After 4 weeks of Dump Trucking :D

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Unfortunately i only have experience driving 18 wheelers pulling dry vans , reefers and some containers . I was relying on my father who was in road construction work for years and years to teach me and kind of run the show as a father and son company since he knew the industry and i didn’t. The problem was he was just relying on his friend who had the contracts and work already in place . His friend , son in law and son really only cared about was them selfs . i feel like we were treated like employees vs contractors .


My dad has a friend who owns pacific paving Here in Mississauga who does everything from roads, side walks you name it . I have no clue why he wouldn’t have reach out to his other friend except he didn’t want to step on his friends toes who was supposed to be helping us out . Knowing what I do now we should have looked at different ways to make money vs working for the one friend but the plan was to also drive his plow trucks during the winter months for peel region. In the end I don’t think either one of us really wanted to start up a company and deal with the daily activities it takes to run a company. it was some kind of fantasy we had and i feel we treated it like we were company guys who bought owned two trucks

 

Yep, sounds about right. The company trucks get the good trips while you and your dad got the leftover scraps. I'm not picking on you or anything. It's a good lesson for anyone visiting the forum with a same idea y'all had - if only they'll heed the warning.

 

Any kind of local trucking is all about figuring out what the best options are. I’ve always found it’s best to find work that pays well and the hours are workable, then put up with whatever kind of trailer or truck it takes to do it. Different areas are different. I’m glad you found something that’s working for you. I’ve always thought I would enjoy that kind of work, just never found steady enough work with a dump truck to try doing it.

 

Definitely a lesson learned for me and my dad and just goes to show you that even friendships that are 20-35 years old mean nothing when it comes down to money . My dad says he lost like 35k in this adventure and then he got a government audit the following year


Again me not knowing anything about the construction industry i put a lot of the blame on him especially with him having friends who own paving companies. Some days i do wish it had worked out but at the same time my truck was already having problems like leaking radiator and wheel seals leaking

 

To be honest i haven’t looked into a construction driving job because it’s seasonal work and worried i can’t pay the bills if i’m on just employment. I’ve been looking for regular driving gigs paying close to $30 a hr and there’s no much out there . I’ve looked into maybe doing roll off or front loader Garbage truck driving but everyone wants experience expect WM and all i hear is horror stories about them

 

No sure how busy they are in the toronto area because a lot of construction dies off during the winter months

 

Sounds like you found a good gigg. I did dump truck for a short while in Toronto, couldn't get out of it fast enough. Barely ever had time to take a piss or eat lunch. Work is pretty dead all around so it's good to see someone is out here enjoying themselves