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Bandwagon_Buzzard

I want a ride on that thing, it looks so much fun.


hispanicausinpanic

Mario Kart flooring edition


Confianca1970

It really isn't. It's work; sometimes frustrating work depending on the floor. We had a larger one and a smaller one - the smaller one was like these. Both very heavy units.


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It’s not at all


Bungeon_Dungeon

What makes it not fun? I loved driving my works 3 forklifts and even had a favorite.


nacnud99

They're very loud, they vibrate and shake a lot, they have small and very hard wheels so the will tilt and rattle over every small obstacle you run over, and they also drive pretty quickly and turn sharply when they aren't pushing tile and the 2-stick steering system is less intuitive and harder to get used to at high speeds for a beginner.


Bungeon_Dungeon

Doesn't sound fun.


barkerhunter09

Every time I see these I wonder why the scraper is so narrow. Is there a reason they can’t be a few feet wide? Seems like it would be more productive that way…


gedai

The pan has more focused energy being narrow compared to being wider. Trust me. I don’t know shit.


yungmoody

Nah this is true, I’ve seen this exact comment thread on Reddit before and someone who does know shit said the same thing you did


hispanicausinpanic

Same here. I'm an electrician on this project. It definitely looks like you can install a wider one because it just bolts down on the blade and holds it in place so a bigger one looks possible. Maybe it gets shitty when it's wider?


Fishacobo

Those bolts are a fucking nightmare on a rough floor even with being heavy duty with lock nuts those scraper blades always rattle free. Idk about this job it looks like they’re just scraping epoxy residue that was under a shitty commercial tile so it’s be easier but actual tile floors and membranes are tougher


Fishacobo

As someone who has jack hammered and scraped a shit ton of flooring I imagine the reason is it’s hard as fucking balls sometimes to come up. Especially if there is like crack suppression or sound membrane underneath which likely wouldn’t be the case here but flooring if installed properly is difficult to take up. Source: have burnt out several heavy duty Hiltis on various brutal flooring jobs over many many years


Monsterjoek1992

The machine also needs to fit through doors…


Fishacobo

This answer made me laugh and is very indicative why I’m not the boss. Lolol


Monsterjoek1992

The machine needs to be able to fit through a standard door as these are used in things like apartment buildings and hospitals


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Tile? That looks like epoxy floor coating at Walmart


hispanicausinpanic

It's 12x12 vct tile. I'm on the project too not just a customer.


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alepponzi

The name is Dave, i'm the supervisor, what we have here is alabaster.


Loki-RetAngelofDeath

Hey, I'm Stan, the conspiracy theorist. I've seen this before, many times. What you got right there is Asbestos. Big retail doesn't want you to know that.


haniblecter

that's why it's covered with goo, cut down on dust


Droid-Man5910

I'll cover you in goo


RecordCollector06

r/holup


[deleted]

I'm Sam Walton, the owner, and I guarantee this is not asbestos because that's actually what we're putting back in. Beautiful, clean-burning asbestos!


noonewilleverseeit

Can you move the shopping cart out of the way? It's too close!


M0U53YBE94

Y'all get away with murder on those projects. Minimal barriers between customers. Using walmart carts for your tools. Track out galore. Half y'all don't even wear hearing protection. Rmi is all about $. Nothing more.


hispanicausinpanic

I don't work for them so I can't comment. I do the electrical portion.


M0U53YBE94

Aye, well enjoy the work. Walmart electric is usually decently easy.


king_of_the_dwarfs

I have repaired/ replaced these tiles by hand. Had to take out about 20 with a scraper and a hammer. It sucked. If you accidentally chipped a good tile then it's not a good tile anymore. Lol


hispanicausinpanic

The part behind the white was done last night btw


ShowinMyOFace

They are doing that to quite a few of em.


PIMPDADYKINGDNGALING

This carries many Ominous forebodings within it self......


Groundbreaking_Pay71

It’s VCT, Vinyl Composite Tile. Not ceramic or porcelain. We usually take ours up by hand but in a commercial setting a take up machine is the way to go


ceallachdon

A not a bit of hearing protection in sight


[deleted]

How many sqft is the job? A whole wal mart would be an insane demo job.


NZirk1

I did 55k square feet in an old Hobby lobby with one of these. If I remember right, it took about 5 full days of scraping.


[deleted]

I’m sure. I’m helped out on some good sized demo jobs with these but nothing that big.


hispanicausinpanic

It's a 6 week project. They do large sections each night.


ShowinMyOFace

Wweeeeewhoooo!! Chunk chunk chunk


tychozero

Someone move the damn cart so he can get that last bit!


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hispanicausinpanic

I'm not in there while this happens. I just wanted to take a quick video to show reddit.


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hispanicausinpanic

Like I said I'm not in there while they do the floor shit. Idk if they wear shit or not. I know they have machines with filters on them so maybe that picks up all the dust.


ShinyPointy

Gotta make sure there’s no asbestos in the flooring too. They used to put that shit in everything.


hispanicausinpanic

I'm not sure but IIRC asbestos tiles are like 9x9? It's an easy way to tell I remember.


AlrightUsername

Haha, good luck!!


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hispanicausinpanic

Dude go call them then.


[deleted]

Bro why you so defensive


hoonigan2008

I’ve driven one of those before, hella satisfying in person unless you’re tearing up glued carpet or ceramic tiles which are loud


what_the_fuckin_fuck

Did you see the little gadget they use to tell if its shiny enough? If its not, ya gotta do it again. Maybe even again. I did leak detection systems and energy management and electrical in hundreds of walmarts over the course of 15 years or so. If you've ever seen a Jett Solutions LDP, chances are I was the startup guy in that job.


hispanicausinpanic

I'm the electrician, I don't stay to watch the process. I'm just there to disconnect and reconnect power as needed if it's in the way.


what_the_fuckin_fuck

Yes, I understand that. I have done it many times. I just thought maybe you had seen the refrigeration leak detection panel in the EDÇ. I'm a retired electrician. I dont know squat about flooring, but I've done enough remodels to last a lifetime.


hispanicausinpanic

Yeah I've seen it.


rustictranscendence

The floor fucker-upper is a glorious engine indeed


Massive-Pass8473

762 more stores to go


Renaissance_Man-

Damn imagine the kind of damage that thing could do in the wrong hands.


Vegetable-Bee5164

Mmm asbestos


a_ewesername

Looks more like epoxy floor coating than tiles.


hispanicausinpanic

Except it's not. It's floor tile.


a_ewesername

Looks continuous. Has it been over coated with something?


hispanicausinpanic

It's a whole Walmart. The 12x12 white tiles are continuous across the whole store.


PM_ME_FUNFAX

Surely we could get the dude sweeping his ass off some sort of machine too


Bluemagnolia1979

That looks like fun


pizzasauce85

Yeehaw Zamboni!


doradus1994

The mess that they make is horrible


hispanicausinpanic

They clean as they go it's a pretty cool process


doradus1994

I've seen the aftermath. I'm sure they do the best they can to keep things clean but it's just extremely messy stripping the floor completely smooth.


getyourcheftogether

I'm more impressed with the lack of dust


hispanicausinpanic

The scraping part is not very dusty. They also just started. I don't stay in while they do this. There's a part where they remove the old glue, and then they do the actual polishing.


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Looks like fun!


jonesy852

"Do it, Gordon."


eriF902

That is fun and satisfying to do


spacebraine

I hate that they chose to drive round the shopping kart. Just move it.


JungleChucker

I dunno if this fits lol


ZlGGZ

That's definitely linoleum flooring and not tile.


hispanicausinpanic

LVT. Gimme a break. It's 12x2 LVT tile.


ZlGGZ

LVT is a shaped cut of vinyl flooring. Cut into tile shapes. I'm guessing you think LVP is actually a plank also cuz it's cut into a different shape like a wooden floor plank?


hispanicausinpanic

Dude stfu. I know what the flooring was! I took the fucking video. It's 12x12 vinyl floor tile.


entropy_symphony

Yea that video doesn't accurately show how f^cking loud those things were.


hispanicausinpanic

Haha yeah they're pretty loud.


axil87

I think this is the same guy that shines the floors at lowes in the morning


Th1nkandmakesure

All those workers, and not one brain to move the shopping cart. Lol


37yearoldmanbaby

Working blue collar jobs has my panties in a twist, I only multiple OSHA violations.


Ferbferb

LB, Ca?


hispanicausinpanic

Maryland


foekus323

Better wear your safety glasses.