local dump truck job or delivery job, need advise.

Yes it is good money. Money that can't be matched in food service.

I understand the dump truck job isn't union, I wasn't making that assumption. But with dump truck experience your chances of landing a good Union gig is better down the road.

If food service will hire you now, they likely will hire you later if you don't like dump truck, but dump truck is pretty easy work compared to food service.

The "potential" statement is just a big red flag to me. Lay down the price per an hour and maybe their would be something to be said for the job. Way too many employers like to throw a big "potential" number out their to attract prospects. Few reveal the details or the real chance of achieving that number.

I do not see how "floaters" make the most money anywhere? Floating usually means inconsistent routes and hours. The cream is always in the hands of the experienced.

 

nobody is paying $45 an hour to the employee for dump truck work.
even Davis Bacon only comes out to like $28 or so.

 

You take that dump gig and your a fool in my eyes. The ink on you cdl aint even dry. No ac? So driver comfort is not a priority. He wants to drive no ac thats on him. Pay based on job? Sometimes 20, sometimes 45? Sounds like a flece gig to me. I wouldn't go foodie either. But thats me. @TheyCallMeDave might have a opinion...

 

The cream is steady and easy. The floaters get the highest paying routes when the bid driver is on vaca. Whats that 5 weeks a year for top kid? Go ask in the food service threads, floaters make bank

 

* TEAM0174-005 01/01/2017

Rates Fringes

Truck drivers:
ZONE A:
GROUP 2:...................$ 34.13 18.57

ZONE B (25-45 miles from center of listed cities*): Add $.70
per hour to Zone A rates.
ZONE C (over 45 miles from centr of listed cities*): Add
$1.00 per hour to Zone A rates.

Seattle starts at $34.13 with $18.57 in benefits that are passed on to the worker if not a permanent employee. That is $52.70 plus usually $1 more since most loads run outside the city.

 

@Mike2633 ... .wanna pitch in? I do neither. When I DID do dump-work, it didn't count for CDL-A experience and I had to start at ground zero, OTR, school, the works... back in 2000 ish... @street beater I agree with you

 

Same here. Exact same boat, no one at any Mega wanted to count my dump truck experience for anything.

And at the time, since construction toke a dump due to the economy, no one in any other type trucking job wanted to hire anything but an experienced driver of truck and trailer. But, unemployment was high at the time and employers had their pick of who they hire. It is not the same as now.

At the same time years down the road, I have had dump truck outfits tell me my experience driving dump don't count because I pulled 2 axle pup and tag and now every body has 4 axle. Like that makes a difference. If an employer has unlimited choices of drivers to hire, they can come up with some pretty stupid excuses not to hire someone.