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Rookie Mixer Driver

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by ZTicondria, Mar 12, 2015.

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  1. Mar 13, 2015 #21
    Powder Joints

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    Go Slow On The Corners. Nice n Easy, Dont for get to washout and hang your shoots back on the truck.
     
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  3. Mar 13, 2015 #22
    ZTicondria

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    Thanks Cajun, Yes I have my class B permit and the company im signing on with plans to train me in a triaxle for transmission shifting etc, then move me into a mixer to get a feel for it before sending me to a local community college they work with to take the road test portion. They also said the guy that I will be taking the test with knows what goes on with driving a truck and rather than fail you for missing something on say pre-trip he will remind you, but as long as you do what you're supposed to and pay attention you can't fail.

    So, training on a tri-axle for maybe a week or two, then a mixer for a week or two then test and I should be good to go.
     
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  4. Mar 13, 2015 #23
    ZTicondria

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    Yea, I know about that bit, ive chipped out a drum before, no fun.
     
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  5. Mar 14, 2015 #24
    JReding

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    That would be unusual for a mixer to have a drop axle in the middle without a rear booster, in fact I don't think I've ever seen one. Since the bulk if the weight is over your drive axles, if you only had a drop axle, that would reduce your weight on your steer axle, making the truck unstable. The purpose of the booster is to make sure the weight gets distributed to the steer axle, as well as help distribute the overall weight. I'm not sure about back East, but out here, besides the booster, the mixers here have up to two drop axles, making their capacity around 77,000 lbs., if I recall. Again, I've been out of the mixer business for over twenty years.
     
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