Is it time to haul fuel?

Try yard operations at a scrap yard.

I just got on with a major metal recycling yard in edmonton. I dont even leave the yard. I run a tandem axle roll off moving bins around the yard and dumping them, run a shunt truck to spot trailers/seacans as needed.

It's not terrible work, I kinda miss being regional running to Ft Mac, but that was Wednesday to Sunday and nights. The new job is Monday to Friday and 6 hours every second Saturday (which is o/t). O/t after 8 hours a day.

They have a hard time keeping guys or even getting decent applicants. Id applied for a different position and they offered me this job which wasn't even posted.

Must have similar yards in Calgary.

 

Try becoming a city owner op at transx for 42.50$ hour. Plates and insurance paid. Top fuel discount. Local city truckloads

no handbombing

 

You'd probably make more as a first year apprentice in just about any trade.

 

My nephew just got laid off when the heavy haul oversize company hee worked for seven years folded .

When they worked he made average of $850 a day , but the last year or two he’s work a week and be off two or three weeks just getting their minimum $500 per week pay .

was hauling a 16 wide $50 million cargo or a 12 wide 60,000 lb cargo .
Occasionally hauled a 14 tall $ 850 million cargo .

he’s 26 and fit , and is looking at trying to get on with a fire department or driving a dumpster trash front loader at $30/hr with OT after 40 and double time after 60 .

Lots of experienced taken getting run out of the business by the turbans .

 

That is one thing holding me back from applying for more Dz jobs like roll off . If you stick to it for anything more then 6 months all that Az experience you had doesn’t mean anything to a lot of companies . You have to start all over again, unless you find a small mom and pop company that doesn’t care

the thing is i see way more Dz type jobs pay a lot more then local az driving jobs . so if you landed a good paying dz job do you even care at that point.

Also with you saying no one is hiring and has a lot of resumes on the ready is one reason i’m not even looking for a new job at this point in trucking . if it doesn’t work out at a new company and say they let you go . you might be screwed because no one is really hiring


I hate to say it you might be better off staying we’re you’re at for now and hopefully this tariff deal gets resolved and the economy gets back on track soon . hopefully by then companies start hiring again and then look for a new job . or get out all together like i’ve been thinking about doing

 

You heard of jepson petroleum? Or jpal

 

Or Dennis dirtworx...I'm sure you seen em around. They just appeared out of nowhere a few years ago..
But they're not out of Calgary