Roundup Highlight Video

[Josh]

This really only has Thursday in the highlights but still a quick glimpse of the happenings at the RIDGID Roundup. Its the same clip we showed on Friday at the Roundup for those of you who came. We had to swap out the music so we could display it publicly. Old music was much better.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrsOOqiz7E8

[wrench spinner]

Great job JOSH!!! Wish i could have been there!! It looked like rick almost got knocked out during the pipe threading contest. I'll bet there was a couple of close calls with that one!

[ToUtahNow]

Again thank you Ridgid for a great time and making us all fell like part of the Ridge Tool family.

Mark & Family

[PLUMBER RICK]

great, now everyone is going to want to come next year:rolleyes:

why didn't you show all the ditch digging and cleaning we had to do to earn our keep:confused:

cut, ream, thread, 1'' pipe 1:06:eek:

next year :59 or better:p

rick.

[Drain Medic]

Where is the -5 points for the unsafe act of letting the threader spin freely like that :eek:

[Drain Medic]

This really only has Thursday in the highlights but still a quick glimpse of the happenings at the RIDGID Roundup. Its the same clip we showed on Friday at the Roundup for those of you who came. We had to swap out the music so we could display it publicly. Old music was much better.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrsOOqiz7E8


I like that guy on the front of the UTube video :D

[ToUtahNow]

Where is the -5 points for the unsafe act of letting the threader spin freely like that :eek:

I think extra credit should be given for that. In the field the foreman would send you home for the casual removal of die heads I saw at the competition. It was pretty obvious at the competition who had spent some time threading and who had not. I'm sure next year will be much a better competition because people would have practiced techniques. I guarantee Rick will be under a minute next year.

Mark

[Josh]

We already have ideas for competitions we can switch up. K1500 will stay regardless. Seems like everyone loved that one.

Josh

[ToUtahNow]

The one thing the videos will not show is all of the fun we had at the hotel and non "official" gatherings. I'm already shopping for air flight deals for next year.

Mark

[Service Guy]

I think the cut and thread competition should also involve some fitting assembly, (at least cap the ends) and then an airtest to see if it hold pressure....it looks like it just brute speed without any skill.:rolleyes:

I'll make an effort to come next year. It sounds like a good time.

[Woussko]

Good work Josh

Now take a few days off and make super duty ZZZZs... You earned it.

[ToUtahNow]

I think the cut and thread competition should also involve some fitting assembly, (at least cap the ends) and then an airtest to see if it hold pressure....it looks like it just brute speed without any skill.:rolleyes:

I'll make an effort to come next year. It sounds like a good time.

Pretty much all of the competition was about speed more than skill but you did have to be able to screw a fitting on at the end of the threading competition to show it was properly threaded.

Mark

[Service Guy]

Pretty much all of the competition was about speed more than skill but you did have to be able to screw a fitting on at the end of the threading competition to show it was properly threaded.

Mark

I am not so interested anyway in fanning my ego in competition bragging (like someone we all know:p) as I am in meeting my new e-friends in person. I'm sure that alone would be worth the trip.:cool:

[ToUtahNow]

I am not so interested anyway in fanning my ego in competition bragging (like someone we all know:p) as I am in meeting my new e-friends in person. I'm sure that alone would be worth the trip.:cool:

LOL-I wouldn't worry as he feeds off himself. Some have talked about having a contest with real plumbing skills but the problem is , time require and what code would it be judged under. The way it was, everyone had the opportunity to be introduced to tools they may have never used and a good time was had by all. I look forward to meeting you at next years event.

Mark

[Service Guy]

I'm sure it'll be fun.:thumbup2:

[garager]

I think Ridgid better build their own Hotel for us next year, I'll probably be driving down there. Then take the bus around town with the Ridgid gang. I'm sure I'll be there, 99.9% sure.

[All Clear Sewer]

I know I`ll be there next year or someone is gonna hunt me down....:killingme:
I`m really already there, just setting and waiting :D

[PLUMBER RICK]

I am not so interested anyway in fanning my ego in competition bragging (like someone we all know:p) as I am in meeting my new e-friends in person. I'm sure that alone would be worth the trip.:cool:

funny part is i was the one that had the most to lose as i was the one that promoted the roundup and put out the challenge.

look at all the crap i took over the k-60 and 7500 cable tossing and arm wrestling ben:D

the best excuse i heard was that i had more years of experience:D

ya, but i also had much younger guys chasing me too.

just be glad it was on 1 thread on 1'' pipe. originally i suggested 2 threads on 2'' pipe. but the smaller guys would not have had enough push.

honestly i felt the threading competition was the highlight. it was a race using all you had. it was also the last event and i was the last one to do it.
oil was all over the blacktop, and peoples shirts.

and on spectators that were too close when aaron was competing:D

the 1500 board buster was also a great event. bill/ crack pulled it off also as the last competitor of that event and on his 2nd. try. this was not a brute force event, but more of a technique/ skill event. proper pressure and feed was important.

others were fun, but these 2 were spectators events.

i'm thinking up some new events for next time. there are many events that are not practical based on time and cost to construct.

the board buster was $45. a cutter and they used plenty.

copper maze had plenty of scrap generated$$.

ridgid spent money like it was water.

everything was beyond belief. truly it took dozens of ridgid employees hundreds of hours to pull off this event. not to mention the hundreds of employees that came to play and participate.

thanks to all that made it possible for us to have fun:D


rick.

[MrsSeatDown]

ya, but i also had much younger guys chasing me too.


rick.

I wouldn't describe Hawk and Crack as "much younger guys" than you:hug::lovies::nyaa-nyaa4:

[Service Guy]

I'm sure it'll be great rick. I'll do my best to win the threading contest next year.:packed:

[MrsSeatDown]

I'm sure it'll be great rick. I'll do my best to win the threading contest next year.:packed:

I doubt they would do the same events. Some people would practice ahead of time to beat existing times. I'm not pointing fingers or anything but I may just be looking at one of those people right now:p

[PLUMBER RICK]

I doubt they would do the same events. Some people would practice ahead of time to beat existing times. I'm not pointing fingers or anything but I may just be looking at one of those people right now:p

there was not 1 event i practiced. but now with bragging rights on the line and i'm the target, i might fine tune some events.

1500 requires a special jig to operate.

i guess i'll have to make that jig:idea:

and next time you sit on cold porcelain, i'm out practicing the toilet seat horseshoes:eek:

and when your tires are missing. i'm practicing the lag bolt contest:rolleyes:

no need to practice the copper maze, as i was amazing:D

rick.

[MrsSeatDown]

Whatever!

To ALL the winners. . . you enjoy your bragging rights for the year! You earned it:bravo:

[HVAC HAWK]

I'm sure it'll be great rick. I'll do my best to win the threading contest next year.:packed:

i dont know about that i will be able to do it next year :happydance:
i will be moving so fast the will need a high speed camera to catch it :thumbup2::thumbup2:

[plumberscrack]

It's been over 6 weeks just wondering what happened to the full lenth version of the video :confused:

Lots of good stuff in there I'm sure :)

Did it come out already and I missed it? :rolleyes:

Should I have sent some money in?

I hope my interview ends up on the editing floor. My mind went blank when she shoved the microphone in my face :smack-head:

[garager]

I too was wondering if there was more..... :turtle: :D

[MrsSeatDown]

Word on the street is the 28 minute video will be ready for distribution in about 2 weeks;)

[PLUMBER RICK]

Word on the street is the 28 minute video will be ready for distribution in about 2 weeks;)

are you calling me the street:confused:

rick.

after a formal protest was filed over the board buster. it was determined that the board needed to be drilled and not split.

crack, please mail your trophy to me:nyaa-nyaa4:

[MrsSeatDown]

it was determined that the board needed to be drilled and not split.



All he had to do was bust through the board. He was smart enough to get a little help from a friend when picking out his piece:bravo:

[plumberscrack]

All he had to do was bust through the board. He was smart enough to get a little help from a friend when picking out his piece:bravo:

I don't know what you two are talking about :rolleyes:

Here's my winning woody :o

3767

Where's yours?

[PLUMBER RICK]

I don't know what you two are talking about :rolleyes:

Here's my winning woody :o

3767

Where's yours?

funny crack:D i can swear the highlight video shows a board snapping in half.

anyone can pencil in a time.

that was your first attempt that was somewhere around 13-15 seconds?

i think that you mistaked that with your glory hole:D

http://www.ridgidforum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=3767&d=1216569595 (http://www.ridgidforum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=3767&d=1216569595)

rick.

[plumberscrack]

funny crack:D i can swear the highlight video shows a board snapping in half.

anyone can pencil in a time. Well I can't write my time on tiny fragments of wood

that was your first attempt that was somewhere around 13-15 seconds? How would you know? You were off trying to prove your manhood on the K60

i think that you mistaked that with your glory hole:D Please have Joey review your posts for correct grammer
rick.

I have a dozen responses to this but sadly none are appropriate here ;)

[gear junkie]

Easier to ask for forgiveness than permission. Let it fly Bill.

[ToUtahNow]

Bill won fair and square by taking advantage of the rules or lack there of which is the same thing Rick did. Overall a great time was had by all and to the victors goes the spoils splintered or not. Long live King Bill of the K-1500.

Mark

[MrsSeatDown]

Crack don't take the bait, just gloat in your master blaster glory:D But remember, don't say you are the fastest blaster. . .you may not want to brag about that:p

[jan_vb]

Is the round-up dvd ready ? I was wondering last night with my girlfriend who starts to have serious doubts about my whereabouts and my time spending when in the US back in June :D I told I was with pro's all along but as ironic as she is, she started thinking about pro as in :party-on:

[Josh]

Still checking into that here. I saw the draft of it about 1 month ago. Gotta be close

[MrsSeatDown]

I hear you should talk to Steve Dyer:rolling-eyes::D

[jan_vb]

Still checking into that here. I saw the draft of it about 1 month ago. Gotta be close
Don't rush things J., just checking into that, I know you've got a lot to take care of now ;)

@mrsseatdown: Steve? what's he got to do with it? :eek: :D

[MrsSeatDown]

@mrsseatdown: Steve? what's he got to do with it? :eek: :D

He mentioned the 2 week thing, but it was just an estimate.;)

[Bob D.]

Looks like (after watching the video) that you all had a great time. My hats off to Josh and RIDGID for putting this all together for everyone. I hope it is the first of many.

Rick, are you going to change your handle to
ThreadMaster Rick ??

[PLUMBER RICK]

actually i like the sound of

RICK-60:idea:

threading is grunt work:eek:

well maybe in 15 years i'll be rick-60:D

rick.

[jan_vb]

He mentioned the 2 week thing, but it was just an estimate.;)
I'm going to talk to him this afternoon so I'll ask him very gently :D

btw: if you read this Steve, start :crying:

;) :p