Dump Truck instead of an 18-wheeler.

Not Kewit. But... whoopig indeed. There is a quarry over yonder above 65 towards Heber in the hills by the Greers as the crows fly. You might find some stone trucks up there.

You come up here to Jacksonville and scoop MCDOT Numbers (6 digit) off the local dumps hauling stone etc here on the new 67 replacement. research that number and it will lead you to a company that owns them.

Remember that dot number on the side of cab is all going bye bye right quick with dear uncle sam writing new rules.

 

The dumptruck I drove was an 18 wheeler...

 

THAT reminds. me. TY Beau.

Holland has stone dumps here in town. If I can just remember where they left off after we got that Courthouse poured back then.

 

All those dump trucks you see?
Start paying attention to the names on them, and start calling them!

Look up the Quarries near you, the sand and gravel suppliers, the Landscape materials yards, the asphalt plants, and start calling them.
Ask if they need any dump truck drivers, or know of anybody hiring, or will just know who the big fleets are that are likely to have a lot of turnover, and more likely to train.
A lot of times either through chatting with drivers, or companies putting up flyers at the scale house etc, someone will know of someone hiring, and might even have an inside contact, or when you call the referral, you can say that so and so from the Quarry sent you.

Dump trucks are more a subdivision of construction than of truck driving, so the way they advertise and hire is different.

I spent some time in that world around the San Francisco Bay area, and I enjoyed it a lot! I worked directly for a small construction company, so I was involved from everything from paving freeway on ramps in the middle of the night, to hauling dirt in for a house pad on the side of a cliff, to Subbing for the Gas company chopping and patching holes every few miles or less along ALL the mains after one blew up and they had to test and repair everything, to hauling the equipment on a tilt bed, operating and wrenching. (I had some operating experience already, and was a diesel mechanic, but I learned to pave, and a bunch of other new things there as well)

When we had a bigger job, we would hire one of the dump truck companies, and tell them how many of what type of truck we needed, and the next morning have a row of trucks lined up waiting.

Being a driver for one of those companies keeps you going, and you may be bouncing from one type of load and job environment to another several times a day, or may spend every day for 2 years hauling out of some Big Dig.
And you are not likely to have any interaction with the work being done, just dump and roll, load and roll.

I would probably get bored of that after a while, but I am also getting back into Flatbedding instead of vans for the same reason lol

On the other hand, as a dedicated fleet dump driver, you get to watch while you wait, and nobody expects you to get out of your truck, beyond the basic needs of the truck and loads. (as a company driver, I couldn't sit for more than a few minutes before someone would holler at me to grab a broom or a tractor or a wrench lol course, I am the type to want to be involved anyway, so it rarely was an issue )

Good luck!

 

Go see the people at Quality trucking. They control the dump truck business in little Rock. They have their trucks as well as owner ops that run through them much like a guy leasing to a carrier. If an owner op says he can't find a driver they hire him one as they expect the truck there. At least that's the way it was explained to me. I'm not a dump hand just passing on what I been told as I breeze thru

 

OP one option for you is to actually work for the City Of Little Rock. First off you should get a steady pay. I have no contacts in their city Government. But if it is anything like Memphis ( I know several people and the closest place I know about) You can expect to drive a wide range of vehicles ( great for getting experience ) and the pay is not bad either. You have got some great ACCURATE advice in this thread. I wish you well whatever you do.

 

Dump trucks are Class-A. While living in my home state of Tennessee, always had a backup plan for driving positions. Wasn't interested in dump truck jobs, but the ones I read about that were looking for drivers required Class-A.

 

With a generic Class A CDL you may legally drive ALL vehicles except a School Bus, any vehicle designed to carry more then 16 people, Double or triples , ANY VEHICLE PLACARDED WITH HAZMAT or in every state I know of a motorcycle. ALL the above can be legally drove with a Class A once you get the proper endorsements etc etc. A Generic Dump Truck is a Class B vehicle.