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Ive spent yrs on I-20 driving a big rig,and talking to Al drivers on the CB.They all cuss,and tell me how many kids they put through college,and that I-20
will Never! be finished,and I believe them!
Every since moving to CA they always find a way to stop us 24-7 going to and from work.Its usually for the dumbest shit too! Trimbing limbs,burying power
cable for some mansion out in the middle of no where.Its insanity, hair pulling every fn day! And yes I have cussed them like dogs out my window

 

I start hauling/training concrete this week in Santa Rosa.Guy found me on indeed and brought me onboard.Great pay,and figure I will drive everything before I retire.There's alot! to learn in the concrete biz

 

Will you be hauling concrete in a dump truck? Oil the bed down, zero slump concrete is pretty impressive when it comes out.

 

Just a regular concrete drum truck.The slump is the hardest part of the whole job,from what I'm being told.It changes from footings,garages,basements.Lots of doo dads to learn on the remote for drum speeds,clockwise,counter,speeds,hopper adjustments,psi adjustments for dumping.Very nice,new Peterbilts,so thats a plus! They pay Very well out here.I never would consider driving one when I lived in Ga.

 

Very cool. Rear or front discharge? Around the midwest, front discharge and all wheel drive are pretty standard, those trucks will just about go anywhere. I did see 3 fully loaded trucks get stuck on the same jobsite, the builder's supervisor told them what way to go to get around this site, that didn't work! They had to discharge 9.5 yards each on the ground to get loose. The total concrete, semi wrecker, and clean up bill was over $15k.

Be prepared to be yelled at when you won't quite understand what some impatient concrete guy is screaming at you, it's a different language to some, and a lot of hand signals also. A good operator can relieve the guys from a lot of work, or can add to their work load also.

Those trucks are the king of the road though.

 

+1 on driving in the latter yrs of work....I have my CDL's and when I'm finished beating on rocks for a living, I'll just drive a dump truck for a few yrs.

 

It's rear dump,and a big 10-4 on the getting stuck! I learned that the hard way! I use to pull a 53' spread axle into new subdivisions delivering building products for new homes.I would off load with a Moffit, and Mexican workers always wanted that shit in some unGodly place.I made the deal,if I got stuck,
they had to get me out.Hell,I considered it a challenge,but after sliding off a few banks into the woods I had to slow my roll!
The new boss was telling me he rolled one of our trucks full of concrete last year off a huge bluff.That didn't make me feel too inspired

 

And! You will always have a job! I've driven a ton of different trucks,and learned alot,and seen alot.Some things I really enjoyed,and others,like hauling fuel for quick trip Suucked!! I've never hauled over sized,or walking floors,but about everything else

 

I was pouring footers for retaining walls once about 30 feet from a pond. The footers were straight and the driver actually straddled the footers while pouring, he had nerve, and it worked. But when he went to turn around after cleaning up, the front wheels slid about 2 feet towards the pond, he was probably 20' away and on a slight down slope. He instantly put on the brakes, jumped out and called dispatch. He knew more than I did about what that truck was capable of, I thought he could back out, it wasn't muddy, but he sank about 4". He said if he kept trying, he was afraid he would end up in the water. Another truck showed up, connected the largest nylon step I've ever seen, had 15' of slack in it and gave it hell! That other truck yanked him out so easy, it was impressive. I think the other truck would've pulled him out even with the brakes on. Those drivers are always the friendliest delivery people, some even get out and help bull floating concrete just to keep in practice. These are OshKosh trucks and all wheel drive.

I think delivering to pump trucks would be an ideal gig. Good luck.

 

Impatient, maybe...But as you know whereas most other contractors don't understand that concrete is a perishable commodity. Get the shit on the ground asap.

We're not like electricians, or painters or dry wallers....they can stop work, take breaks etc whenever they want. Concrete dictates the day for a concrete crew. We get lunch maybe twice a week. I worked 11.5 hrs monday, no break. Ate my lunch on the way home for supper. Which is usually the norm.

 

Big 66 M pump which I believe the largest you can get here. Had it straight up to get to where we pouring, atop the Newport Levy where the Licking River runs into the Ohio.

Pouring into pumps would be boring though....Need a 6 wheel drive and some off-roadin' instead of staying on pavement all day.

That 2nd pump was outside the old UC Armory, the original basketball arena at UC. Tore out the old floor, installed pole vault, long jump, shot put/discus equipment and another company put the liquid floor down that turned to a rubber indoor track surface. Took 6 wks for the rubber flooring and $3 mil for the entire project.

Damn laser screed was a $500k machine. Lotsa line pump. Lotsa jams with the industrial strength fiber in 300' of line pump. Worked 48 hrs in 3 days.....Once the floor was finished, I had to snap all the lines , 12'x12' blocks in 40,000 sq ft floor, another crew saw cut and then I had to wet cure the slab, all in the same day/night. 1 a.m. til 6-7 p.m., 3 days in a row.

So all the 'standing around highway worker' jibberish needs to stop.

 

Yeah but you are not a gov't. standing around highway worker, you're an independent concrete worker, BIG difference.

 

Then who the hell on the beeb can we blame for endless road construction?

 

Mongo! He doesn’t ruin just roadracing.

 

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It's amazing to me how bad some people are now when it comes to simple grammar.

I see news headlines with misspellings a few times a month now.