Front Discharge Cement Trucks

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by brinkj23, May 28, 2009.

  1. psanderson

    psanderson Road Train Member

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    Farming didn't do it. All that Trout fishing at Elkader, Bloody Run, & Strawberry Point made you old!
     
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  3. poppy

    poppy "I Love that Cushaw Pie"

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    i am in northeast ky. we have 15 plants in eastern ky, and one in ohio. i drive a tanker, haul ash and cement. i have batched, run a plant, drove mixer, worked in concrete construction, and i guess the tanker job is the best, imho. everybody wants to drive one, until after the first 3 weeks.:biggrin_2553:

    are you with imi? i know a guy in that area, has a small plant we sold him a couple years ago. can't remember his name. i went to level 2 school with him a few times.
     
  4. doubledragon5

    doubledragon5 Road Train Member

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    I drive a tanker as well hauling the same as you poppy. I won't go near and dam mixer that is for sure.. Seen to many after they rolled or got into other trouble..
     
  5. prisonerofthehwy

    prisonerofthehwy <strong>Ball and Chains</strong>

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    No there are no IMI plants where I live, though they are EVERYWHERE else. I work for Ready Mix Concrete.
    When you went for your level two was John McChord there? :biggrin_25519: He's a very good instructor.
     
  6. prisonerofthehwy

    prisonerofthehwy <strong>Ball and Chains</strong>

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    You guys blow the socks off of our drivers pay. :biggrin_2554:
     
  7. prisonerofthehwy

    prisonerofthehwy <strong>Ball and Chains</strong>

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    Poppy suggested looking out for septic tanks and such, you should also be extra leary of low wires.
     
  8. prisonerofthehwy

    prisonerofthehwy <strong>Ball and Chains</strong>

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    Scare crow has driven a mixer, you should track him down, and PM him. :biggrin_25525:
     
  9. brinkj23

    brinkj23 "Asphalt Cowboy"

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    Thanks, yeah I know to watch for low wires and low trees and such. Did 1 season for an asphalt company running dump truck. We did strictly driveways and let me tell ya those driveways look pretty small with a big ole mack dump in there. So is the slump the consistency of the concreted then? Also what did you mean dont leave water in the bowel? Guessing thats in the mixer then and will mess up the mixture on your next load? Thanks again for the help.
     
  10. prisonerofthehwy

    prisonerofthehwy <strong>Ball and Chains</strong>

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    To best understand the slump try to track down a level one tech doing a slump test. :biggrin_25525:
    Slump doesn't necesarrily mean how wet the mix is, but more or less it is. lol
    When you take a slump test, it measures how far the concrete sinks towards the ground. It is taken and measured using a slump cone. The farther away the concrete falls (or slumps) from the top of the slump cone when you turn take it off and turn it upside down next to it, is the slump.
    It's a concept you will grasp more easily once you see it.
    Water in the bowel means exactly that. Hopefully you will keep your fins clean. When you spray off your fins, you get water in your bowel, because you are spraying water into your bowel. If you don't discharge the water, then you have that water mixed in with the mix, and your water cement ratio is then off, and your slump is going to be much higher than you want it. :biggrin_2555:
    Also you should make sure that you discharge ALL wash water. you will be given typically 300 to 600 gallons at the end of the day to slush around in your bowel, and then discharge to clean up your bowel. A rookie mistake is not discharging all of this wash water, and having water in your bowel as a result.
    On average, one gallon of water per yard will raise your slump one inch.
    I've even heard stories of newbies leaving ALL there washwater in the bowel..... and then getting loaded a ten yard load. I don't know what your concrete is selling for, but that's about 824.20 dollars down the drain.... and that's very preventable. All you got to do, is discharge your wash water, or the water you sprayed on your fins inbetween loads. So simple, but not always applied.
     
  11. prisonerofthehwy

    prisonerofthehwy <strong>Ball and Chains</strong>

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    That's probably a 2" slump..... that's some dry stuff. :biggrin_2554:
     
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