Mixer Drivers

HA HA I do the same with the mirrors.....how bout this one, Always checking to make sure your tag axle is down. Or when you put it in reverse you think did the tags go up? LOL But the best one is the ability to turn it off.! Plus I'm always wanting to get on the radio to say begin pour end pour on the way in.

 

Any mixer drivers drive a mixer with the hydraulic flip or fold chute? Wondering how this works. Would like pics if possible on the control.

 

There is a button that works a lock so you can lock the chutes in the folded position. Once you unlock them, there is a lever in the cab of the truck (near the joystick control for the chute) to fold and unfold them with. You just push the lever forward until the chute unfolds. When you are done you just pull the lever back until they are folded all the way. Then put the lock on.

 

Thanks BiggDaddy. One question - once you push the lever forward and the chute is unfolded is it possible to accidentally pull the lever back with extension chutes on it and lift the chutes and possibly damage parts? Just curious if the guys that make the trucks rely on the driver/operator or if there is a "fail-safe" that prevents someone from damaging the mixer. JD

 

You could pull the lever back to fold the chutes up, but the lever is separate from the joystick you use to move the the chutes side-to-side and up-and-down, I don't know that you would "accidently" pull it with all of the chutes on. Even if you did, there is enough of a delay (at lease in my truck) before it starts to fold, that you would probably realize you were pulling the wrong lever before anything happened.

 

As far as hot headed finishers....they respond a whole lot differently when you jump out of the truck and tell them you can leave their entire load in a massive pile before you drive off if they would prefer...lol

 

So, I am here in PA and am looking to drive in the Ready Mix industry. The first hurdle im running into is obtaining my CDL Class B I have a company here that may be willing to give me a shot once I have it. They instructed me to contact them as soon as I obtain my CDL. The thing is I have grown up around Concrete Batch Plants my entire life. Hell, when I was five I drove a quarry loader in the Bahamas with someone of course...I guided rear discharge trucks under the batch plant every day and even made my own concrete. That being said I know slumps, some mixes, the general jist of things and it's in my blood since my parents have been dispatching/batching/managing their entire lives. I can name every company they worked for. My question is what recommendations could you give in the realm of obtaining a CDL without paying a crap ton of money and going to school? Also, what other pointers could you guys give a rookie aside from the obvious ones?

 

Seen one of these in California, kinda different.

 

Hey guys, former bulk tanker driver (silo filler) here.

Why is jackhammering the drum necessary? I've seen y'all wash out after dumping and at the end of the day, is that not enough?