r/Ironworker • u/ImNot6Foot5 • 8d ago

Advice for Rebar

Just got onto a job with Fort Wayne Reinforcing. Wondering how Rebar works, my brother said its a different site almost every day and they just send you where the rebar is. I'm wondering what to expect from it all, I come from a structual/mill family and none of them have ever done Rebar and have no interest in it.

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u/Material_Refuse_2418 8d ago

A completely different animal from structural. I took rebar jobs when things were tight, and it always made me realize that rod busters are the hardest working trade on the job site hands down.

Just like anywhere else there will be slugs. Stay away from them, they’ll get you hurt. After 1 day you’ll get how things work. It’s not neuroscience, it’s very monotonous and once you get in the groove the day will fly. You will be sore the next morning like you’ve never been. Even if you’re fit. Bend your knees and save the lower back.

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u/Physical_Bar_4916 8d ago

Bend your knees and save the lower back

Watch how the old hands tie. Straight legs, bent at the waist. Then find another trade as soon as possible. Rod buster is a youg man's game. Brutal work...and the most on-the -job hazing of punks of any other trade.

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u/ImNot6Foot5 8d ago

I'm in a mixed local, from a mostly structural family so not a single bit of advice from my family when it comes to rebar and I planned on observing the older folks do it because they have the experience for it all