Dump truck

Where are you located?
Dump truck and cement work are normally area specific, you just have to keep and eye out for company names.
Impossible to guess pay, for example in my area Cement Mixers without previous experience only start around 16/hr, but they normally work 55-60 hrs a week. Aggregate is based on tonnage normally rather than hourly.

 

Some will, some won't. You'll have to look around on Craigslist or your state employment website. Keep in mind that running a dump is not always steady year round work depending where you live...

 

Paving blacktop dump truck works until temps get below 55 and stay there. That means unemployment from roughly Oct to March. Unemployment with your boss's support can pay nicely. Your job is to stay fit and healthy ready for that phone to rink coming out of winter and inter spring.

Dumptruck work is easy to get. Most of the time they run without a care to DAC. I do regret one thing, I never had a stone trailer gig feeding ready mix plants. With a 18 wheel end dump. For me that would be sooo gravy.

 

Tanker endorsement and specific training to work the thing. Takes a couple weeks daily riding with a trainer doing everything hands on.

 

Brother, I think that is the Biscuits and Gravy job there with a side of bacon!

 

As others have stated it's all area dependent. I've had a few dump truck jobs and the pay varies from company to company. I've started anywhere from 12 bucks an hour (horrible) up to 16 bucks an hour, it all depends. I will also say this, be prepared for extreme boredom, especially when you're working a job not far from the quarry. 15 plus loads a day on the short runs can be extremely monotonous. I'm looking to do the opposite, which is get out of these very inconsistent, weather dependent jobs and get on with a regional outfit so I'll have more opportunities in the future. But to some it up it can be very monotonous, extremely weather dependent, usually very lack luster pay, and depending on the company the equipment is usually a mess and has been extremely abused. My suggestion with your experience is skip dump truck, and move to a company that is running end dumps or belly dumps which I have also done. It can be just as monotonous, and weather dependent, but the pay is usually a few bucks more an hour over dump truck. Good luck and choose wisely.

Dave

 

ALL RIGHT! You living in The Valley Of The Sun, are definitely in the right place. You will have little to no down time due to weather!
A lot of aggregate outfits put it all together, cement work, hot mix, (including running the paving machine, which should be a whole lot of fun in Phoenix in the summer! You're laying down asphalt that is around 1200 degrees--and you thought the weather was hot!) Dumps, end dumps, side dumps, belly dumps, and often pulling trains out of the pit, to the mixing pads.
Or you might be transporting heavy equipment from job site to job site.
As Dave mentioned in his post above, you will likely be driving ancient junk equipment, that is poorly maintained. DOT cops are very aware of this, and do a lot of targeted enforcement aimed at these outfits.
You may well get the chance to learn heavy equipment operation, with various things.
The downsides are many. From poor equipment to working outside in the summer heat, to low pay, to long hours, sometimes with hard physical labor.
You can search Google for aggregate companies, road construction companies, mining companies, you get my drift.
Think long and hard about making this switch! It's work, and unlike OTR you do have people breathing down your neck most of the time.
Oh yeah, I almost forgot a real fun job. Having to get inside the drum on a ready mix truck to break out set up concrete! Usually only happens when the driver has a rectal/cranium inversion, and allows the concrete to set up in there. Not something you'll likely do a second time!

 

I got hired to drive dump trk with no exp.What you get paid depends on the company.You drive for say knife river you'll probably get paid well and by the hour.Where to look is go directly to the company and apply.