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Post by Crazy Mudder Trucker on Jul 2, 2008 22:54:54 GMT -5
How do you guys prepare for night pours? What do you to make yourself go to sleep? Here at my company they are very retarded. In a perfect world they are suppose to ask you if you want to be on it. Most of us who do them are a regular bunch. There are times when you get burned out and you want to comeback to days. They are easy if the work at night is consistent like it has been lately. For me personally monday is the hardest. You come in do a load or two and your off by 10am-11am. Start time is usally around 1030pm-11pm. Go home tire my self out and get 3 or 4 hours of sleep if I am lucky.
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Post by gant on Jul 3, 2008 7:46:45 GMT -5
we had one a few months ago we started at 5pm i didnt leave till 9am..we got screwed on that deal.. we were promised by the VP that we would get time and a half during the WHOLE pour because they brought drivers in from another plant that make about $5 an hour more than us do our work on friday and saturday so we basically missed out on a day of work to take care of this pour.. we when we got our checks we were told that we misunderstood what he was saying.. he meant the "premium" pay of 20 cents extra an hour..so for some reason 20 drivers misunderstood one guy...after that I'm done with night pours.. we did 3 or 4 a week all last summer..
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Post by dwfnga on Jul 3, 2008 15:15:19 GMT -5
We only run one shift so If we have an early pour sometimes as early as 2AM I take a couple of Tylenol PMs about 8.5 hours before I have to get up they knock me out pretty good and I get my 8 hours of sleep. Plus the wife keeps the kids quite.
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Post by concretejoe on Jul 3, 2008 16:04:09 GMT -5
I have sleep apnea so I never have trouble getting to sleep.
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Post by BillyCement on Jul 3, 2008 18:34:06 GMT -5
We only run one shift so If we have an early pour sometimes as early as 2AM I take a couple of Tylenol PMs about 8.5 hours before I have to get up they knock me out pretty good and I get my 8 hours of sleep. Plus the wife keeps the kids quite. |
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Post by Crazy Mudder Trucker on Jul 3, 2008 19:54:46 GMT -5
sucks b/c last night we had a night pour and it was like oh btw your on the night pour mind you I clocked out at 1345 only to have to come back at 2245. I didnt get not one minute of sleep. I just couldnt. I tried several times. Now Im dying to get to sleep and just as I was about ready to make my final approach to sleep..riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing phone rings and its the wife " what are you doing?" I was like WTF?! I was about to get to sleep till you called and $@!&^$ up for me. Oh ok bye. So here I am.....
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Post by Mixer Driver 69 on Jul 3, 2008 22:50:14 GMT -5
I've only been on one night pour. It was my first day. 2am start time, got done at 1500. To bad I was on trainee pay.  |
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Post by cfconcrete on Jul 4, 2008 9:46:26 GMT -5
I love night jobs, love em, love em, love em.
We have a ton of fun....
I'd do them ANYTIME!
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Post by concretejoe on Jul 4, 2008 9:51:14 GMT -5
I love night jobs, love em, love em, love em. We have a ton of fun.... I'd do them ANYTIME! I do to. Especially in the summer. It's a lot cooler and there is a lot less traffic. Also things seem to be a lot more laid back. |
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Post by Crazy Mudder Trucker on Jul 4, 2008 11:20:03 GMT -5
I love night jobs, love em, love em, love em. We have a ton of fun.... I'd do them ANYTIME! I do them for a few reasons. One there is no traffic, quickest way to get 12+ hours with minimal amount of work. Usually if we start at 9 or 10 at nigh we're usually done by 2am sleep till 530am when they start loading us for the 1st round. otherwise i wouldnt do em. |
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Post by cfconcrete on Jul 4, 2008 14:12:45 GMT -5
I love night jobs, love em, love em, love em. We have a ton of fun.... I'd do them ANYTIME! and there is a lot less traffic. Also things seem to be a lot more laid back. My thoughts exactly brother.... |
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Post by gant on Jul 4, 2008 14:24:11 GMT -5
I like night pours as well.. but I wont do anymore where we have to give up a days work for it and get lied to about it..
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Post by concretejoe on Jul 4, 2008 14:31:10 GMT -5
I like night pours as well.. but I wont do anymore where we have to give up a days work for it and get lied to about it.. You mean your company lies to you? I've never heard of that happening before.  |
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Post by Mort on Jul 10, 2008 11:57:19 GMT -5
I take a few Tylenol PM's every night whether I need them or not. After a few frosty ones they put me in lala land before I know it. If the smoke detector went off I'd be a dead man. You know that can cause liver failure, right? Tylenol + Alcohol = bad news And I've got to do a night pour tonight. But, its all overtime ($), in King County where the rate is better ($$) and I'm in a newer automatic truck ($$$). So it could be worse. |
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Post by Crazy Mudder Trucker on Aug 27, 2008 18:25:52 GMT -5
1400 yds in beverly hills tonight, the cops are going to love seeing 50 mixers in their city. ;D ;D
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Post by gant on Aug 27, 2008 18:35:26 GMT -5
we did one a few weeks ago.. 25.92 an hour until we crossed the county line then it jumped to 41.88 an hour.. but for some reason the company forgot to put a few of those hours on our check that were worth $41.88
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Post by cfconcrete on Aug 27, 2008 21:32:51 GMT -5
we did one a few weeks ago.. 25.92 an hour until we crossed the county line then it jumped to 41.88 an hour.. but for some reason the company forgot to put a few of those hours on our check that were worth $41.88 Yeah, that happens at your company too huh?  |
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Post by Mixer Driver 69 on Aug 27, 2008 21:36:10 GMT -5
Got screwed on a night pour last Sunday night. It was a freeway pour. Started at 2305, went light to another plant, got loaded , did ONE load. 220 yards and 17 trucks billed in. Drove back to my plant, clocked out at 0315. Was it worth it? I thought I'd score at least 12 hours easy. 
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Post by Crazy Mudder Trucker on Aug 28, 2008 13:55:45 GMT -5
;D Got screwed on a night pour last Sunday night. It was a freeway pour. Started at 2305, went light to another plant, got loaded , did ONE load. 220 yards and 17 trucks billed in. Drove back to my plant, clocked out at 0315. Was it worth it? I thought I'd score at least 12 hours easy. Sounds like you went to plant 16. They do that a lot. They overbill in trucks like that. Sucks man, been there before. You should have taken the streets back to 21. Had your self a long breakfast. |
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Post by Crazy Mudder Trucker on Aug 28, 2008 14:20:28 GMT -5
1400 yds in beverly hills tonight, the cops are going to love seeing 50 mixers in their city. ;D ;D So I was load 15 and whamo cops show up. Load 45 whamo cops show again. Contractor shows them the permit the 2nd time they show up. Cop goes ballistic tells the Supertindent "your f**king permit says only the date and no times specified and I can shut you down" Mind you at this point theres 250 yds staged. The super tells him" If you shut me down I will bill the city for the yardage, and the 15K for permit or call the city engineer who issued the permit". Here I am again load 88 they got the city engineer out of bed and to the site. The engineer is the one who screwed up the permit with no specified dates hence why his a$$ was out on the job and 230 in the middle of the street looking like a jackass! ahh good times ;D ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by BillyCement on Aug 28, 2008 16:22:23 GMT -5
Didn't Bob Seger sing a song called "Night Pours"?
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Post by cfconcrete on Aug 28, 2008 22:03:09 GMT -5
May I ask what Police Department in the whole world would even begin to bother a road crew, day or night? What the hell does the PD even know of permits and such? Must be a west coast thing, cause back east, they 5-0 is to busy with the constant stream of rape-murder-arson and general mayhem of an old, gritty, dirty, poverty stricken northeastern city.....
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Post by Crazy Mudder Trucker on Aug 28, 2008 22:35:49 GMT -5
May I ask what Police Department in the whole world would even begin to bother a road crew, day or night? What the hell does the PD even know of permits and such? Must be a west coast thing, cause back east, they 5-0 is to busy with the constant stream of rape-murder-arson and general mayhem of an old, gritty, dirty, poverty stricken northeastern city..... both LA county sheriff and beverly hills pd. We were staged in west hollywood and pouring in beverly hills. |
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Post by Mort on Aug 30, 2008 8:59:09 GMT -5
We're just more civilized on the west coast. And of course, in Beverly Hills, a mixer is something you use to make martinis.
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Post by raymond on Aug 30, 2008 21:01:33 GMT -5
Check out the picture...
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I haven't fired that thing up in the daylight in months...haha
Night pours are an everyday thing. I kinda like 'em because the concrete stays cool....and as mentioned earlier - no traffic. So the jobs go well.
Sorry to hear that some of you get screwed out of hours because of these pours. not cool.
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Post by Mixer Driver 69 on Sept 5, 2008 17:16:27 GMT -5
;D Got screwed on a night pour last Sunday night. It was a freeway pour. Started at 2305, went light to another plant, got loaded , did ONE load. 220 yards and 17 trucks billed in. Drove back to my plant, clocked out at 0315. Was it worth it? I thought I'd score at least 12 hours easy. Sounds like you went to plant 16. They do that a lot. They overbill in trucks like that. Sucks man, been there before. You should have taken the streets back to 21. Had your self a long breakfast.  ) and scored 11 hours. That's more like it. 
Going light to 18 Sunday night.  |
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Post by Mixer Driver 69 on Oct 7, 2008 12:33:41 GMT -5
Went on a night pour last night to John Wayne International airport. We poured a runway, an 800 yard job. It's a shame we haven't seen anything bigger than that in a long time.
I clocked in Monday morning at 0700 and volunteered as soon as I heard about it. Clocked out at 1100, and was back at the plant at 1900.
I scored 14 hours and seven loads. Only thing that really sucked about it was that it was one big chute pour. Ah, why would I complain. Work is getting scarce around here. 
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Post by gant on Oct 7, 2008 13:13:31 GMT -5
wow 800 yards with the chutes?? I figured they do it like a street pour and dump it in a pile and knock it down with a machine..
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Post by Mixer Driver 69 on Oct 8, 2008 13:34:54 GMT -5
The only machine they had there was a hydraulic roller. Two guys would pull from either side with chains to smooth out the mud and the finishers took care of the rest.
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Post by Crazy Mudder Trucker on Oct 8, 2008 22:51:12 GMT -5
suxx ass!!!! we had a night pour last firday night. 500 yds and they billed in 25 trucks. I was like wtf?! 2 loads a piece and after 4 hrs tried washing me out. I was like hell no so I went light to 23 did one load came back and got washed out. Did 8 hrs. what a waste.
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) and scored 11 hours. That's more like it. 
