Sub-Grade Work

Seven MZ100s, 85-pound block, and a crew that finished 33% above the rate it bid — on a Walmart Supercenter Addition in Manchester, New Hampshire.

Below-grade CMU foundation wall. The MULE stages from the top of the excavation and reaches over the trench, so the crew places heavy block without carrying it into the cut.

New GMC dealership envelope in Omni Block. Flower City Masonry ran full-height insulated CMU inside the steel frame, with the MULE placing every unit so the crew stayed on layout instead of lifting.

Trinity Masonry is a commercial masonry contractor based in Texas. On the Hutto High School project in Austin, the team completed the work in 8 weeks while laying standard 12" block. The team brought in 3 MZ100s, running one mason per MULE. Running off of Hydro Mobile Scaffolding and set up our Universal Ground Base, the masons were able to maintain a faster, consistent installation pace with the same crew structure - resulting in a 70% increase, getting the job finished earlier than expected.

Spartan Construction put the MULE to work across nearly every phase of the masonry scope at Rossford Middle School — the gymnasium, a stairwell, and an interior firewall. With a fleet of eight MZ100s and about two years of experience running them, the crew kept production strong and stayed well ahead of schedule throughout the job. The results spoke for themselves: a single crew laid 850 block in one day, and the north stairwell was completed in just three days. Beyond the numbers, Spartan's masons — especially the veterans — appreciate finishing the day less worn out.

6000 splitface block pavillion and bathroom for a park in Maria Stein, OH. Dablees Masonry brought the MULE to a 6,000-block splitface pavilion and restroom for Marion Township Park — running a single MZ100 on two 5-foot masts and a ground base to handle the 8" CMU. For owner Dan Moorman, the math is straightforward: he expects the MULE to add about 20% to production on a normal week, and closer to 40% when the heat sets in and a crew laying block by hand would otherwise be slowing down. That hot-weather gap is the part contractors feel most — the MULE doesn't tire out at 2 p.m., so the back half of a brutal day stays as productive as the front