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Choosing between two jobs.

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by Daycab, Jul 26, 2014.

  1. Jul 26, 2014 #1
    Daycab

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    Ok, so I quit my job last month (details don't matter) and I am down to a choice between two jobs to take. Both are local jobs, so I am home every day, but I have concerns about both.


    One is with a small fleet owner at nights and some weekends. I have to unload (pallet jacks) and the pay is not as good. Benefits are not great, but I have insurance through the wife's work. The upside is it's dry van and I am working for someone I can get to know easy and seems more flexible.


    The other is hauling concrete in a pneumatic tanker. It is five days, Mon-Fri with an occasional Saturday thrown in. The money is better (more than I have ever made, in fact) but I have hauled bulk before and it gets dirty sometimes, the trucks are not the best and I'm not sure what happens in the concrete business when winter sets in.


    So any thoughts?
     
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  3. Jul 26, 2014 #2
    Y2K

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    I hated working nights and weekends when I first went daycab,I have a Mon-Fri dayshift gig now and like it much better but that may just be me, some guys like nights.
     
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  4. Jul 26, 2014 #3
    Chinatown

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    I'd go with the concrete company. Concrete can be poured in most any temperatures with some precautions and changes in the normal routine. Rain is about the only thing that will stop a pour. You will probably be hauling fly ash also. It's mixed with some concrete jobs to give strength and durability to the concrete.
     
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  5. Jul 26, 2014 #4
    okiedokie

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    I ran pneumatics and it does slow down during winter. However you don't get dirty
    A little dust is about it. Easy work. Tanks are top heavy so easy on the corners.
     
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  7. Jul 26, 2014 #5
    Allow Me.

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    Pneumatics means dust along with batch plants. Winter slow downs especial in In. means you don't work.
     
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  8. Jul 26, 2014 #6
    77smartin

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    Where do you live in Indiana? General area...unless you want to be specific.
     
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  9. Jul 26, 2014 #7
    Daycab

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    Fort Wayne. I went ahead and took the cement job. I've always wanted to get on with the DOT driving a snow plow, so maybe this will be my chance.
     
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  10. Jul 26, 2014 #8
    77smartin

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    Well you're in a good area for the snow plow...seem like it snowed up there everyday last winter.
     
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  11. Jul 26, 2014 #9
    Daycab

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    Don't get me started...
     
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