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Post by BillyCement on Aug 4, 2008 15:56:06 GMT -5
I could be wrong here, but it seems to me that mixer drivers are maybe the only truck drivers that have to not only know how to do their own job, they really have to know how to do their customer's job, too. How many times have you gone to a job and the customer says "make it like piss."? But, you notice that he has a couple of bulkheads that should be done with stiff concrete. So, by not making it too wet you've saved him a lot of headaches. There are other examples that I'm sure many of you can think of. Dump truck drivers only have to know one thing: "where do I dump?". Okay, maybe two things: "lower the body before you head down the highway, doofus.". Tractor trailer drivers only need to know where to make the delivery. If they're delivering frozen chickens do they need to know how to sell them? No, that's the customer's problem. But, we have to know how to make our delivery easy on us and easy on the customer. Anyone agree? Disagree?
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Post by Crazy Mudder Trucker on Aug 4, 2008 16:04:56 GMT -5
I could be wrong here, but it seems to me that mixer drivers are maybe the only truck drivers that have to not only know how to do their own job, they really have to know how to do their customer's job, too. How many times have you gone to a job and the customer says "make it like piss."? But, you notice that he has a couple of bulkheads that should be done with stiff concrete. So, by not making it too wet you've saved him a lot of headaches. There are other examples that I'm sure many of you can think of. Dump truck drivers only have to know one thing: "where do I dump?". Okay, maybe two things: "lower the body before you head down the highway, doofus.". Tractor trailer drivers only need to know where to make the delivery. If they're delivering frozen chickens do they need to know how to sell them? No, that's the customer's problem. But, we have to know how to make our delivery easy on us and easy on the customer. Anyone agree? Disagree? i phucking agree! I toast you a cold shot of jagermeister followed by a black tooth grin! amen brotha preach it! we are a unique band of truckers! |
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Post by BillyCement on Aug 4, 2008 16:10:45 GMT -5
i phucking agree! I toast you a cold shot of jagermeister followed by a black tooth grin! amen brotha preach it! we are a unique band of truckers![/quote]
"Jagermeister....... :PMMMMMMmmmmmmmm" (Homer Simpson)
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Post by concretejoe on Aug 4, 2008 19:16:58 GMT -5
Spot on! We are more than just drivers. We are operators, sales representatives, customer service reps, educators, mixologists. We are NOT your normal truck driver.
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Post by Mort on Aug 4, 2008 19:31:14 GMT -5
Fixed it for you. And I agree, it'd be nice to just say "sign here" and be on my way. But it doesn't work like that. And of course, the salesmen have bigger houses than we do. Jerks. |
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Post by BillyCement on Aug 4, 2008 19:35:57 GMT -5
Fixed it for you. And I agree, it'd be nice to just say "sign here" and be on my way. But it doesn't work like that. And of course, the salesmen have bigger houses than we do. Jerks. |
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Post by concretejoe on Aug 4, 2008 19:37:35 GMT -5
10-4 Mort. We definitely are not normal.
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Post by Crazy Mudder Trucker on Aug 4, 2008 19:38:33 GMT -5
And I agree, it'd be nice to just say "sign here"
I wish it were that easy sign here to release me of all liability...
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Post by LEAD DOG on Aug 4, 2008 20:01:53 GMT -5
I could be wrong here, but it seems to me that mixer drivers are maybe the only truck drivers that have to not only know how to do their own job, they really have to know how to do their customer's job, too. How many times have you gone to a job and the customer says "make it like piss."? But, you notice that he has a couple of bulkheads that should be done with stiff concrete. So, by not making it too wet you've saved him a lot of headaches. There are other examples that I'm sure many of you can think of. Dump truck drivers only have to know one thing: "where do I dump?". Okay, maybe two things: "lower the body before you head down the highway, doofus.". Tractor trailer drivers only need to know where to make the delivery. If they're delivering frozen chickens do they need to know how to sell them? No, that's the customer's problem. But, we have to know how to make our delivery easy on us and easy on the customer. Anyone agree? Disagree?  ....GOSH BILLY....THE FROZEN CHICKEN PART SOLD ME...>sniff....snort< ...MAN, YOU GOTTA WAY WITH WORDS! |
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Post by Mixer Driver 69 on Aug 4, 2008 20:20:26 GMT -5
OTR drivers that get sick of it and go to work for a ready mix company never really get it. I've seen them turn white with fear the first time they haul ten yards on the freeway. That's just ONE way to prove that driving a mixer is in it's own class.
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Post by LEAD DOG on Aug 4, 2008 20:37:31 GMT -5
OTR drivers that get sick of it and go to work for a ready mix company never really get it. I've seen them turn white with fear the first time they haul ten yards on the freeway. That just ONE way to prove that driving a mixer is in it's own class. |
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Post by Mixer Driver 69 on Aug 4, 2008 20:56:05 GMT -5
We got ANOTHER "tired of it" OTR driver that applied at our plant last week. Can't wait to see the fear and confusion again. Hehe I must say, though, that I don't envy the trainers. These OTR guys already know all they need to know to drive a mixer, right? They'll tell ya all day long that their training is a formality.  |
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Post by cfconcrete on Aug 4, 2008 22:42:08 GMT -5
How many of us here know more than the quality control guys, or the DOT inspectors?
Or the "Jerk Off & Buddy Concrete Contractors"
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Post by BillyCement on Aug 5, 2008 15:06:03 GMT -5
,,,,,>sniff< ....GOSH BILLY....THE FROZEN CHICKEN PART SOLD ME...>sniff....snort< ...MAN, YOU GOTTA WAY WITH WORDS![/quote] Thank you, my demented friend. I've always wondered....do they freeze the chickens before or after they kill them?
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Post by gant on Aug 5, 2008 15:47:39 GMT -5
you guys have set trainers?? they just stick the new guys with whoever..
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Post by Crazy Mudder Trucker on Aug 5, 2008 16:23:13 GMT -5
,,,,,>sniff< ....GOSH BILLY....THE FROZEN CHICKEN PART SOLD ME...>sniff....snort< ...MAN, YOU GOTTA WAY WITH WORDS! [/quote] they freeze them after they kill em. My gramps works at the foster farm slaughter house. |
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Post by Crazy Mudder Trucker on Aug 5, 2008 16:24:10 GMT -5
you guys have set trainers?? they just stick the new guys with whoever.. yep, it's better that way. i wouldnt want someone thrown in with me out of the blue. |
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Post by BillyCement on Aug 5, 2008 16:25:22 GMT -5
they freeze them after they kill em. My gramps works at the foster farm slaughter house.[/quote]
Well, that's a relief. I'd hate to think of a poor chicken laying there frozen and waiting for the axe to come down.
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Post by BillyCement on Aug 5, 2008 16:27:05 GMT -5
you guys have set trainers?? they just stick the new guys with whoever..
We have a trainer. He's the same guy who tried to get his 11'6" mixer under a 9' railroad bridge in Mahwah, NJ. |
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Post by Crazy Mudder Trucker on Aug 5, 2008 16:36:45 GMT -5
you guys have set trainers?? they just stick the new guys with whoever..
We have a trainer. He's the same guy who tried to get his 11'6" mixer under a 9' railroad bridge in Mahwah, NJ. we have one guy here who trains a trainee while he sleeps and then wonders why the guy fails his pre-trip testand road test. |
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Post by BillyCement on Aug 5, 2008 16:43:16 GMT -5
we have one guy here who trains a trainee while he sleeps and then wonders why the guy fails his pre-trip testand road test.[/quote]
I wouldn't want to train a new driver. So much of what we do is second nature that I would probably overlook so many things that he'd need to know. I said "He". How many of you have female drivers in your company? We have none. That I know of. Know what I mean?
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Post by Crazy Mudder Trucker on Aug 5, 2008 16:44:37 GMT -5
we have one guy here who trains a trainee while he sleeps and then wonders why the guy fails his pre-trip testand road test. [/quote] out of 900 drivers i would say 15 are female that drive ready mix. The material dirvers now they have some hotties! I dont know exactly how many females they have aaaaauuuuggga! ;D |
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Post by dwfnga on Aug 5, 2008 16:50:55 GMT -5
About the OTR drivers who got tired of it. I was one of those and I believe I adapted very well to mixer driving but then again I didn't come over with a know it all attitude
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Post by Mixer Driver 69 on Aug 5, 2008 21:19:46 GMT -5
Two of those 15 fems are at my plant, Brudda.
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Post by Mixer Driver 69 on Aug 5, 2008 21:21:19 GMT -5
About the OTR drivers who got tired of it. I was one of those and I believe I adapted very well to mixer driving but then again I didn't come over with a know it all attitude Attitude is everything.  |
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Post by Mixer Driver 69 on Aug 5, 2008 21:26:50 GMT -5
you guys have set trainers?? they just stick the new guys with whoever.. We have a sign up list when they need trainers. |
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Post by gant on Aug 6, 2008 7:29:55 GMT -5
we have one female driver.. we had two but the one forgot to set her brakes when she backed up to a foundation and the chutes went through the forms pushed them on top of about 4 laborers.. she couldnt believe she got fired over it.. especially since she was only driver a mixer for 2 weeks lol..
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Post by Mort on Aug 6, 2008 10:25:26 GMT -5
We have set trainers as well, for new hires. When someone is returning, i.e. from an injury, or when our tanker drivers had to jump back into mixers, or if they came from another redimix company, they'll put them with whoever, usually. We had one guy just come back from rotator cuff surgery, and after a year, your rhythm gets all out of whack. He's a good driver, but needed a refresher.
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Post by concreteman on Aug 6, 2008 13:25:50 GMT -5
I agree...mixer drivers have to do a bit of everything! It got on my nerves once...people asking me " How much have I ordered mate?" or "When is the next truck getting here"...so i wrote the following phrase in marker pen on my hard hat...I got left alone for a while....
"DON'T ASK ME, I'M ONLY THE DRIVER"
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Post by BillyCement on Aug 6, 2008 15:24:13 GMT -5
I agree...mixer drivers have to do a bit of everything! It got on my nerves once...people asking me " How much have I ordered mate?" or "When is the next truck getting here"...so i wrote the following phrase in marker pen on my hard hat...I got left alone for a while.... "DON'T ASK ME, I'M ONLY THE DRIVER" |
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