First week on the job

I started at 3:30 this morning.I do like my hours,I do one round and im done.I asked Linda and dispatch if they can just keep me on one round they said they would.[QUOTE="semi" retired;4186443]Hey patty, did you figure out your loading chute dilemma? You'd think there would be some kind gizmo to lower the chute into the tank. Maybe your 5th wheel hook? I'm sure it's a mess, and they have those black vertical stripes on the sides for a reason.(spillage) Be careful up there![/QUOTE]

 

So I start work 830 loaded left 915 on my way to Mount Vernon,SD,163 miles.The customer was suppose to meet me at exit 319 on I-90.Call dispatch which then calls the cust telling him im waiting.Im going to have to cancel the load I got rained out he says.Why don't ppl look at radar before the driver even leaves.Heck I looked at the weather and had a feeling it was going to rain there, was like a 70% chance around that area.This guy didn't cancel till I got there.So brought the load back to Sioux City.Going to try it again tomorrow.Safety said jokingly im suppose to deliver loads not bring them back,lol.

 

You have to exspect the unexspected in the construction field.I've only had one load cancelled so far.But I still got paid as if ld didn't get cancelled.Come winter i'll get paid $750.00 a week reguardless.Thats awhole lot better then what unemployment benefits would pay.I had to work today because of that load getting cancelled.I took it back to jobsite.[QUOTE="semi" retired;4189752]Hi p, jeez, I don't know, but after reading all your posts, it sure seems like this job is a P.I.T.A. I give you a lot of credit for trying, but by now, with rain and cancelled loads and all, I'd probably tell them "see ya".[/QUOTE]

 

Ive heard from other drivers that they're making good money getting percentage.I'd rather keep my hourly pay and hrs.I do one round which is 6 to 9 hrs depending how far it is then im done and start lately around 8 am.

 

IM at a job site getting unloaded.I took hwy 75 in WInnebago,Need.had no idea it would be so steep and very curvy.I took it at 50 all the way to decanter then it got better.NOt taking that way back

 

Hey there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! nice seeing you back on the forum.I tried to reply from my cell 3 times while getting unloaded but lost signal.Thanks for your support as well as everyone else on this thread.I applied for a concrete mixing job last summer.Kind of glad they didn't hire me,you guys work hard.I know what you mean not having to worry about milage or paid so much per load.Most the drivers do get paid per load but everything non driving they get hourly rate. I've heard they're making more then what I am but that's alright,I rather stay at getting paid hourly.Its getting easier,I finally overcame my fear loading.I dreaded every morning loading but now if I need help its to put the bucket back on the hook of the shoot so asphalt doesn't drip.Today that bucket was half full and very heavy.The shop brought a clean buket.But anyway i'm still liking what I do and mainly I like the ppl I work with.Nobody has pizzed me off yet and that's a major plus,lol.Ray is doing well.He's not liking me working for 2 reasons,he misses my cooking and during the week we never see eachother.I keep telling him get use to it,lol.Dinomite is too cranky for me,he feels intimidated because I work a lot harder then he does,lol.