Starting a Dump Truck Business

How long does time out last?

 

depends on where you are, WM landfills were 1 hour for under 10k over and 3 hours for over 10k overweight. Could of changed in the years since I’ve done any of that

 

You’re right. Even in the 5 years around KC I been end dumping I’ve seen that change. Used to it was “if you wanna take it, we’ll print it.” Now 85,500 does not mean 85,520. Some quarries are even requiring to see the cab card to make sure you’re legally tagged for it. They’re really taking the fun out of everything.

 

Used to do a lot of light weight stone out of Albany NY area and they required overweight permits for each trailer you went in with, since NY marries truck/trailers on permits.

ex: you and I both have a standard tandem tractor and Tri axle trailer permitted for 107k, you break down, so after I dump my load, I come back to grab yours so we can get the work done, because I don’t have a permit for YOUR trailer, I’m now 27k over weight. of course, each trailer costs money to add…

 

Around here they measure your truck, and will only let you out with what the bridge law chart says you can haul.

 

That’s ####ty but sounds about right, some companies are just shady. What area was this in?

 

Geez what a racket!

 

What where you running solite for lightweight concrete?

 

yes, and Norlite was the same way although that guy didn’t care as much

 

Well aside from your business questions, you really need to consider the age of that truck.

First of all, something that old generally needs a lot of repair, unless you're buying it from someone that runs it every single day and he maintains it himself and that thing is 100% pristine already dot'd and ready for DOT to put a light over any part of that truck and it will pass with flying colors.

You also need to consider parts. Old trucks can be hard to get parts for.

For example if the rears need work, you may have a hard time locating the correct parts for them.

Older trucks generally can have a lot of electrical problems, and when you find one like that wow you really need to know how to go into that and rewire it.

If you're not really I have to say an experienced mechanic, and old truck can put you in over your head especially if you can't work on it yourself.

Actually you must work on it yourself or paying someone to work on a truck like that you will most certainly go broke.

If it were me, before I did anything I check Parts availability because the thing that really sucks is when you're working a truck, and something stupid needs to be repaired, but because you have an old truck instead of getting it the next day, you've got to search and it might take you a week or two weeks or whatever to find it.

Good luck whatever you do.