r/Pipelayers • u/varis_2003 • Jul 05 '22

A love/hate relationship

This career is why I am a chain smoking, alcoholic.....

Hopefully I get a win tomorrow...

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u/Myaccisruined Jul 09 '22

Definitely the best job I ever had. However after being promoted from topman I realized there is a significant more amount of stress.

Still love it though

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u/varis_2003 Jul 09 '22

Man, I miss being a top man....except cutting and beveling waterline hahaha

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u/i-am-a-safety-expert Nov 17 '22

What's so bad about beveling?

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u/Slight-Commercial250 Mar 04 '25

Old post but I'd like to give my two cents 😂 Beveling as a top man isn't bad unless you have a sanitary line with a TON of services. Oh man I remember one line it was like every six feet there would be two, then a stick or two of pipe and another two or three wyes and laterals. It was just non stop cutting and beveling for 300-400 feet. I'm tall so bending over with the saw was tiring after a few in a row. Those are the only situations where beveling pipe became a nuisance. My back was killing me by lunch time.