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Post by concretehauler on Nov 4, 2007 15:34:27 GMT -5
At My Company (mainly my plant) they offer winter work for ready mix drivers willing to get off the drivers roster and let other drivers get work. The job duties are jack hammering, sandblasting, welding, painting, and oil delivery. ( we have an heating oil division)
This will be my second year delivering oil. It is a cold and stinky job but it pays more then ready mix and beats collecting unemployment so I do it.
Does your company offer any winter work?
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Post by oldsmith on Nov 4, 2007 16:02:22 GMT -5
Some of the guys at our plant get laid off. But they still have to work one day a week and whenever we need them. I have to work all winter myself. I guess I'm just a sucker like that! My old company would lay us off the I would work every day and bank all the hours plus get my unemployment. that was nice I would have about $10000 that they would spread out between all my paychecks. The new company does not do this.
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Post by BillyCement on Nov 4, 2007 16:53:47 GMT -5
We have worked all winter for as long as I can remember. They don't open on Saturdays in Jan, Feb and March unless there's a big enough job to make it worthwhile. Some guys take a lay-off.
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Post by gant on Nov 4, 2007 18:41:33 GMT -5
we've got 8 silos to pour this winter so we will be busy.. 24 hours a day 7 days a week for 15-25 days at a time.. got the hot water goin and draining our tanks and were good.. I also run air through my water lines and take the nozzles off and lay the hoses on the ground to keep the water and moisture out.. what do you guys do to keep your water from freezing up? oh and i set my nozzle to spray a little while im going to the job
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Post by slumpy on Nov 4, 2007 19:56:10 GMT -5
nope we do not work winters we will probably get laid off around thanksgiving and come back around march and april or until Michigan frost laws come off and last week was our last saturday and $3.00 a yard charge for hot water getting cold in Michigan I love layoff's unemployment here i come
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Post by cfconcrete on Nov 4, 2007 21:23:44 GMT -5
They only keep the main plants open at the quarries here in Upstate NY, they load the plants up with drivers, the rest get put in triaxle dump trucks for the winter, or take layoff. Some of the "Chosen Few" get put in heavy equipment for the winter too.........
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Post by concretehauler on Nov 5, 2007 21:21:29 GMT -5
We also charge for Winter Materilas. I remember we were doing a school job and we had to do s.o.g and it was the coldest day of the year and we were told no water ! The crete froze to the hopper and chutes so you didn't have to rinse down! The end of day wash out was tricky.
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Post by Mort on Nov 8, 2007 22:14:37 GMT -5
We stay open (a lot of big projects going), but I can tell its getting slower, I'm starting later and getting off earlier.
We're draining water tanks, batching with warm water, the whole winter thing. Good times.
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Post by BillyCement on Nov 8, 2007 22:16:54 GMT -5
We stay open (a lot of big projects going), but I can tell its getting slower, I'm starting later and getting off earlier. We're draining water tanks, batching with warm water, the whole winter thing. Good times. |
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Post by cfconcrete on Nov 9, 2007 21:42:27 GMT -5
Same here, work is slowing up............
Some of the younger guys are gone now till spring.....
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Post by gant on Nov 12, 2007 19:47:43 GMT -5
were hiring 8-10 drivers this winter..
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Post by concretehauler on Nov 12, 2007 22:20:22 GMT -5
wow 8 -10 drivers you guys must be busy
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Post by gant on Nov 13, 2007 6:54:37 GMT -5
busy isnt even the right word for it lol.. they're looking to hire a night crew.. which sucks because I just got a new truck and I'm gonna have a bunch of newbies in it at night not taking care of it.. I'm anal about my truck.. dash has to be armor all'd everyday usually a few times while i'm waiting to pour, cab gets vaccuumed after I'm done everyday and I spray the cab off at the end of the day also so it makes it easier to wash on fridays.. oh and I have a certain airf freshner I use lol..
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Post by vaupell on Nov 13, 2007 12:26:39 GMT -5
hmm winter work, we change our mixture and drive as much concrete in winter time as we
do in summer time. there is only a small ammount difference the last few years.
a huge building boom here at the moment. meaning noone gets laid off. atm.
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Post by db2179 on Nov 16, 2007 23:25:50 GMT -5
winter work here is just as busy as the summer we kind of average about 55 hrs a week all year round its pretty nice.
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Post by slumpy on Nov 22, 2007 9:39:16 GMT -5
really in oregon doesnt get really cold there in the winter
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Post by Mort on Dec 3, 2007 10:07:27 GMT -5
You haven't lived until you've gone through a Portland ice storm.
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Post by bj3976 on Dec 10, 2007 22:20:49 GMT -5
We have 2 plants, 1 in NH, and another down the road in MA. (9 miles away). All are MA. driver take voluntary lay-off because they make out great on un-employment. NH has crappy Unemployment so we work there is only 8 of us. They give us small things to try to keep us busy. We usually finish every thing within the first week and 1/2. If there is no work they still allow us to stay there for 40 hours. It's OK at first but then the storys get old and the card games get boring. Last year I took layoff for 2 months just for a change in scenery. I went 2 weeks without looking at my truck because I'm at the end of the list. Senior drivers get loaded first. Sometimes there is only 4 loads all day for the 8 guys. Over 2 weeks I sat in a chair for 80 hours. Lets say I was well rested and very bored. 10X12 room with 8 guys is a bit like jail...add in a large table and a fridge. Tight quarders.  |
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Post by vaupell on Dec 13, 2007 12:44:32 GMT -5
just got my scheduel for x.max + new years. work regular until 21dec last work day (  ) work on the 27th, 28th. actual last work day 2007 start again the 2nd, 3rd meeting, 4th back to normal as today. |
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Post by dolese203653 on Dec 15, 2007 20:57:26 GMT -5
Although we dont have heated water lines in the trucks,we work all winter. We have many large projects going in OKC. We just add hot water to the water tanks, add a little 2% calcium, put our water hoses in the cab and keep on going!!
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