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Post by Mort on Oct 13, 2008 9:45:43 GMT -5
Depending on the distance/type of pour, that's about a 10 truck pour right there. I like when they overbill on Saturdays, because I'm a weekend kinda guy, but if I work a night shift, I want the hours out of it.
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Post by plymouthdave on Oct 14, 2008 17:17:36 GMT -5
WE have all done them but nowadays I think f*** it there's enough hours in the day already so find some other muppet to do it. They never give you the money or the thanks like the old days. When was the last time they bought you your meals during a pour, always used to happen!
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Post by gant on Oct 14, 2008 19:30:10 GMT -5
we do paving like that on the highway we're doing.. they have a roller with a 5 horse motor and a guy stands on it and pushes some levers and rides it on down.. how was it with security?? we have a place we pour at called defense mapping.. it is a government project that makes all the maps for Iraq and what not.. if we have a pour there they have to know who the driver is that is bringing the load and the truck number the day before the pour.. that way they can run a background check on you..they have mirrors they put under the truck and they climb up the ladder to see if there is anything in your drum lol..
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Post by Mixer Driver 69 on Oct 15, 2008 21:31:59 GMT -5
^^^ Security was redundant but not to tight. We had to show our CDL to the gate guard every time we went in, and he kept a record of truck numbers. Other than that, pretty lax.
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Post by Mort on Oct 16, 2008 10:54:08 GMT -5
We do a lot of work at, ahem, the largest aerospace manufacturer in the Seattle area. They take our license and give us a badge for the day. They'll also have the dog sniff our trucks the first time, but we all had to do a background check for them anyway, so they know we're legit.
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Post by gant on Oct 16, 2008 14:38:38 GMT -5
when I go to an Ameren Power Plant.. they take our license and run us real quick and we have to have an escort.. oh ameren ue is the electric company around here..
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Post by Yard Bird on Jan 13, 2009 10:41:03 GMT -5
Night pours suck, hang the salesman ;D
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Post by Mixer Driver 69 on Jan 20, 2009 22:10:24 GMT -5
Worked till 1530 today. Called the lineup at 1830 to find out I'm billed in tomorrow at 0030. Nice when they let me know about something like that, huh?  HAPPY to have the work, but lemme prepare myself! 
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Post by Peterbilt on Feb 1, 2009 22:02:34 GMT -5
why all this negative talk about 16 plant 25 does the same thing only now they wont even load you you pull into there plant and they just send your right back out the yard and say take it home 21 shows some love and will give you a load
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Post by Crazy Mudder Trucker on Feb 2, 2009 0:03:36 GMT -5
why all this negative talk about 16 plant 25 does the same thing only now they wont even load you you pull into there plant and they just send your right back out the yard and say take it home 21 shows some love and will give you a load It's the truth. Right now 25 is stingy as hell right now. I waited in line on saturday 2.5 hrs only to be told to wash it out and not even hauling a load. |
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Post by Mixer Driver 69 on Feb 2, 2009 0:07:48 GMT -5
21 rocks. 
I can't remember how many times I've been sent to 20 down in San Clemente and they tell me to take it home cause I'll have a yard left in the drum. They don't want us dumping it there at all.
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Post by Crazy Mudder Trucker on Feb 2, 2009 0:10:25 GMT -5
21 rocks.
I can't remember how many times I've been sent to 20 down in San Clemente and they tell me to take it home cause I'll have a yard left in the drum. They don't want us dumping it there at all. plant 15 is like that too if you want to avoid going call em and tell em you have mud on and they'll send you on your way |
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Post by mudhound on Feb 2, 2009 21:53:20 GMT -5
The hardest night pour have done was the week before this last Christmas. The pour was a 17,500+ yard mat pour in downtown Houston that was nonstop for about 20 hours. It took everyone they have in Houston and about 110 extra drivers from north and east Texas. We got bussed down for the first shift from Dallas. I had already been up for 20 hours straight when I got on the bus, and got no sleep on the bus. 5 hours later we got on the trucks and ran nonstop for 15 hours, I was so tired, somehow I survived!
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Post by Peterbilt on Feb 3, 2009 19:24:54 GMT -5
Yea i got kicked out of 15 one day cause i dumped left overs and i didn't know your not suppose to wash down were you dump out at and the batch man told me to get out of his yard
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Post by gant on Feb 3, 2009 19:42:45 GMT -5
The hardest night pour have done was the week before this last Christmas. The pour was a 17,500+ yard mat pour in downtown Houston that was nonstop for about 20 hours. It took everyone they have in Houston and about 110 extra drivers from north and east Texas. We got bussed down for the first shift from Dallas. I had already been up for 20 hours straight when I got on the bus, and got no sleep on the bus. 5 hours later we got on the trucks and ran nonstop for 15 hours, I was so tired, somehow I survived! Man that's gotta suck.. getting bussed down there to drive someone elses junk for 15 hours.. I'd be sick that day.. That would be sweet if they'd let us take our trucks down and help out, I'd be all for it..Drive down the night before in the mixer and get going the next day.. |
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Post by mudhound on Feb 3, 2009 21:16:18 GMT -5
Yeah it did, but it was still kinda fun just to be there for it. We sure did get the junkiest trucks on earth too, mine was a 91 Pete with 370,000+ miles on it, first load the front end broke a spring. Second truck was an '01 mack that was pieced together to put it nicely! These trucks were in "storage" we were told later, they hadn't been cranked or pre-tripped for about nine months. I'll post up with all of the specifics on this job, we got a memo about it at the plant. We ran it from about 6 differnt plants in the area, I got screwed and got the furthest plant that was 38 miles each way! That sucks when you are paid by the load. ??  |
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Post by Crazy Mudder Trucker on Feb 3, 2009 21:46:09 GMT -5
Yea i got kicked out of 15 one day cause i dumped left overs and i didn't know your not suppose to wash down were you dump out at and the batch man told me to get out of his yard . if it was between the early morning and 3pm plant manager. They're like that b/c their infield is tiny. Usually is you have less than 2 yds you can. To wash out they make prefer you wash out at the wash out. Don't sweat it even I learned the hard way. Every plant is different they can't expect us to know |
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Post by Mort on Feb 4, 2009 17:48:26 GMT -5
Ew, paid by the load? No thank you.
When Cemex took us over, everybody was afraid they'd start doing that, but some higher-up dude told us straight up that they had tried it, and it didn't work.
So, until I am given reason to think otherwise, we won't be.
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HAPPY to have the work, but lemme prepare myself! 
