Market for end dumps and hopper bottoms.

just had this conversation a couple nights ago. current pulling a pneumatic, but work has me away from wife and kiddos. know I could find sustainable work closer to home. [salt lake city utah area] while i was #####ing about things i was informed by another oo to stay right where i was and that usually he never made anything more than chicken wages bellydumping. for what its worth, I'm still not convinced that i guy couldn't do alright with an older truck with low overhead.

 

dump trucking is very local and you have to know that niche both in terms of truck they can pay different
super 10, end dump, transfer truck, belly dump, and area of the country but it may break down to county then what are you hauling sand and gravel, dirt, demo, asphalt, they don't all pay the same the days can be longer or shorter depending on truck type anything I tell you for my area that I have been working for 33 years is only good for this area and me, go talk to people in your area ask at the parts houses who they recommend and the most important who to stay away from

 

And something else in general you will work with the same people over and over there may only be 5 companies worth working for in your area so you have to work you way up the totem pole and to due that you and your equipment have to be better than the rest of the competition and I don't mean your truck has more HP or shine more than the other guy you have to be dependable always on time and never leave early your truck needs to be dependable and not be a DOT magnet. You can make a good living in the dump business or you can go broke, when the next building slow down happens and that is the fastest way to get up the totem pole always lots of failures when construction slows

 

what you may be seeing is guys hauling hazmat they haul longer distances or maybe guys hauling farming products they also haul farther and follow the seasons and the harvest completely out of my wheel house

 

I’m based out of Florida, not to say you’re getting bad information so far, but it’s not relevant to what you’re asking, and it’s not correct. There’s a freight base out, and a big one coming back if you know where to look. I’m a company end dump driver, run as far west as Texas so far, and north to Tennessee and the Carolinas. I’m not going to discuss too many particulars because it’s a niche market, you can make a good living with Bruce Oakley though, they’ll do the dispatching. I’d say they’re the largest end dump carrier in the country.

 

Schwend out of dade city uses quite a few O/O’s pulling hoppers in the southeast/Midwest. I’ve always preferred end dump though, quicker unloads and more diverse.