cement truck O/O?

Most big pours need trucks back to back. You would not have time to washout; drive back, batch and come back. Most have trucks enroute or sitting there waiting.

 

I have never heard anything like that and talking about winters being slow.

 

You want slow winters, get a water truck in WA...

 

Theres guys around me that do it but there small trucks do the little pours that the big guys dont want to mess with they carry the water and mix on the truck and mix it when they get to the job so theres no extra i dont know the minimum but they do a lot of residental work like piers for a deck or small side walks.

 

There used to be a company around here that did that. They were called "mini-mix" used little isuzu cabovers. Looked like toys but they did small stuff. Don't know if their still around or not.

 

Talked to the owner of a flatwork co. on Monday that was finishing out a little approach, it wasn't setting up very fast in the shade & I was working on something else. Anyway, haven't been around construction for years, but this guy was saying that unions were in control around Springfield. Told me his opinion about the different things they had done to obtain membership & things that were meant to penalize the non members.

I am not saying this to start anything or be pro or anti union. But first check out the local area you want to work in first & see if the local mix, wall setters, finishers & pump guys all belong to a hall or not.

 

I drove a mixer as a Teamster for 8+ years and in the Chicago area I can count on one hand the number of times I've even heard of a ready mix O/O. I think if you are not around a larger metropolitan area that is already dominated by unions you could probably do it, but the work might not be there. I know the company I drove for charged about $900-$1000 for an 8 yard load. I'm not sure what it would cost as an O/O to get batched 8 yards but I'm sure it's not much more than half that. A normal day I would haul 3-4 loads, if there is a big (2000+ yards) local pour 6 loads. I think your location is the most important thing. I've switched over to dry bulk pulling tankers of cement powder from the ports to the plants and that seems like it's a much more open side of the concrete trucking business. Personally I think it's much easier as well.