This Mexican Fence Builder Left Me In The Dust!

I like to watch the best fence-builders in the world and see what I can learn. Victor Vasquez let me come hang out with him for a few days in Salt Lake City, and he absolutely blew me away with how much his crew gets done in a day!

[rschiwal]

The greatest compliment I ever received was being told I was a good worker by a Mexican.

[pablobecerra]

Victor makes Mexicans look amazing and as a Mexican American I’m proud 🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽

[jorgem]

The house across the street from my house has had 3 owners since I've lived in my neighborhood. The new guy that bought the house is a young 20something Mexican kid who knows construction. This kid has made many improvements to his home in just a year and his house is the best on the block. Proud of my hard working people.

[vonnegutshot]

I was a project manager/estimator for a small business precast concrete company. I was the one guy in the office that understood my career wouldn't exist without the guys outside doing the hard work. Concrete is no joke, and you can tell how hard and physically demanding a job is by the ratio of Mexican to other workers. I had like 90% of the guys I hired were Mexican guys. I made it a point to spend time getting dirty in the pit with them because for one, they were the absolute experts in the industry, and it made me a better estimator and project manager because I got to learn from them how shit was done and I got to see first hand why things were done a certain way and I was constantly improving how I scheduled and estimated projects because I didnt just know a product and how much it cost, I also knew how it was produced and how long it took and why it took that long etc. It was a symbiotic relationship that kept food on the table for everyone and I also earned the respect as the project manager that kept my guys busy but didnt set unrealistic timelines because I was taught the process and knew there was more to creating a product than just a simple pour and cure calculation.

I never felt so accepted as a coworker and as a person like I was there. I cant tell you how awesome it feels to get invited every weekend to a family party bbq, a few quinceañeras, having the wives/gf of those guys trying to get me to go to all the mexican weddings with the ugly friend, etc... all while being referred to as "pinche guero".

[Gsquared_]

Brother, I'm a video editor for Warner Bros Discovery. The production value, energy and level of entertainment on a fence install video was phenomenal. I'm not sure what your production crew size is from shoot to edit but you're doing what usually takes full production team to do. Good stuff!

[jetorixjones]

I’ve worked numerous labor intensive jobs, from landscaping to oil field. Let me say this, no one has ever humbled me as much as working side by side with my Latino bros. They will both work harder and smarter than you and do it with jokes and smiles. I absolutely learned a ton from it, both trade secrets and life lessons. Nothing but love for these guys!

[santarosa]

Great to see Mexican entrepreneurs being appreciated! Some hard working folks!

[happyclampopper]

Their work ethic is exactly what this country needs more of.

Had some landscapers come by and mow the grass at my apartments, they even blew the trimmings off my patio, moved my furniture and put it back. I opened the door and offered them water. Two of three accepted, the third say "naa but I'll take a cerveza". My kind of people!

[kimberlylee]

I had a Mexican crew tear off and replace my roof! They worked so hard and didn’t know how to speak English. The manager knew English and drove between jobs. I bought pizzas for them and they wouldn’t eat until this guy came back and said they could. I appreciated how hard they worked in hot Florida summer days!

[ARUSApacecarHAMPTON]

Had a Mexican crew do a siding job on house was told it would take 6 days, nope it took only 4. If you have a hard working crew I recommend taking good care of them. I left out a cooler of water and gatorade to take as they needed. They appreciate the little things people do. I treat every worker who comes into my home as a guest. They are doing jobs that are demanding and require skills that are worth respecting.

[tabcobra]

As an ex fence builder ( and owner) for 40 years, we ALWAYS mix our concrete in a wheelbarrow, works just fine. For mixing and pouring, I’ve always made a short round point shovel with welded sides. Also, I always use a string, I used to do it by eye, but like Victor said, you end up walking back and fourth too much. The string don’t lie.

[jozephvoorheez]

Here in Colorado we have legions of Mexicans who start working for companies at a young age (18-22) and by the time they reach their late 20s early 30s, a good bunch of them have already started their own LLC business. Work ethic is off the charts.. Absolutely incredible!

[evnejg]

I work a desk job now, but back in college I worked summers landscaping with my fellow Mexican workers. Hardest workers out there, always willing to help out on a task, always had a smile and fun quirky jokes when we were on the road to the next job site. I miss that job and those guys, hope they’re doin alright.

[moonpool]

For those trash talkers out there.... I have been in 43 countries and actually worked in, ah I dunno 8 or 9 with guys from more countries than I can count. After that lead up I can state unequivocally that the guys and gals from Mexico are by far the best workers out there. Not to discount talent from elsewhere, but I would still hire immigrants from Mexico before almost anyone else. Not about patriotism, entitlement, supposed racial superiority or any other bullshit, it's about production and work ethic. These guys know how to work and pride themselves in that ethic. Have you ever seen a roofing crew work in South Florida? Nobody comes close to these guys, they start working the moment the truck stops. No breaks, no bitching and nothing slow. All that in heat and conditions that would have you crying for mama after 15 minutes. Mad respect guys.

[justinjohnson]

Not once did I see any of those hard working guys with a cell phone in their hands. Teamwork, and happy attitudes. Good job guys!

[jay-dee.]

Pinche Raza❤️🇲🇽👍🏽🍺
No disrespect to anybody but my Mexicans are some of thee most hard working and humble people around.
Un chingo de amor y respetos desde El Paso, Tejas🍺🍺🍺

[kitfox]

I have no care about building a fence let alone watching someone build it, but I couldn't stop watching this video! Great to see different races working together and learning different techniques from each other. I enjoyed this, Thank you!

[earag]

Sensed respect from the beginning of the video. I commend you for this content. Thank you for talking to them as you’d talk to any other peers. As a Mexican that doesn’t always happen and it’s tough being around somebody whom you’re not sure will respect you. Thank you again!

[krayzeeloop]

this is awesome... i did my own vinal fence like 62 posts all around but ran out of time so my shared neighbors (mexican) hired their family and ripped down dug the holes and cemented the posts in one day and it was a 25 post line ...there was 4 of them ... mexican people are my favorite people

[Martin.Wilson]

A looser slump concrete mix is definitely the best way to go for fence posts. It fills the hole much more evenly, reduces the amount of air pockets to zero. I've built hundreds of fences and no one will ever convince me that dry packing works as well as barrow mixing.