Wisconsin a good state for dump truck drivers?

If you go to WI you will be in for a rude awakening come your first winter.

 

I live in Michigan, this past winter delivered fuel one night it was 2 degrees and I’ll never forget it.

OP, imagine that I hate the cold and come from a relatively cold (in the winter) place…you will hate the day you ever thought it was a good idea to move to Wisconsin come winter lol

But relatively more to the point, dump truck or end dump work thrives in Pennsylvania, Indiana, Michigan, etc. rust belt and Midwest.

 

To be completely honest if you want to maximize profitability in that sector you should look into here if you don’t mind cold in the winter (not WI cold but still cold)

I can think of several companies offhand who pay top dollar for end dump and dump truck work. Low end being $25 an hour, $31 for cement mixers (Class B) etc

There’s a reason we’re allowed to spread 164k over 11 axles lol

Here Titan Concrete pays $31 an hour through construction season to operate a concrete mixer. You WILL make 100k working March through December or so.

Then they partner with Universal so you can drive with them and bump docks at the Chrysler plant during the off season. Same rate of pay.

 

As for the Wisconsin winters, it depends where in WI you are referring, Beloit or Superior?
Years ago, I drove tri, and quad axle dump trucks for 3 ‘seasons’. Laid off from roughly Thanksgiving to almost April 10th.
Just a week or so before the 3rd layoff I hired on with an LTL company, just could not take another ‘winter off’.

 

I think a lot of the dump truck outfits do snow removal in the winter months. Problem with Wisconsin is you never know how much snow you will get so it’s hard to count on.

 

My dads dumps stayed in the yard from freeze-up to break-up and got worked on. The drivers that didn’t work in the shop or run one of the highway trucks over the winter were at home drawing paycheques out of their banked hours from the previous season. Those were construction trucks though, not pure haulage ton/mile units.

 

That’s the part I hated the most, sitting at home drawing unemployment. And trying to stretch what you earned during the summer to make it till spring.
And by the way, if I’m not mistaken, ‘banking hours’ is illegal. Not sure nowadays, but years ago it was.

 

Wisconsin is a great state to make a living as far as snow we don't get much , just cold.
Indeed.com is loaded with driving jobs in the Appleton area anything is available.
Local , dump , otr , yard dog , private fleet.
The big guys here are,
Boldt Const
Micheles Const
Faith Electric
Bellagioso Cheese
Johnsonville Meat
Sargento Cheese
Kitchen Fresh Foods
TNT Crust
Red Arrow Liquid Smoke
Alliance Washing Machines
Mcain Foods.
I wish you luck.