I want to be a dump truck driver

Aggregate hauling is not bad work for some. I've only hauled aggregate (end dump trailer) at one outfit in the North Texas area. They took me with no dump experience (but ample OTR trucking experience) and trained over the course of one shift.

• Will need a CDL with air brakes at least
• Many outfits in larger ,markets slip seat trucks and run 2 "12 hour" shifts during the week, and may require some weekend work if a special contact comes in that demands it. So, there will be a "day shift" and a "night shift". But what you have available in your area is hard to say how they will operate
• I would not be surprised if there are some aggregate outfits that train new CDL holders but not sure as there are not a lot of "spare drivers" in the smaller fleets available to train
• It's not bad work if you can feed cement plants at night, but doing a lot of daytime job-site work can get to be a real pain, especially in large metro areas such as DFW where traffic can mean only a few loads can be run in some cases
• Some will pay by the hour, some by the ton, some by the load

 

When times were booming, We'd work the max 60 hours allowed. In the summer. Paid overtime. Holidays were off without pay. In the winter, work was kept to 40 or less. Initially. My last couple of winters was more unemployment then work. My last summer, barely worked me 40. And the wages dropped to find other work. They're still not back to where they were before the recession. There's only one company I'm aware of that paid by the ton. I don't know if they're still around though. During the recession, One company from phoenix came up offering cheaper rates to the state. For the use of their 6 axle dump trucks. Took over a lot of state work. And new highways that were built. Haven't seen them around for a couple of years. But they're still roaming around in arizona.

No swing shifts around this state. But we don't have much to offer compared to other regions of the country.

 

Sunbeltor cypress trucking has dumps they hire new drivers location-based in jacksonville call and talk to recruiting not much else in central fl

 

Why

 

was that company called heritage or houston truck by chance???

 

Heritage sounds right.

The trucks are red with i think 2 drop axles and a back swing drop axle. Could be 3 drops. Been awhile since i been to AZ to see them.

 

B cdl is easy, would just need the air brake endorsement. My advice? Find a class A CDL school, as it would let you run class B also. For just a class B you could pass all the DPS paper tests for your permit and just rent a straight truck for a driving exam. I never see job postings for just dump truck though, if anything they recruit for dump/pup combos.(requires class A)

 

Depends on the state. Arizona for instance don't allow trailers. Other then the standard tractor trailer semi.

I'm not exactly sure on all the regulations for arizona but i keep hearing stories. I know one company that wanted to buy a couple of belly dumps, they were told they had to weld the doors shut to bring them to utah so that arizona would know they wouldn't be used in their state.