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Post by Ideal Driver on Jan 13, 2008 15:31:17 GMT -5
It really is kinda funny. It makes the day interesting at times.
Most the county roads around here are numbered. It really is easy to get around the county, I suppose its just old habits of useing landmarks to get around out there. Its so much easier with an actaul street name and address.
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gant
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Post by gant on Jan 13, 2008 18:56:12 GMT -5
I have a portable GPS I bring with me if im going somewhere I'm not familiar with
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Post by lafargeslave on Mar 21, 2008 20:54:16 GMT -5
after telling the home owner that the truck will not fit in the back yard becuase the alleyway between two houses is too narrow, the owner and contractor HAD to be shown that the truck would not fit. so get as far in as I can and the steps on the battery box/fuel tank are too wide to fit. I say, see I told you, and they say, yah but they can be unbolted cant they? sorry your concrete is going to the dump and you are going to get the bill for it.
having a C.O.D. say he changed his mind and will call in a credit card number rather than write a check. ok I say and give the guy a break, pour the driveway, then remind him to call the plant. an hour later the dispatch says he still hasnt called and I have to go back to the customer and get the check, so I go back and park on his lawn untill he pays up another hour later.
driving in a hood and the ticket info is a little wrong (ie street name not spelled right, house numbers on ticket not the same as the street numbers) oh heres a driveway and crew ready and waving to me. back up start pouring, and bingo, another competing company pulls up. poured in the wrong place twice like that. even had a guy call in a call back to our plant even though he ordered from a competitor.
pull up to a house and the lady says the last truck came through a section of fence to get into the back yard. dumpster in driveway. septic tank in front yard "somewere" so the easy ways are blocked. Im looking at the fence line and cant imagine who the driver was that had previously gotten in through the fence. PDL engaged, both axle lockers engaged, Im getting nowhere and have pushed the lean more than I should have. finally the homeowner describes the previous truck, which was a 6x6 forward dischage and Im a 4x6 rear discharge.
being told by managers that broken axle shafts are a part of doing business and I am to do anything I can to get into sites and make the pour.
being told to come across a house driveway to get into the back yard. I get the damage waiver signed so I am safe if it breaks. bam, it shatters. then I get into the back yard and pop goes the in ground sprinkler pipes. I figure oh well, Im covered by the damage waiver. sure until someother guy pulles into the drivewy, his driveway, for the house next door, the house was on a corner and we had not noticed that the driveway for the delivery address was on the other side of the house, Im actually crushing the next door neighbors driveway.
sites that order a few hundred yards, yet wont help u get a path into or out of the jobsite.
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Post by cfconcrete on Mar 21, 2008 21:11:08 GMT -5
Now that's a first!
in almost 30 years driving, I've never had a customer or contractor want me to start taking apart the truck to fit it into the job site.
I think I'd laugh myself into a heart attack if I heard Joe contractor start with that crap.
Drive Safe
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Post by lafargeslave on Mar 21, 2008 21:16:33 GMT -5
yep with that the dispatch told me to not even bother to get the ticket signed, just head to the dump. someone told them on the phone that as long as the area was 8 feet wide the truck would fit. couldnt turn, but should fit.
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Post by LEAD DOG on Mar 25, 2008 19:32:05 GMT -5
What are some of the annoying things that contractors do that drive you nuts?  Here are a few of mine:
1. They take my entire hose off the truck just to wash their tools or boots.
2. When they are guiding me while backing into the job site they'll say "OK driver, that's good.", and I'll stop and throw on the air brakes. Then they wait until I'm out of the truck to say "Could you back up a few more inches?". Like I need another reason to climb in and out of the cab.
3. They wait until I'm completely washed down and have the chutes put away to ask for another wheelbarrow full.
I'm sure many of you can think of some more.......................AS FOR ME.....YOU PRETTY MUCH SUMMMED IT UP PAL!  |
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Post by concretejoe on Mar 28, 2008 13:35:45 GMT -5
What really annoys me is the idiot who puts 1 gallon of water in a ten yard load. These guys almost never get 1 gallon.
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Post by lafargeslave on Mar 28, 2008 20:59:10 GMT -5
well thats when you do the driver conversion. they ask for 1, they get 10, ask for 10 you get 20, 20=50. when we get to that point I tell them they minus well put a full 100 gal in it and throw out the vibrator becuase the load is now out of warrenty and will not pass the break tests. some days you cant win. you get a ticket for a 6-8 inch slump and the dispatcher loads it on a 3". ticket says 3" max and they load it as a 5". we do this 6000 mix with 22 bags of silica fume in it for water tunnel pours. the mix is supposed to be around 6-7 inch slump. the mix does not compensate for the 22 bags of powder. so after the laborers drop all the bags you have to reslump it. but the site QC guy has a fit when you try to adjust the load. Hay buddy, I have a ticket with a number and I am allowed to bring the load to that slump number. you have no way of knowing how much water has gone in this load. there is no counter on the fire hose back at the plant. if you want I can bring the next load directly after they added the 22 bags and u can see what it looks like at that point, or I can pull off into the supermarket parking lot just before the job site and adjust it there. whats your choice dude?
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Post by advancedriver on Mar 30, 2008 2:50:29 GMT -5
I have to keep a spare nozzle in my cab for when the contractor uncoils 40 feet of hose to wash his boots off and leaves it on the ground, then puts the nozzle back on omy ladder, so when he pulls me foreward (I drive a front truck) I run over the hose with my front wheel and pull the handle off the nozzle and break it! I love watching these guys try to figure out how to get water from a brocken nozzle LOL I leave it that way until I am done with the job and back out to wash down, then I put a new nozzle on and wash down
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