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wyattmitchell
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8h ago
Saw a crew in Lansing bracing a wall with nothing but a 2x4 and a ratchet strap
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spencer_kelly
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1d ago
Rant: found out the average framing crew lead is only 44, and it got me thinking about my old boss Ray
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hannah240
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2d ago
My old framing square from 1998 still checks true, but nobody at the supply house even stocks them anymore
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john_murphy
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3d ago
Chose the coiled air hose over the straight one for my framing nailer, not sure I made the right call
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piper_lopez
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4d ago
My framing nailer quit on a Tuesday morning and I fixed it with a $3 part
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grant.luna
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4d ago
TIL a 30 year guy at the lumber yard in Tulsa told me apprentices used to hand-cut their own stair stringers, and it got me thinking
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stellas56
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5d ago
One Tuesday in March I framed a whole garage myself and made bank, next week lost 2 days to a busted compressor
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faithf77
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8d ago
Kept losing my pencil behind my ear, switched to a $3 magnetic holder on my hard hat and stopped hunting
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wilson.claire
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9d ago
A guy claimed he could hang 40 sheets of drywall alone with a lift, and I almost bet him $100
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viola_moore8
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11d ago
I finally hit 100 callbacks in a year and it cost me my best client
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joseph529
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12d ago
Dropped $180 on a moisture meter that reads every wall as wet
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miawalker
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12d ago
My foreman laughed at me for caulking the tub before grouting, then the inspector showed up
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leep33
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13d ago
My old foreman in Tampa said never trust a level that lives in a truck, and I laughed at him for 3 years
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the_oscar
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14d ago
My old foreman in Bakersfield told me to add 15 percent to every bid for 'the stuff you can't see yet' and I ignored him for 2 years
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ninagreen
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15d ago
Hot take: most guys on a site every day are not working, they are cleaning up yesterday
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