Class B jobs. Mixer truck or trash truck

Mixer I think is a lot more harder work then trash.Guys that pick up trash here have it easy.They hook the tote to this thingy push a button and it lifts and empties the trash tote.

 

Trash is hard work. No seriously, it sucks. Id look at rolloff before even thinking about trash. Then there is private fleets, a company that hauls there own goods. I.e. electrical wholesalers, plumbing wholesalers, ya know....

 

Neither. Dump truck maybe

 

yeah trash is easy very little manual labor with all this automated stuff
no one looking over your shoulder
get your route done and your done
everyones happy

 

Keep in mind, everyone needs trash picked up, cement business goes up and down with the building industry

 

Yeah, 1100 stops of herky jerky hury hury....

 

I have a buddy that works for cemex and he's ready to leave because of cameras, inconsistent pay, no work when it rains, annd a few other things. I would take trash over ready mix. As some trash companies pay well and have the work to keep one busy. Mixer work is OK when there is a big pour somewhere. But making 1500 on wk then 700 the next gets old.

 

Depends on what you want to do....

Mixer drivers start around 16.50/hr in DFW, I assume Houston is fairly close. Most companies only guarantee 40hrs, and you work when they need concrete laid.(8-5 on week, maybe 2300-1000 the next)

Garbage companies pay surprisingly well, you'll start on residential normally. Start times around 400am, lots of OT, great bennies, strong pay, strong smells, highly increased cancer rates etc. I know quite a few guys who run with WM and Progressive, it takes a few years to work up to commercial front load or roll-off. But the money is strong, easily 50k 1st year.