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My old foreman in Bakersfield got me to start sorting screws by size on site and it cut my trips to the truck in half
Ngl I always just dumped every screw, bolt, and anchor into one bucket and dug through it like an animal. Then about 6 weeks ago I was framing a garage in Bakersfield with a foreman who's been doing this 30 years, and he watched me dig for a 3 inch deck screw for like 4 minutes. He didn't say anything mean, he just goes "son, that bucket is costing you an hour a day and you don't even know it." So I got one of those cheap plastic organizer boxes with 12 compartments for $19 at the hardware store and now every screw type has its own spot. First day I tried it I kid you not I made 8 fewer walks back to the truck because I could just grab what I needed off the cart. My knees thanked me, my helper stopped asking me where stuff was, and the whole crew started copying me within a week. If you run a small crew or work solo framing, this one dumb little box is worth more than any fancy tool I own. Has anyone else had a foreman drop a simple line like that on them that stuck for good?
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lucasw8218d ago
That line about the bucket costing you an hour a day without you even knowing it is the real thing right there. What nobody talks about is how much mental load the digging adds on top of the lost steps. Every time you stop to hunt for a screw you lose your place in the build, and getting back into the rhythm costs you way more than the 4 minutes of digging. I noticed this once I started sorting, my head stayed in the framing instead of half in the bucket. The knees and the steps are the easy thing to measure, but the focus you get back is the part that actually shows up in your paycheck at the end of the week. A guy can be busy all day and still get nothing done if he's always stopping to search for stuff.
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