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Post by Yard Bird on Jan 16, 2009 13:51:47 GMT -5
I just wondered how long most of you guys and gals have been driving a mixer and what your starting wage was compared to now. I started in 1980 driving a POS 6X6 Diamond Rio 45mph top speed. twin stick. at a whopping $5.50 hr, Now $23.50. No work today plant closed, repairs  we need more moneyI need a beer ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by BillyCement on Jan 16, 2009 14:13:47 GMT -5
I started in 1974 at $6.50 an hour. I am now making $20.60 an hour. Took the day off today. I'm sick. 
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Post by gant on Jan 16, 2009 14:54:25 GMT -5
I started driving a mixer in 07 started at 16.80 now I'm at $17.2850 an hour.. and yes they put $17.2850 on the check stub..I've been off all week..
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Post by LEAD DOG on Jan 16, 2009 15:05:55 GMT -5
I STARTED IN 1992 @ $8.75/HR.....16+ YEARS LATER $17.75/HR. I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE AS OF MAY 2009 WE HAVEN'T HAD A RAISE IN 5 YEARS!....bastards  .
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Post by gant on Jan 16, 2009 15:46:06 GMT -5
we're starting contract negotiations and it's not lookin good..
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Post by mauserman on Jan 17, 2009 19:06:30 GMT -5
I started out Tuesday 6 September 2000 for $6.50. I drove thirty miles one way for that wage. I make damned three times that now.
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Post by cfconcrete on Jan 18, 2009 17:54:00 GMT -5
May 10, 1978.
$5 per hour, now $26
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Post by Mort on Jan 19, 2009 19:03:46 GMT -5
I started in 12/06, scale was $19.40. I was at 85 percent of that, so (carry the 1), $16.49. I'm now at 100 percent, which is $22.25.
Almost $6 per hour in two years. Not bad, I think.
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Post by Crazy Mudder Trucker on Feb 16, 2009 15:33:33 GMT -5
March of 2005 at 14$ now I'll be at $17.75
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Post by jonnyjmpup on Mar 11, 2009 7:37:01 GMT -5
I started in 1968 @ $5.34/hr in Niagara Falls,N.Y. In 1969 the NHL gave Buffalo a franchise (Sabres) the Memorial Auditorium in Buffalo had to have the roof raised to accomodate the needed seating capacity. I have to admit the Teamsters,like Rahm Emmanuel(sp?) never let a good "crisis"go to waste. I was making $11.07/hr in 1969! Buffalo and Niagara Falls were same local.
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Post by mt9931 on Mar 26, 2009 19:19:33 GMT -5
I'm new on the site but have viewing it for months. I started driving in 1974 at $2.30 an hour in Tallahasee Fl. Still drive some today but I'm a training coordinator for Vulcan Materials Fla Rock Div. Been with Fla Rock since 1977. Some of the larger metro areas in 1974 paid double that. But 35 years later, there's probably not more than $5 difference between the highest and lowest paying companies in the state. Unfortunetly, mixer driving is mostly part time employment lately.
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Post by Mort on Mar 27, 2009 14:44:30 GMT -5
Unfortunetly, mixer driving is mostly part time employment lately. I feel you there, brother. |
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