wade
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Post by wade on Oct 15, 2008 23:07:04 GMT -5
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Post by BillyCement on Oct 16, 2008 6:29:41 GMT -5
Hi....welcome to the club. Looks like some beautiful country out there.
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Post by Mort on Oct 16, 2008 11:05:03 GMT -5
Welcome aboard, that's some nice looking iron. I wish I had one of those platforms to sit on by the controls.
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wade
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Post by wade on Oct 16, 2008 20:17:27 GMT -5
;D Thanks Billy and Mort, The last picture is of the truck I drive it is a 07 KW T800 w/ 425 Cummins and Beck Mixer, I started in a 05 Binder (international) 7600 w/ Beck and Cummins. I really like the KW , Alot of our pours are long distance at least 30min to 2hrs, It is very comfortable, I equate it to driving a couch with a mixer attached.
Mort, the platform on the back is a addon by us, I am not sure of the exact origin, but all or our trucks have them to some extent or another, It is very nice on those marathon pump jobs or 9 yards in a wheelbarrow.
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gant
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Post by gant on Oct 17, 2008 6:33:42 GMT -5
I know about having a comfortable truck.. mine feels like I'm driving a big car..I'm getting ready to put a boat seat on my back bumper lol..
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Post by Mixer Driver 69 on Oct 18, 2008 0:03:22 GMT -5
^^^ Boat seat. LOL One of our guys keeps a lawn chair in his cab. Funny as sh*t seeing him kicking back in it while pouring into a pea gravel pump.
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gant
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Post by gant on Oct 18, 2008 5:22:06 GMT -5
one of our guys has a lawn chair strapped to his fender lol..I like the boat seat idea better.. i sit on my back bumper all the time and it is pretty damn uncomfortable..
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gant
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Post by gant on Oct 18, 2008 5:24:38 GMT -5
oh and that one pic looks like you're pouring duct bank with the color and everything.. we do alot of that and they just sprinkle the color on top and spray it with water.. its cheaper than paying the washout fee to rise the color out of our drums
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wade
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Post by wade on Oct 18, 2008 21:11:09 GMT -5
Gant It is Duct Bank, That was a 90 some yard pour that day, I love it, back up to a trench, wet the snot out of it, full discharge and watch it flow, we add about four bags of color per 9 yds, This job is about 1hr away from plant so we get port to port also, plus truck time It is some expensive fill.
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Post by Mort on Oct 19, 2008 2:27:28 GMT -5
Gant - You've got a color-rinse fee? I don't feel so bad now.
wade - 4 bags of utility red per load? We use 2, sometimes one per load. That sounds like some bright red stuff.
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wade
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Post by wade on Oct 20, 2008 23:32:48 GMT -5
Mort it is dayglo, I will have to look next time I think it is 4015 red and 6022?? My truck is pink for a week afterwards, I poured some today, it was a 7 yard load with 3 bags of color, Oil companys (exxon mobile) dont care they have all the money in the world!!!
Gant a color rinse fee?? How much is it? That is great I will have to suggest that to our BPM
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Post by BillyCement on Oct 21, 2008 6:10:06 GMT -5
We've had a color rinse fee for years. It used to be $25. Not sure what it is now.
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Post by Crazy Mudder Trucker on Oct 21, 2008 20:39:32 GMT -5
our fee is 50
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gant
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Post by gant on Oct 21, 2008 21:31:57 GMT -5
I think its $50 or so.. not too sure
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