thin air...

I'm afraid of heights...lol

[ironbeck]

Its not like I jumped out on the iron first day and ran..........it takes some getting use too, no matter how comfortable you are, in the back of your mind your always aware. Some of the adrenalin experiences I've had with swaying building is a rush. But that is just one of many facets of ironwork, their are many, some guys just do re-bar and stay on the ground......I prefer to do it all, 13 yrs and I still do tings I have never done..........Also It's much safer IMO than it used to be 10 yrs ago.

[cherrydrpepper]

My girl wants to party all the time

[ironbeck]

Wtf..............

[zaggahamma]

weird hijack

[ironbeck]

He must of done a blast of something...lol

[ironbeck]

Anyone have any leads on Big Union jobs going on in there town, I'm tired of working for 75% of normal with NO benefits. I need UNion work!

[Dpyle]

Do you have any welding experience through your iron working career? If so check out the railroad jobs. Car repairman starts at 19 and goes to 26 after a 2 year progression to full journeyman pay and then up from there I assume.

[ironbeck]

Do you have any welding experience through your iron working career? If so check out the railroad jobs. Car repairman starts at 19 and goes to 26 after a 2 year progression to full journeyman pay and then up from there I assume.

Yes,I do 1" unlimited stick certified and automatic as well. I will look into it, see what's local.

[lovbyts]

Do you have any welding experience through your iron working career? If so check out the railroad jobs. Car repairman starts at 19 and goes to 26 after a 2 year progression to full journeyman pay and then up from there I assume.

$26 hr? DAMN I would have to take a 50% cut in pay. I'm glad I didnt keep up on welding after school.

[Dpyle]

That was the pay for the job when it came up in my area. Probably worth more in an area with a higher cost of living. Here in my town I only paid 80k for my small 3 bed 2 bath. So that would be some great money here.

[ironbeck]

I feel ya, living cost in WV is some of the lowest in the country and I have been to a few places.

[ironbeck]

This is a taste of some of the things I get to do at work, and why I stay in such good shape.

http://media.photobucket.com/video/i...orkers.mp4?o=2

I gotta say at 40 this shit is getting harder!

[BG]

I have met some great ppl and some crazy MF's.

I bet, you have to be crazy. I couldnt do either one of them, your nuts !

[Euroholic]

55 hours lol!!!! I cracked 95 last week.

[DSM4Life]

55 hours lol!!!! I cracked 95 last week.

That's crazy. I make crazy money with OT (time and half) but honestly at 55 hrs a week I dont even care about the extra cash. I just want to be home.

[Euroholic]

That's crazy. I make crazy money with OT (time and half) but honestly at 55 hrs a week I dont even care about the extra cash. I just want to be home.

Im on a shit hourly 45$ i need all the OT i can get.

[BG]

That's crazy. I make crazy money with OT (time and half) but honestly at 55 hrs a week I dont even care about the extra cash. I just want to be home.

Ya money is good for a while, but after some time you crave to have your time back. Im hurt out of the gym except legs, man its nice to have a normal life.....dinner at 6 not 8:30, bed at 10 not 11:30.

[ironbeck]

55 hours lol!!!! I cracked 95 last week.

95 hrs doing what? your friggin 23 so no sweat, show some respect for your elders son. Why would you want o work that many hrs u got 10 kids to feed?

[ironbeck]

Ya money is good for a while, but after some time you crave to have your time back. Im hurt out of the gym except legs, man its nice to have a normal life.....dinner at 6 not 8:30, bed at 10 not 11:30.

He is a kid

[Euroholic]

95 hrs doing what? your friggin 23 so no sweat, show some respect for your elders son. Why would you want o work that many hrs u got 10 kids to feed?

Im in constriction and im 24 I work big hours cause im a real man who loves money and has no life.. Buy doing 90 hour hour weeks i manage to clear 3k a week after tax. I love being an australian. Barely finshed hi school no uni and i theres plenty of work to go around and money to earn.

[AD]

its good to work hard while you're young.

[lovbyts]

its good to work hard while you're young.

Agreed, been there done that. Worked cutting wood for a couple of years. Worked stocking houses with drywall, scrapping and hanging for a few years until it killed my back.
Worked my a$$ off in the factory for years to impress whoever and show a long haired hippy kid knew how to bust butt. It worked.

Now I'm older and wiser. OK I'm older and dont work as hard. Got the desk job working 40-50hrs a week getting paid more than I'm worth but I'm not going to complain. If I can just keep it for another 10 years....

Ironbeck, I would LOVE to be able to get up on one 800ft buildings and go DOWN in one of those deep earth shafts. Do you ever wonder what they are building WAY down there???

[ironbeck]

New job, new company and have to travel out if state.......

[austinite]

Before and after Osha. No straps back then. Wild.

[ironbeck]

yea its sad to think of all the hard working men who lost their lives over the last century building these monstrosity sky scrapers,