kibo
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Post by kibo on Oct 3, 2008 21:21:18 GMT -5
Newbie here, didn't notice a thread about this so i figured i would start one. Just wondering if any other companies out there buy stuff for your rides. My company gets us any lights we want for like under the front bumper, chrome lug nut covers, top hats for the rear drives. Also we have red led lights mounted on the front pedestal for the drum that shine on the drum , a must for alot of night work so u can see what the drum is doing lol
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Post by cfconcrete on Oct 3, 2008 22:17:57 GMT -5
Your kidding me right?
Chrome & colored spotlights?
We're lucky to get a truck with wheels on them.
One time when they patched & painted a barrel, they sprayed gray primer & white paint all on the cab.
That's Callanan's verson of chrome, bells & whistles.....
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Post by Mixer Driver 69 on Oct 4, 2008 0:49:05 GMT -5
Yer kidding! Hell, I buy my own 5 gallon buckets, slag hammers, everything! If I wanted purty lights to shine on my drum, they'd laugh and tell me to go screw! Who do you work for, and are they hiring? 
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gant
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Post by gant on Oct 4, 2008 9:00:24 GMT -5
Hell I asked for a floor mat yesterday and they laughed.. I told them it would be cheaper in the long run because I use their electric a couple times a week to vaccuum it out.. they still laughed..I'm lucky they put a new blower motor in it to get my air and heat working this week lol.. its been out for 2 weeks..
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Post by BillyCement on Oct 4, 2008 14:07:02 GMT -5
They bought us some chrome lug nut covers. The first time I had to bust my butt removing them to change a flat they never went back on. What a pain in the ass!
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Post by cfconcrete on Oct 5, 2008 10:07:52 GMT -5
They bought us some chrome lug nut covers. The first time I had to bust my butt removing them to change a flat they never went back on. What a pain in the ass! You have to change your own flats? |
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gant
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Post by gant on Oct 5, 2008 10:40:00 GMT -5
^^ if I have a blow out or a flat I have to change my own tires, but if they are putting tires on they have a tire guy come in..
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Post by BillyCement on Oct 5, 2008 11:41:37 GMT -5
They bought us some chrome lug nut covers. The first time I had to bust my butt removing them to change a flat they never went back on. What a pain in the ass! You have to change your own flats? |
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Post by Mort on Oct 6, 2008 0:07:22 GMT -5
I don't think we'd be able to if we wanted to. Machinists union would probably get pissed, since that's what the mechanics are under.
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Post by cfconcrete on Oct 7, 2008 22:28:02 GMT -5
Yeh, the only people changing the flats at my job is Bernie the tire man.
Keep your paws off the lug nuts otherwise....
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Post by Mixer Driver 69 on Oct 8, 2008 13:57:18 GMT -5
What if ya blow a tire on the road? Do you guys carry a spare?
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gant
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Post by gant on Oct 8, 2008 16:27:23 GMT -5
nope..if we can make it to the shop we change it.. if its a rear tire the mechanic will come out and help us.. if its a steer purcell tire comes out and changes it..
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kibo
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Post by kibo on Oct 8, 2008 17:08:13 GMT -5
Well i got a new truck today 2006 terex, already got the chrome lug nut covers, and chrome top hats for the rear drive axles. Ordered red leds to shine on the drum and few extra amber led for the front, ill post up sum new pics when its done. As far as flats we dont touch them, company says its not our job and thats fine with me.
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Post by Crazy Mudder Trucker on Oct 8, 2008 20:28:54 GMT -5
Well i got a new truck today 2006 terex, already got the chrome lug nut covers, and chrome top hats for the rear drive axles. Ordered red leds to shine on the drum and few extra amber led for the front, ill post up sum new pics when its done. As far as flats we dont touch them, company says its not our job and thats fine with me. LMAO you got to be kidding me. what kind of co mpany pays for this. I doubt an outfit is forking out the dough for this. I can imagine "Hey boss my tranny needs to be looked at, when do you think we can get it checked out? As soon as truck x to the 3rd power's lug nuts come in" sorry.... ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by cfconcrete on Oct 8, 2008 22:32:01 GMT -5
I'll be happy if they can get the blower motor to work this winter without the high pitched squeal it had last winter........then I'll worry about adding chrome lug nuts to the tires which ride on 12 different color wheel rims that they pulled off the other multi colored junkers we run...........
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Post by Crazy Mudder Trucker on Oct 8, 2008 22:48:15 GMT -5
I'll be happy if they can get the blower motor to work this winter without the high pitched squeal it had last winter........then I'll worry about adding chrome lug nuts to the tires which ride on 12 different color wheel rims that they pulled off the other multi colored junkers we run........... hahaha i know don't ya tell me. Had the blower motor go out last year on me and it sucked I had to drive with ear plugs on. |
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Post by mrwonderful on Oct 9, 2008 11:33:37 GMT -5
I worked for a company that would spring for shiny nut covers and toolboxes. Was family owned and we were treated with respect. We were sold and now we are part of a LARGE corporation and we are just numbers.
I WOULD RATHER BE HOMELESS THAN CHROMELESS
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Post by BillyCement on Oct 9, 2008 16:08:36 GMT -5
What if ya blow a tire on the road? Do you guys carry a spare? |
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kibo
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Post by kibo on Oct 9, 2008 19:44:37 GMT -5
Our company isnt that big we have 3 plants and about 20-23 mixer drivers. But the owner also owns a stone quarry, 5 differnt tri-axles companies, and big construction company. They bought 5 2006 terex in 2006 and then the begining of this year another 5 new ones came in and they are opening a new plant in spring 09
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gant
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Post by gant on Oct 10, 2008 6:05:18 GMT -5
My blower motor went out in my truck.. no heat in the morning and no ac in the afternoon for 2 weeks lol.. I was gonna die... the inside of my cab got filthy..these volvo's aren't designed to run without air.. its like a coffin in these trucks..
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Post by lafargeslave on Oct 17, 2008 22:20:34 GMT -5
hahahah
"We were sold and now we are part of a LARGE corporation and we are just numbers"
welcome to the BORG collective
yep we change our own tires for no pay here. were are pay per load so the hour it takes to change tires is on your dime.....hum wonder why some people on slow days run over a curb a bust a bald tire so that a tire contractor will change it out on the road side?
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Slick
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Post by Slick on Oct 24, 2008 8:58:25 GMT -5
Just goes to show you get used to where youre born and raised...my company supplies us with chrome, wax, window cleaner, hammers, whatever we need to keep them clean.
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Post by Mixer Driver 69 on Oct 24, 2008 23:51:06 GMT -5
I'm saving my Home Depot receipts for next year's taxes.
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Post by Mort on Oct 25, 2008 12:37:34 GMT -5
We get window cleaner, paper towels, armor-all, acid, and neutralizer. That's about it for cleaning products. I wish we got hammers, but a 2.5LB sledge at Harbor Freight is only $6, so that's not so bad (unless the shop takes it). I brought some Simple Green in to pimp out the interior, but then they transferred the truck to the other plant, so that's enough of that for a while.
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Post by Crazy Mudder Trucker on Oct 26, 2008 12:32:48 GMT -5
we dont get nuts all we get is a mixer and free acid. The brush, bucket and anything else you come out of pocket for.
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Post by concretecol on Nov 1, 2008 15:53:22 GMT -5
:)WE GET SPOT LIGHTS AIR HORNS AND CHROME BARS POLISHED ALLOY WHEELS BUT WE GOTA KEEP THEM SPOTLESS AND WE BUY ANYTHING ELSE IE MORE LIGHTS
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Post by Yard Bird on Jan 23, 2009 8:35:00 GMT -5
Your kidding right? Chrome WTF...... Im lucky if I get a new wiper blade or if there is any window wash let alone chrome. I say a truck is a truck, if it goes, stops, has heat and the wipers work Im happy. One thing is a constant that will never change, Mixers get dirty. Its bad enough you have to acid them let alone shine chrome.  |
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Post by concretejoe on Jan 25, 2009 19:43:49 GMT -5
Hell I asked for a floor mat yesterday and they laughed.. I told them it would be cheaper in the long run because I use their electric a couple times a week to vaccuum it out.. they still laughed..I'm lucky they put a new blower motor in it to get my air and heat working this week lol.. its been out for 2 weeks.. You got air? You elitist. |
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Post by cfconcrete on Jan 25, 2009 23:34:26 GMT -5
Hell I asked for a floor mat yesterday and they laughed.. I told them it would be cheaper in the long run because I use their electric a couple times a week to vaccuum it out.. they still laughed..I'm lucky they put a new blower motor in it to get my air and heat working this week lol.. its been out for 2 weeks.. You got air? You elitist. You got heat!? |
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Post by concretejoe on Jan 26, 2009 6:58:12 GMT -5
You got air? You elitist. You got heat!? Actually, yes. I've got darn good heat. It will force you out of the cab in a blizzard. |
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