end dump my dream

Get yourself the lightest end dump you can most companies pay by the ton

 

Check out Bruce Oakley in little rock Arkansas. ..heard they make good money over there

 

Are you looking local, or otr? I did that for 2 years in Illinois hauling mostly lime and coal. On the local level the rate is lousy at least in Illinois. There were two startups that ended up trading in their rigs for sleepers and vans.

 

I wonder why no one wants to run a front dump??? I know I know, I am a funny guy

 

Most of the time out here they are paid by the hour.

 

Rock buckets, local, and "make plenty" aren't 3 phrases I've seen put together very often. I think a lot of the times those O/O's with the fancy Pete's and new Mac dumps are having to bust their humps to make ends meet or started in a so so truck and probably built up a small fleet with the trucks and trailers he's purchased over the years, with time he's able to afford that nice truck. My advice would be get something with cash and use it to make yourself money for the first few years, or buy something that you can see yourself paying off within the first year and grow from there. I definitely wouldn't jump in head first right away.

 

I started in San Francisco in 1988 with a 79 Pete 10 wheeler I purchased for 16k. I had an O/O friend in the business so I had some brokers already set up. At that time we made $55.00 an hour. In 2000 we moved here to Nevada just to get out of California. I didn't know a soul here, so if I saw a truck I'd write down the name or number and get info that way. In 2002 I bought a 96 reconditioned KW T800 10 wheeler from Bomax, out of Phoenix. These trucks are done by the inmates at the federal prison, but that's another story. Real nice work, though. I paid 25k for this one. By this time we were up to about $65.00 an hour. This year I bought an 08 Peterbilt because I do most of my work around Lake Tahoe on the California side, so I thought I would need a carb compliant truck eventually. We are getting paid between $80.00 to $100.00 an hour now, with the usual rate at $85.00. My season usually lasts from late April through the beginning of November. I grossed $92k last year. Before 08 it was a lot better, always six figures, but of course that was before the construction industry bit the dust. I figure this isn't to bad for working half the year. It could be worse. A lot of the guys haul snow in the winter, but I usually won't if I don't have to. I hate sliding around and hate even worse dealing with chains. I work through a couple of brokers out here and their cut is 5%. We usually get paid to and from the job site (travel time) plus a fuel surcharge when the price starts getting high. If you hustle and are reliable you can make close to twice that amount if you own an end dump and/or a belly dump, too. The most important thing to start out with is a reliable truck. These things take a beating and they will nickel and dime you to death. You don't want to spend all your hard earned money just to keep your truck running. Make sure you set up an account with your local tire store or two. You will go through a lot of these. Dirt trucking is a great way to start out for somebody just getting started. Even if you're not an O/O, most of these big companies will hire an inexperienced guy as long as you have your stuff together.

 

Just my opinion you don't want a frameless trailer they roll to easy and only haul about a ton more the reason I say that I pulled a I think it was a 35 foot rhodes with a frame and you could dump it on a angle the guys pullin them long frameless took forever to get set on a big job I could pass 2 of them every round.