It's finally over!

Discussion in 'Canadian Truckers Forum' started by BigHossVolvo, Nov 2, 2025.

  1. broke down plumber

    broke down plumber Road Train Member

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    bro f'kn plumbing , you gonna get wet period and up north it really sux , down here in south it aint terrible unless it is like today 25F and windy .
    I'd go hvac or welder , if'n you a good fabricator you could put a truck together and weld repair hd equipment .
     
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  3. BigHossVolvo

    BigHossVolvo Road Train Member

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    I hear ya dude, just letting everyone know whats in demand lol (I couldn't handle dealing with pooo myself LOL)

    Even better, someone will GIVE you a new welding truck, and $50-$75hr. Go do your thing, and don't own a bolt in it. (My cousin in BC currently does this, he wanted his own truck, but like trucking, the costs are bonkers. His Dad talked him into staying company, and he's super glad he did).

    Personally, I will never own another truck of any kind, not a tool truck, hot shot, or semi. There was a time for that (2004-2015) but that time is over. Let someone else own the headaches, you just go to work and enjoy life.
     
  4. classicxl

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    Same here will never own another truck , My dad and myself thought we got an opportunity of a lifetime. His friend owned about 6 -8 international tri axles and has a muti million dollar contract plowing the roads for peel region. He offered to sell use two 2012 international work star dump trucks 85k each no interest. This was back in 2020-21 , trucks were making $78 a hr we got $71 a hr my dads friend was making $7 a hr off off us . my dad put up a bunch of money up front as i was broke , pay check to pay check like always . Anyways i lasted 6 months and pretty quickly realized even at $71 a hr we were not going to make a whole lot . Especially when factoring in rain days , paving jobs cancelled because the company is not ready . etc etc . then you have to put away money for the winter months , now part of the deal was we were going to plow roads . so we were going to make something but this guy doesn’t pay until spring time

    My dad lasted two season sold both of our 2012 internationals and then got sucked into buying his friends 2014 . all trucks were junk maxxforce too and stuff was already starting to break .

    Also my dads friends gave us all the far away jobs so you burned atleast $130plus . then dealing with the ahole paving crews yelling at you . I said screw this crap i’ve never been this disrespected while working before and will not spend the rest of my life being treated like crap either
     
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  5. BigHossVolvo

    BigHossVolvo Road Train Member

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    That's brutal dude, $71/hr is also insanely low! Our tandems were making $95/hr and Truck and Pups making $130/hr and it wasn't worth it (our authority and contracts tho). Also yea, I luckily knew how paving crews were pre-trucking, so when I got offers to go paving in a dump truck, I said no thanks! (twice). Back in the day, when I was working Oil and Gas, doing my rotation to the US. I was around a lot of pacing crews, and they are the polar opposite of the ones in Canada. Clean equipment, clean uniforms (FR Slacks and Button Up Shirts) American Flags flying off the paver/rollers. Respectable job down there, always seems like a bunch of crackhead burnouts up here.
     
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