Driving Cement Truck: Pouring Sidewalk

[@JohnJones-jj7jw]

This line of work is more mental than physical. Once you get the hang of it, your in there. Your a different breed to do this kind of work. Amazing content, keep it coming! 💪🏾👍🏾

[@grabbinggears109]

Thanks bud!

[@oscarsanchez443]

Exactly !!! Once you figure out how far you can push that mixer with 10 yards. How much of a lean or soft spots you can put it in. A mixer driver is a on the job fast thinker. Every day will be a different day. It’s all repetition but just diferente obstacles and situations every day !!

[@palaniku7]

Can you make more than $100,000 a year as a mixer driver where you’re from?

[@JohnJones-jj7jw]

@@palaniku7 I would honestly say about 60 to 70. Would be nice to make 100 though!

[@juce3795]

Owner operators can make about $90 in Colorado and up to about $130 in other states. Find a leaser. They will essentially brokers the contracts and jobs.

[@captainkeyboard1007]

When I was a child, I liked to see concrete trucks and cranes in my hometown of New York. This is my first view of the interior of a concrete truck. That was a great show.

[@grabbinggears109]

I know, it's different than I thought!

[@captainkeyboard1007]

@@grabbinggears109 Thank you for taking your time to tapping to me.

[@ericbrock774]

I drive a 5 yarder ready mix truck, I love it, I like going to different places every day

[@danielhayes735]

5 yarder?

[@mathewo4111]

I drive a Concrete Truck in New Zealand. My night shift job was canceled tonight and I'm lying in bed watching this. 🤔 I may have a problem.😆 Nicely put together video bro.

[@Rush23]

Workmanship and pride

[@grabbinggears109]

Always

[@Steven-bb5by]

Looking into getting a concrete driving job thanks for the video you make it look easy enough

[@henrymeza7220]

This video is very informative

[@thestockexplorer]

This was a nicely explained video. Thanks for taking us on a ride along. I live across the street from a cement company and I was interested in learning more about the life of the drivers I see going in and out every day. Thank you

[@narcan1k72]

Ayyy i work for american rock in richland (mixer driver) cool to find something like this and in my area on here. I try to wave at you guys whenever i see you! Keep up the good work.

[@Truckster_Metfan91]

Wave at me next time. Boo

[@XxDARKxKN1TExX]

About to start working as a ready mix driver here in the bay area. Only thing that worries me is all the steep hills here.

[@halo0001master]

I'm debating if I should do it too I'm from Sacramento how's it going for you

[@RobertoHernandez-cd9bs]

​@@halo0001masterjust got hired in Stockton! CVC!

[@KellySmith-gt5pi]

Thanks for your tutorial

[@sidneyschmidt2530]

Thanks for a very informative Concrete 101 video. I learned a lot and hoping to see your other videos 👍

[@grabbinggears109]

Glad to hear it!

[@daveyboy2199]

new job every day i agree, my fav job as a front.

[@nicoz7662]

Very informative, thank you

[@grabbinggears109]

Absolutely! You drive mixers?

[@mikelandry8489]

Good job driver

[@leroyswartz7070]

nice clean truck

[@firehawk6188]

I hated doing curb & gutter the most. My left knee still isn't right to this day.

[@ro-landocalrissian4633]

I’m curious, I’ve heard this is a seasonal job & a friend o mine who works in construction told me that in the off season if you have to collect unemployment, you can collect your full paycheck if you’re part of a Union. Is this true? Are weekends mandatory? What’s the starting pay like & benefits? How many hours do you work?

[@jared6361]

In Arizona we have work year round, but in states where it snows, the job can be pretty seasonal. Busy in summer and slow in winter. Not sure about collecting unemployment. In Arizona we're around $30 an hour with full benefits

[@intentionallysophisticated6566]

@@jared6361 is that calportland? I actually interview with them 3/1 at 10 am. How many hrs do you average weekly? The more the better

[@AmarAmar-kj7ox]

Thanks brd

[@Boomheyyou]

In Milwaukee, Wisconsin the most yardage of concrete I had on my truck was 9 1/2

[@AlmightyMauMau]

Still can’t believe there’s mixer companies with manual mixers🤦🏾‍♂️ Cheap bastards. It’s 2022. None of the big boys have manual trucks. Time to modernize

[@patstephens1094]

I'm a long time ago mixer driver. Would have been interesting if you had shown wash down.

[@TrumpForKing]

Wondering how the slump gauge on the truck works?

[@shon9kemp]

Works off the hydraulic oil pressure of the pump and the drum drive. The wetter it is. The less oil pressure it takes to turn it. On my front dump. A 1,000 psi on my gauge is about a 5-6 inch slump. 2,000- 2,400 is a 0-1 inch slump for curb mix

[@danielhayes735]

Pretty much in simplest way, it gauges the resistance required to turn a drum. Think of it this way. It’s easier to turn a drum of water than sand and rock. Easier the turn the lower the gauge number

[@MyNomadicDream]

We have front discharge here and we haul 12 yards

[@cardozaslegacy4163]

Great videos

[@mikelandry8489]

Stay safe thanks

[@johnnytyrrell7060]

I'm from Ireland and I work on a concrete pump and I love been in different places every day if I had to work in the same place every day I whould go mad

[@michaelniziolek6990]

where in ireland do you live im in longmont colorado usa

[@johnnytyrrell7060]

@@michaelniziolek6990 Dublin the main city.

[@michaelniziolek6990]

@@johnnytyrrell7060 never been but would love to visit before i get too old,maybe soon.

[@christiancardoza2137]

How much weight can the pushers and booster carry?

[@daveyboy2199]

us fronts tell everyone to move and enjoy

[@heavycruzer1801]

A seasoned concrete truck driver can mix the perfect transit batch then add the perfect amount at the jobsite. The goal is 100% perfect mix every time. It's not humanly possible but if you take pride in your work you aim high. Truck looks like it's right off the factory floor and you got that positive, professional demeanor on the site. Them tips be piling up. Your truck looks real old but in excellent condition. Unfortunately it's stick. I'll take automatic amy day. You just brake sooner

[@nycar92]

Why the sidewalks in the US are mostly concrete, while here in europe they are asphalt

[@vaekkriinhart4347]

Been doin this now for a year n 3 months, and I'm finally to the point where nothing really bothers me- EXCEPT changing start times, and u never really know what time you'll be off. That fucking SUCKS!.. Here in Illinois we're not allowed to haul more than 9 yards bc of weight restrictions- but right across the river in Mo., they haul 10 yards always.. If I knew I would be off work by 3.30 every day, I would love this job; but like today, started at 6.30am n got off at 4.40pm UGH 5 fucking loads all over God's great Earth.. I hate days like this

[@culligan76]

What’s the hardest thing about the job? The contractors? Getting the slum right? The driving all the time? I’m only asking because I’m about to become a cement truck driver and I’ve never had a CDL.

[@jasonmcarthur9175]

U only need a class B for that truck because it only has a parking brake. But if u don’t like driving that may be the hardest everything else is cake but they will explain everything most important thing to me is to take your time

[@ramblin_man23]

I just applied for a mixer driver position too. I hope I get it.

[@Welz]

@@jasonmcarthur9175 I just got a mixer job and nervous about keeping the slump. Is the job easy? I feel like the hardest part is the long days maybe idk? I’m nervous tho

[@jasonmcarthur9175]

@@Welz it’s a slump chart well we have a chart to help with the slumps if it’s 5,4,6,7 etc is it a front loader truck or rear load my job is cake we do mostly pumps don’t be nervous just take your time and learn as much as you can

[@grabbinggears109]

Everything will come with experience. It'll be a lot to take in for about six months, then it's the easiest job you've ever had. The hardest part is getting used to the way contractors want things done but most of them will give the new guys breaks. Good luck out there!

[@LDeol]

How physically demanding is this job? there is a lot of lifting and climbing involved with the job correct? you have to climb up the ladder and wash the inside of the drum after you get loaded each time you have to hang the chutes on the back when you get to your job, 2-3 chutes depending what your truck carries? when you’re finished at the job you have to climb back up and wash the drum down again and wash the chutes clean of concrete then rehang the chutes on the chute holders then there is additional climbing up the ladder to add calcium chloride , color or fibers it the job calls for it So how hard do those aspects make the job?

[@y.b.m.a3393]

Not hard at all bro, those are all valid things that come with thr routine washing down after every job is easy and you won't always use chutes so you'll be hanging them up half the time but other then that it's easy that's my take on it👍

[@LDeol]

@@y.b.m.a3393 are you currently working this job?

[@y.b.m.a3393]

@@LDeol Nope I left for something different wasn't my thing going to these jobsites but not a difficult job especially someone with experience

[@GRUBB-MUDD]

300th like good video

[@grabbinggears109]

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[@adamhernandez1591]

Great content. I start Monday driving concrete truck. Excited to try something new. Cause I been driving tractor trailer's for 10 years. Just wanted to try something different

[@TheFrogFather509]

@@adamhernandez1591 Congrats On The New Job Man. These Concrete Mixxers Are A Totally Different Animal Than Any Other Truck Out There & Thats A Fact!!! I've Been Driving A Mixxer For Just Over 5 Years Now & I Love It!!! It Didn't Start Out That Way For Me At First, Tho. I Drove A Garbage Truck For Almost 16 Years & Was Going Thru A Divorce So For Some Strange Reason That I Can't Explain, Somehow I Figured Since My Home Life Is Gonna Be Totally Different, I May As Well Make A Career Change So I Put In My 2 Week Notice The Day After My Divorce Was Finalized & Saw That One Of The Local Concrete Companies Was Hiring So I Applied & Got Hired On The Spot & That First Couple Weeks To A Month Had Me Re-Thinking My Life Choices!!! Lol. It Took Me A While To Get Use To Not Knowing Until Late Evening To Find Out What My Start Time Would Be For The Following Day As Every Day Is Different But I Would Have To Wait To Getta Text Message To See What Time I Had To Be At Work In The Morning & Once I Was There, I Never Knew What Time I Would Be Getting Off At The End Of The Day...(Still Dont) LOL ButI m Use To It Now So Its Notta Big Deal & The Other Big Issue I Had Was 99% Of Contractors & They're Crew Are Fukking Assholes!!! I Was "Trained" & Let Loose On My Own In 4 Days & Was Put In A Shitty Old-Ass Truck So My First Couple Months Were Pretty Ruff & I Got Tired Real Quick With These Contractors Thinking That It Was Okay To Talk To Me Any Kinda Way & Cuss & Talk Down To Me Because My Pouring "Skills" Weren't That Good But I Honestly Wasnt Really Trained But Ive Pulled My Parking Brake Plenty Of Times & Jumped Out & Walked To The Back Of The Truck & Told Quite A Few Of Them Concrete Finishers That I'm Not That Guy They Can Talk To Like That & I'm Not Gonna Tolerate Being Talked To Like I'm A Fukking Child So They Need To Calm Down Because Everytime They're Back There Yelling & Talking Shit, All That Is Doing Is Pissing Me Off & Making Me More Nervous & Mess Up Even More & Ever Since I Stood Up To All Them Assholes, We Have Been Good Ever Since & Im Actually Good Friends With A Lot Of Them Now, But The More Time I Had On The Job, The More Comfortable I Got Behind The Wheel & The Better I Got At Pouring & I've Been Told Many Times By Different Contractors That I'm Actually A Better Driver Than A Lotta Guys Who Have Been Pouring Mudd For 20+ Years & I'm Not Bragging, Just Stating That I Got Better With Time. Also I Gotta Put Out There That I've Seen All Of These Same Guys Talk Down To Every New Driver I've Seen Come & Go Over The Past 5 Years & I'm Not Quite Sure Why Concrete Guys Are Dicks, They Just Are Until You Prove To Them That You're A Good Driver. How Was Your First Week Ina Mixxer??? Do You Like It?? Can You See What I'm Talking About With The Contractors Being Jerks?? Lol. I Hope You Like It Because Being A Mixxer Driver Is Pretty Fun & Every Job Is Different & There Is A Sense Of Pride Where One Day You Show Up To A Jobsite & Its Literally Just An Open Field With Footings Framed Out & A Few Months Later There Is A Brand New Hilton Suites Hotel Sitting There Or A New YMCA With A Bad-Ass Swimming Pool & Aquatic Center With Crazy Water Slides That Literally Start Inside The Building & It Loops Around A Few Times Outside Of The Building & Ends-Up Going Back Inside Of The Building Where The Bottom Of The Slide Drops The Kiddos Into The In-Door Pool...Plus The Money Is Pretty Decent & Prevailing Wage Is The Shit!!!

[@brianvanderkooy6198]

I’d love to see some videos about garbage truck drivers too

[@servicedogsrgrate8742]

I’ve never seen a truck that had the shoot in the back I thought they always went over the front

[@immortalhour3888]

You driving a concrete truck calling it a cement truck didn’t know you were driving a tanker my man lol

[@ramblin_man23]

He typed that for the searches

[@grabbinggears109]

Haha I know... but "cement mixer truck" doesn't get searched for.

[@captainkeyboard1007]

You are right. I call such truck a concrete truck. Concrete is applied to large areas of sidewalk, on steel building floors, and in precast molds. Cement does not come in a large truck. I have seen cement poured on a small square on a sidewalk, smeared on broken concrete, even as masonry on bricks. Your writing is just fine.

[@grabbinggears109]

Hahaha to-may-toe, to-mah-toe

[@michaelniziolek6990]

@@captainkeyboard1007 it has stone or rock in the mix

[@daveyboy2199]

go up strettsgap in pa, or ritter hill ,pa

[@calhouncarlos903]

What’s the pay like

[@christiancardoza2137]

Any problems with dot carrying 10 yards

[@kylepaulo8491]

I've only been doing this for a few months, my first cdl job, and the most I have carried is 12 yards but usually the most is 11. I drive front discharge truck

[@KevinSmith-dl9bb]

How many hours do you usually do a day

[@andrewilson1768]

It depends on the job you are doing that day

[@dennissimpson1138]

Concrete Truck!!!!!!

[@kwooten2241]

Good video.

[@vaekkriinhart4347]

5:50 sidewalks arent the easiest gig. Pouring into a pump are the easiest gigs

[@Acordionista509]

The worst part about that job is when the contractors act like asshole or when they don't know the hand signals

[@palaniku7]

How much can you gross a year?

[@SootyMangabey.]

50 to 60k easily in the south

[@bigryanm7083]

Hello sir, can u explain how to shift 15 speed manual transmission..?

[@grabbinggears109]

I drive a 10 speed, but the mechanics are the same. I'm working on a video now that'll go into detail. Check back soon...

[@rocksmith0811]

About how much you make a year bud?

[@michaelniziolek6990]

where are you , here incolorado its round $28hr

[@Truckster_Metfan91]

You in benton city?

[@mikelandry8489]

I need you to clean my truck

[@grabbinggears109]

Where are you watching from Mike?

[@markrobert6014]

10:38 why are you not adding rpms to mixing after adding water?

[@danielhayes735]

Jr driver lol jk

[@markrobert6014]

@@danielhayes735 umm what? Why are you not reving up the truck engine after adding the water is my question 10:38

[@danielhayes735]

@@markrobert6014 not sure why he isn’t, I always Rev up when I adjust.

[@markrobert6014]

@@danielhayes735 oops thought you were the guy in video sorry man lol. Ya maybe your right.

[@michaelniziolek6990]

contractor sometimes wants to go ,most of the time

[@amyjojinkerson6745]

pounds per square inch

[@georgeviloriarosa953]

What type of license you need to do that type of job by the way good video 📹

[@tanneraitken3768]

CDL-B

[@afkaz]

And a tanker endorsement

[@jorgearielfunezpastran9051]

And the gloves?????????????

[@palaniku7]

Can you make more than $100,000 a year?

[@markrobert6014]

i made 98,500 last year, Canada

[@DJSTOEK]

😷🙂

[@jimanaz]

cement truck??????????????? park on the main drag and back in?????? no, drive past previous truck and find a place to turn around two chutes??????????? nope, one. safer and quicker don't use the clutch in deep reduction. slam it in, slide it out. save your knee for old age 5 yards left on??? booster down back to the plant

[@vaekkriinhart4347]

WHY would u go n turn around and then back in on ur blind side??? please tell me. The best thing to do was to sit n wait and then back in on ur driver's side. Ur decisions make no sense sometimes

[@Jerry_SWMO]

welp, what can I say? Bad.

[@misterpatron1]

If your backing up and the contractor is signaling to go right does he want your ass end to go right ???

[@grabbinggears109]

Lol good question, yeah he points the way he wants the truck to go. It's actually pretty natural when you're looking in the mirror... you don't really even think about it.

[@misterpatron1]

@@grabbinggears109 today is my second week of training and when I did that he signaled it was the wrong way. I’m confused

[@grabbinggears109]

@@misterpatron1 yeah man, you'll get it down. Some contractors think they're helping by telling you which way to turn the wheel. It's usually the same offenders time and again that really micromanage your driving. Haha it takes some patience but but just stay cool and try to do what they're asking you to do (within reason). When in doubt do what you think they're asking and if you're wrong they'll tell you 😆

[@misterpatron1]

@@grabbinggears109 why couldn’t my trainer tell me it’s the steering wheel they want me to turn not my back end.

[@grabbinggears109]

@@misterpatron1 they do both, it's just the preference of the contractor lol

[@Keltek95]

Did the pandemic hurt this industry? I start Tuesday.

[@raidarious105]

Never stopped running where I live in tennessee

[@TheTXHighRoller]

Never slowed us down in Texas

[@Keltek95]

@@raidarious105 i just started I'm in Chattanooga

[@rodm2345]

@@Keltek95 How is it?

[@grabbinggears109]

Nope. We shut down for about a week, but aside from that we're busier than ever in Washington...

[@mikelandry8489]

Concrete no cement

[@michaelniziolek6990]

it has cement in concrete

[@itachitakeruable]

oh i cant stand electronic drum controls ,all the trucks ive driven with those are god awful.

[@wilfredoWilleFaz]

I wash concrete transit ready mix trucks!! @fazpowerwashing