Belly dump vs pneumatics cement?what would you pick

Bulk Cement in Tanker is nice. Unload in about a hour using a conservative value on tank air. Bulk Cement in Powder is relatively mindless once you are trained porperly, you can examine recent bulk tanking threads to gain a image of what you are fixing to be involeved own.

There is no opening of doors generally, or beter pay etc. Pop those dreams and fantasies in the bubble and get over it. This inudstry is a feast and famine. At least with cement bulk tanker you can be assured of a sanwitch

If I had a opportunity to run stone in a bucket dump I would be all over it. even today.

My best work is with a Four wheeled drive CAT 936 loader. Thats the one job I am awesome good with. Its not difficult to do. But keeping up on greasing, fuel and balance issues etc. Many more.

I can get into any Cat Wheeled Loader on the planet or any tracked flat blade dozer today and within the hour be reasonably moving with some skill after the rust is broken off.

 

The biggest liability with stone hauling is your tippy trailer.

We had one off State 355 onto I-270 south ramp once which was really vicious and sharp. Hahn had a little pete or eagle with this tiny dump of stone.

Posted 20 mph.

Flop.

Pretty much assured that part of the evening rush hour will be eff'ed. By the time I got back to the yard to see about taking that man's truck as my new job, seeing that he's gone for preventable roll over etc. Dispatchers already gave that one to another hounddog favorite in the fleet somewher.

Those buckets are not for you and me, it's for the most prized and valued senior driver who cannot be bothered to actually turn in any work to support the 16.00 hour pay.

 

I heard that the new guys have to work the night shift. Not sure if thats the case though.

 

I always made better money pulling in pneumatic than I did pulling an end-dump. Whether you are hauling cement or rock, it will be feast or famine as another poster said, so make sure you save your money during the good times to get you through the slow times.

And yes, pulling a pneumatic was what got me into tankers years before I started hauling liquid.