How physical are delivery positions at Sysco/Pepsi? Concrete mixers?

Always after disconnecting the suction hoses walk a loop to push ANY residual to and into the still running pump....

 

Yeah that’s lifting the EMPTY part of the hose. Still a cake walk. You’re not handling a packed line. So technically I guess you’re handling with product in it but it’s still lifting the empty bag art of the line. Guy was making it sound like slinging hoses was some sort of triathlon. Walking a line and lifting product with it is doing it wrong if there’s liquid in the loop

 

Viscosity dependent and those old green Matlack hoses were still a hassle empty.

I had the unfortunance of delivering Air Products 'Rhoplex' latex to a dinky place in Paterson, NJ needing 100' of 3" of that stiff green stuff...place would have given an OSHA inspector insant heart attack....

 

Been there done that have the tshirt but in chiraq. Ran for Dana/Suttles and we picked up a lot of that Matlack crap when they went out.

 

Regardless, OP bulk tanking dry or liquid would be worth checking out. Food grade pneumatic is gravy

 

With economy right now it might be a tough row to hoe but when things start picking up I’d see if there was an Old Doninion, R&L, or XPO terminal in the area you want to be in and try them first.

 

I did concrete mixers for a little over a year. Dealing with the chutes is the easy part. It's the constant up and down that will do you in.

At the plant you'll be up by the barrel opening rinsing and adding water to get your slump close.

At the job site you'll be up there again when the job is done, hosing the leftover mud back into the barrel.

Back at the plant, again for clean up.

As a guy that doesn't have bad knees, my knees were happy when I found a new job. If you've already got questionable knees, forgetaboutit.

 

It can be very rough and especially with bad weather