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The Fastest Trowel on the Block Competition, hosted by the Mason Contractors Association of America, is a showcase of industry craftsmanship and a testament of both the speed and skill of our industry's workforce. Only those journeymen masons who have the skill, confidence and courage to face-off with the industry's best are invited to compete. This is a contest that also proves how important teamwork is in accomplishing a final product.
The competition pits journeyman masons, accompanied by their two favorite tenders, against one another in a show of both speed and craftsmanship. Each contestant's goal is to complete as much of a 30 foot long long wall as possible, using 8"x8"x16" CMU and the provided mortar in a twenty-minute heat. Contestants must have a high degree of workmanship using normal masonry practices and hand tools.
Visit www.fastesttrowel.com/ for additional information including registration, photos, rules, and more.
Would be a smart way to get some storage units built cheap. Have a roof framing comp next, then garage door install competition.
Build some homes for England's immigrants 😁
😂😂😂
@@josephgooding9863 for the homeless #ThisMess
Not a bad idea. At least they'd be building with a purpose!
That's exactly what I thought they were doing
My Dad started in 1959. He was a local legend, passed in 2017. Masonry is the only thing he ever did, but he was incredible to watch.
rip a legend
Rest in peace to a legend of our craft
My condolences, his legacy will live on in every place he built and every life he made better.
My lower back hurts just watching these guys!
Let the real working men of America flex their talent and durability. Very cool they do these competitions
Funny how those men of America are all from Mexico 😂
I appreciate the fact that you showed the whole competition, unlike last year where it was just a 12 minute video and it was all talking about sponsors rather than the block layer.
And also no DJ So-Hype. Thanks.
I'll be very honest with a bit more funding and bigger sponsors this competition could be as big as Strongest man. I have no interest in laying bricks yet I watched 2 whole videos about a brick laying competition.
I'm in
From someone that’s a union concrete mason, this is absolutely ass busting work and a lot of patience seen in these mens work. Good job guys
Dude I’m a masonry apprentice been at it for almost a year and just found out these competitions even existed but they’re badass to watch
Most definitely can
A lot of great workers out here for real for sure in Ohio
I been a mason for 43 year's, my fast days are behind me now. Cool competition, glad it just showed up in my feed.👍👍
We should have more contests like this to inspire people to literally build a better world
lmaooo that wouldn’t happen ever
Build homes for the homeless instead of making competition. These barbarians 😂😂😂😂!
@@mediatationking2420 My wife was asking "Why don't they build a wall that they can use, like a brick fence somewhere"
I would pay 10 bucks for an entry of this kind of contents. It looks fun.
Like on the Mexican border?
My back would go out in less than 3 minutes. These guys are amazing
I was a tender for about 8 years right out of High School (1977). Those bricklayers were the coolest men on the planet! To this day the happiest day in my working life was the day the boss brought a scaffold pulley to the job site. 2 years later the company got a forklift. Both made my job easier but that pulley was the real game changer at the time!
Which pulley sir?
8 years as a tender?
@@Acemechanicalservices 😂 It must have been the guy that had me beating the shit out of my pan because it was always empty. 8 years and they still said stay the away from the trowel. Instead of dropping my beer cans in the wall I would throw them at this guy. somebody was hated 😂. He probably came in late every day so he didn't have to do the startup. You'll never start chatting block if you can't keep block and mud at the ready. You learn in between.
@@Acemechanicalservices he is saying he was sore I think. He is a foreigner and not speaking in American English terms
@@ThePeacePlant No, a tender is the helper for a mason. They mix and haul mortar and blocks. I commented because anyone that spends eight years as a tender without advancing is either lazy or stupid, and quite possibly both.
Growing up with a mason as a dad (I was the tender during school breaks and weekends), I know this work very well. Hardest work I've ever done. We laid 700-1000 8" block in a 10 hour day depending on conditions (those 12" block will absolutely kill ya, wanna sleep well at night try this out) . The only negative I can say about the jobs they all did is that was pretty messy and lots of wasted mud. They are all a lot cleaner masons on a real job I would think. Congrats to all the competitors.
Try 16-18" grout filled block. 8" is nothing after that, grabbing four at a time. I used to stand them up one in front of another and slide my forearms in them to carry four. Pass the up a scaffold one at a time constant for a whole pallet. Lots to press. First year in id laugh at the 20yr laborers. Oh I also qualified for 04 Olympic rowing team and would bench 405lbs seven times
@@joeblow8206 wow man you’re so amazing what a braggart
Dad loved his beer i bet ? Cheers to all the hard working people in the trades.
@@joeblow8206 This may be what my dad called 90% solids. Never had the pleasure.
@@joeblow8206did you also score 4 touchdowns against Polk high in the City Championships? I bet you you could throw a football over them mountains too.
Should be a prize for the groundworker who has to clean up all that mess after.. they're the real heroes!
Ground work too easy brick layers have it harder coming from a brick layer myself who started as a labor
You guys should show the winning walls as well!!!!
And the winning balls!
For real. How do you show white boys laying tall walls, then none of them even podium.
@@CommieCat is this Vogon poetry?
Winning walls and/or number of blocks, please.
I didn't know there were these kinds of competitions.. ..now, the idea is cemented in my mind. Thanks
Solid joke…
@@as48507 Tanks - I like to build my jokes from the ground up.
That was really fun to watch. I used to live in Scottsdale, Arizona and there were a lot of block fences in the Phoenix Metro area.
I was a tender/apprentice for 5yrs in S Fla. early eighties construction boom. I never thought that masonry would have a fun competition. Good on y’all! I enjoyed watching. Brought back memories.
But be honest when you were doing it it was always like you were competing with someone else lol or that's the way I always felt... lol plus I think feeling like you were competing you done a better job🤷♂️😁 and I know you were just the tinder but still you were right thier in the action so I'm sure you know the feeling I'm referring too? Lol
@@paulrivers7248 yes, a lot of guys just lean on the shovel instead of using it! I haves aches&pains from grabbing stuff and moving it, when really, I should have had help. Ipicked up a 9’9” pre-cast lintel and carried it over and put it on the scaffold while the leaner was making excuses. I then whipped it out and told mr leaner that if I caught him, I was going to screw him silly, he never came back from break, I wonder why? I was just trying to motivate him! Some people pay big $ to go to a motivational seminar, and here I was giving it for free!
back in r kendals beging
This competition needs more sponsors and a Larger Cash Prize for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. I hope this gets the recognition it deserves because these men bust their asses out there. I would like to see a grand total $20K-$50K given to 1st place. That seems fair for the work they did.
Yeah, give the winner the F350!
@@genogeno6643 really any new pickup would be fine.
@@NR-gp2il Sure, but when there promoting one at the show, let it go!
Only 8 teams, no qualifiers. Not a huge audience. It's hard to get funding without an audience. But when I see the views this gets on KZhead, 50k is a minimum prize. I hope they will be building something useful in the future. And that wont have to tear it down
@@simopr09 There is plenty of funding. These events don't rely on attendance revenue, they rely on Sponsor revenue. Big names. Look at the surrounding fence line with all the sponsor's banners. That's where the money comes from.
This was pretty awesome , been on the trades for 40+ years and done it all , But subbed all concrete and block work because it is damn hard work . I would liked to see the quality of the finished walls but as much as this was block laying it's any endurance competition that not many people could complete like these guys did . I started out framing with a 28oz framing hammer and every single nail was sunk by hitting it with that hammer , bent over putting walls together flat on the slabs and then standing them up completed . These days so many tools have been developed to make jobs easier on the body , Nail guns for every type of fastener it takes to build a structure ! Not masonsry though , it's still one block at a time and strength and endurance , so in his competition I give them a bit of a break on the quality and challenge anyone bitching about that to go out and try it for 5 minutes , they would have to catch their breath before they could shoot their mouth off . Hats off to those guys , all of them , it's the guys who do the tough jobs that I root for . Congratulations to the Winners !
Congratulations to ALL the competitors. Like you I did a smidgen of most all trades during my 29 years building and masonry, concrete and roofers have 100% respect from me.
I’m an Actual blocklayer, and these guys are jokes, sure they’re fast, but this is some of the worst laying I’ve ever seen,😂 this is the kind of block laying that happens in Mexico
I got your blocklayer , my work wouldn't look like that at one of my job sites and I have been told many times that I give away alot of work because I will fix a screw up that I didn't do because it it is close to or connected to my work , I won't bitch about it , I fix it so it won't reflect on my work , that's just me . I think then competition is is to have some fun and speed is what the promoters are pushing . Give guys a break and I imagine that it's not the product they would produce for a paying customer and BTW , hispanics were not the only race represented there and none of the other teams walls looked any better . I think that was kinda a cheap shot at the winners ! Good Luck to You in your endeavors , like I said in the very beginning , I bow to the block layers and concrete guys , they work hard and we all build on their foundations ! Plannerdude184u
@@rewright4621 it's not the best for sure, but it's about speed more than professionally done jobs
Ex brickies laborer here, I loved watching this.
Watching them I needed a snickers to boost my energy! Hat off to all the guys that enter this contest
I wanted a run down of the best walls, and what the scoring system was.
Same here
Yeah the judging should have been the last 30% of the show.
Not for full joints.
It would have been a teaching/learning experience for people new to the trade.
@@davidparker9676 How not to build walls,
Great way to celebrate these hard working guys. These guys with trade jobs like these go unappreciated sometimes but they have mad skills.
Thank god for strong men who make our society possible
Godspeed and Blessings to these Men and Theirs
These guys could put up an adult bookstore in a day or two single handed.
This is just ridiculous so good respect to all teams
God Bless America! what a awesome competition
This was actually cool..about time we praise our craftmen/ women of this country.
I never thought I’d watch other men lay brick. Was interesting tho!
Me too!
Wow I’m really impressed with the skill of these teams. I wish I knew how to late blocks or bricks
Muy Bien mi Paisanos!! Trabajando Duro 🇲🇽
These guys are GOOD! MAKE MONEY GAURANTEED! I would be proud to work with theses boys! 👏
That’s impressive. I once laid eight blocks in 15 minutes, without mortar. I was trying to slow down water runoff.
Thank you gentlemen .. was everyone from AZ .
Every one of these guy's are winners! Beasts!!
Who knew , This is my first time ever watching something like this I have to say its entertaining .
I tip my hat to all you guys who competed. Your strong backs build our nation. Raise up the next generation. Lord knows we need it !!
As someone who has never had to do this before and just built a three tiered wall around my porch these guys were superheroes lol. Took me like a month to get mine up, still gotta finish some lines up too. Hats off.
Tell me about it. Ì''m Currently doing a 2 wall, 12x16 ft room addition. These guys do in 10 minutes what will take me 2 months.
We need competition like this for all different trades! Most tradesmen I know are highly competitive, no matter the trade.
We have it every year for the floor covering trade.Another tough trade is floor covering.
@@WillS-pl8wg my buddy is a "floor mechanic". His knees look like my heel😅
Holy smokes!!! Dang those guys are amazing!
This is just plain amazing
I love this style of competition
Just started brick and block and im already obsessed XD you get a great work out and you feel like an artist lol
wait till your 50 and kness and shoulders are shot plus your stomach from ibuprofen. that's a real hoot. you dont see many older masons on the wall do you. trowel trades are the worst. man find another trade
@@doppler3237 eh i do commercial projects and most guys are 45+ stretching into their 60s they just slow down but the knowledge is priceless
There bosses when they get back home. “ I saw how fast you can move in that little competition of yours. Now it’s time to move that fast on the job site.”
cant do it all day much less every day.
Lol yea might wanna not tell anyone you participated
Brickies have two gears.. Price work and Day rate 😉
..I was exhausted just watching..!! Great job done by all. Obviously, couldn't keep that pace up all day. That was a fantastic effort and only 3 points to seperate 1st from 3rd. I certainly wouldn't like to get smacked in the face by their block lifting arm. ALL VERY STRONG GUYS..!! Well done to all.
I was a Tender (Mortar Maid) out of Highschool, and became a Journeyman Mason the following year. Knowing the perfect Mason- Mix for Cement, Mortar or Fire Clay; made me a better Bricklayer. Much more entertaining than the Daytona 500 for sure!
Guess there is no apprenticeship program where you live if you can go from tender to Journeyman in one year.
Brutal work, just did a block wall and do concrete from time to time as a contractor.....always sleep like a baby when these jobs come up......
Everyone did amazing. Very hard work at a crazy pace. I have to hand it to the Mexican/American workers. They are very hard workers and good at what they do. Everyone did amazing though. So proud of every competitor. 💪
I used to work with Mexicans, you have to work very hard to out work them.
America is truly a great country. I never imagined there would be a concrete block stacking competition. It's truly amazing.
Was a hod carrier/block tender for ten years...tending two masons and making my own cuts. Can tell you that is hard work. Maybe the hardest I ever did next to running the grout hose. 💯
Been a labor for 15 years. Became a Mason but still labor to this day!
Yes I agree the tinder having to keep up with one very good/fast Mason is tuff but keeping two going is absolutely a job lol
@@FullNelson007 labourer for 15 years wow that's hard work I got out of labouring after 2 years now im a multi skilled worker
@@bernlew977 didn't say I don't lay full time.. just still enjoy the laboring part of it.. so therefore I still do it.. master of both so no need to stop either... 4th generation mason
@@paulrivers7248 when i was doing my apprenticeship me and the other apprentice were labouring for 5 brickies and still managing to get 150-300 a day in each, was hard as fuck but made me appreciate a dollar ahaha
Needs cheerleaders and a metal band playing in the background. These guys make it look so easy. Awesome work men!
Cannibal Corpse or Emperor blasting in the background!
@@Nurgles_Rot_ Hell Yeah. Hammer Smashed Face!!
Damn, these guys are masters. Congrats!
Allí no calidad ni proligidad. Solo veo niños jugando a ser maestro albañil
I lay bricks
these men are awesome -
The fact that they are doing this without getting dirty shows the level of skill.
Enjoyed that, fun to watch, not sure I would want them to build me a house that fast though, quality rather than quantity is what I'm saying.
That was fun to watch.
Amazing in it's own right but some things can only be watched for about 20 seconds.
Absolutely incredible!
Great job guys!!🙂🙂. Maybe, you could teach this generation this trade😔.
Great Job everyone. Should do a Real Coin Toss.
I went down the youtube rabbit hole and was not disappointed
Very good, well done. 👍
Just watched a short of someone laying down 4 bricks and I was so transfixed that now I'm here. I've never had a single grain of interest in construction, and yet-
It's amazing that, even when working at competition speed, they're still able to do decent work (well, maybe not 27:48 :-). And they must be in really good shape to lay so many of those heavy blocks non-stop like that!
that wall is not even 50% finished......... no centermortor, not even filling vertical mortor.
@@hdj81Vlimitedobviously for whatever type of wall they are building that's enough, the center mortar would be dumped in later if it were a real project that needed it.
They should definitely consider quality in the judging. Still impressive
Allí no hay calidad.
Supposedly they do
Wow I enjoy this video 😁😍
Is a great event but should be a world 🌎 wide in a future And more sponsors from all builders and masonry suppliers Or nation wide
No idea why I am watching this, I don't even have a brick but it's satisfying
Great video.. super amazing work
I'm more amazed by that muk it's spot on
I am from Caribbean an it's very interesting most persons will not appreciate the skillset needed to do this this is hard mentally in the hot sun especially not easy I can tell you
Working hard af so that one day the boss can take that vacation to Hawaii while they struggle to walk and stand upright.
haha this is awesome. How did i get here? Who knows... watching random and various videos while falling asleep and when I wake up and open the screen this video was pulled up on the screen. Must have clicked it in my sleep or something. Now back awake and watching it though. Of course a brick laying competition exists. Why wouldn’t it?!
I love the craftsmen.
My dad was a brick layer in the 50's - 70's. A lot of hard work for so-so pay back then.
I quit tending in 2010 went to the oilfield and tripled my income, atleast 13 years ago the income was still so so. Id have to be really hard up to go back to that garbage
Mexicans all from Arizona💪
You aren't supposed to recognize those patterns. Or the irony of them building walls.
my back hurts just watching these guys
A la madre! Fierro pariente! 🇲🇽 solo otro pinche día en la oficina.
Dang, RESPECT.
I worked as a block layer's helper during the summer of my junior year of high school . The hardest and most rewarding job in my life .
Did it reward ya with a sore back?
@@eshhbill9318 sore wrist? sore feet? sore shoulders? sore knee? sore elbow?
Shhiiiitttttt what a heck of job, congrats' to all, of course the Winner JoseS/IsrealM.
I love this
Great to see this! I worked in road construction my whole life and it's nice to see labor promoted instead of the woke liberal agenda. This is what America is about!
Amen
my high ass really watch people lay blocks... shit was dope
Bravo 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Gotta give these guys more than $8k
what a nice way to ensure you know what builders working potential is and compare them against their records !!! - documented evidence they can work hard and if they are not preforming to at least 80% of their speed they are taking the PISS ! !- waoooo bring this to the UK -
Well, I think I've fond my new sport for the next month
You have such different blocks that most brickies use in England. We do use one like this on some jobs, but not often. When laying our blocks it takes 2 hands to place blocks as they're more dense plus hard to do with one hand.
Now that's what I call "ACTION PACKED"
Amazing
What they did in this tournament a team of 3 did in a week on our site.goes to show how good these guys are .
Those walls looked like crap though, there shouldn't be a ton of shadows. When they were tooling their walls you could see how crap they look. You can get away with that 20' in the air but the first 3-10 naw lol
Wow 🤩 im doing bricklaying at collage and this is harder than u think
Definitely not the most exciting competition I've ever seen but it was interesting none-the-less.
The most American/Mexican competition I've ever come across, I don't even know how this came up on my feed
Awesome! Now have the electricians running conduit up in the web and setting a box with mud ring randomly so the masons have to cut them in, and work around each other and the conduit sticking up. Just for realism, add in the GC wondering where the door opening is supposed to have been. 😆
It’s almost derogatory to end up with such lowly prizes considering how hard the guys work
Hard work! RESPECT!!!
I have absolutely zero clue how I got on this side of the internet but I'm not complaining lol
Tuckpointer. Awesome word...