concrete agitator

I know this was asked years ago, but I thought Id reply in case someone else stumbles on this thread.

Agitators are sought after and being a subbie may not be the best way to get into the industry. There is a lot of waiting and sitting around. If its raining you wont be working. If youre paid at per job or per tonne, Im not sure how, you would be sitting around with no pay and your truck could be using fuel rotating the barrel.

Most companies will only sell the cab chasis and keep the body, otherwise you could take the truck and start your own company, so I would presume that you would only own the cab chasis.

Being semi-retired, you would be better off taking on coach runs. Driving tourists to Brisbane or on adventure day tours around the gold coast. I know some semi-retired drivers that do the snow fields once a year and that keeps them going.

Anyone thinking of buying a truck should be very careful, pay records can be manipulated, contracts can be hard to follow and if you are sick or injured, you may have to pay for a driver to fill your spot until you return. Rego, fuel, tyres, maintenance, etc, these are high costs and can be your downfall. You also rely on admin to make sure you have enough customers to keep you in business.

Hope this helps someone.

 

I agree. Concrete and waste haul outfits pretty much all over the free world usually only sell the chassis. If the body is really REALLY worn out, you may get it on a chassis, other then that, they'll recycle the body to a newer chassis, or if it has some life in it, but they don't need it, they'll cut it up. A lot of 'special' equipment goes that way, to curb competition. Another example is armored cars.

I have pictures somewhere of an old Canadian Loomis Armored car ( 7 ton ) that hit a moose. Cab was pretty much done, but the frame and body were good. The pictures are of an excavator with a giant cutter claw chewing it up.