I was talking with a friend of mine who showed an interest in dump trucking and thought I'd ask a few questions here to help him out.
MDKW, maybe you could shed some light on this, Gray and Son, (you probably heard of them), pays 61.00 per hour to run asphalt. Other materials are cheaper. Can you or anyone expand on this as to why it's higher for asphalt? Is it harder on the bed? 61.00 an hour seems cheap to me anyway to run a truck on but I'm not sure what it takes to run a dump, ie. ins, maintenance, fuel, tires. Perhaps you guys can break down some costs of running a dump business.
What are advantages/disadvantages to signing on with an outfit such as Gray and Son or whoever or running out of the quarry's.
Are there local brokers for dump truck work? Are you guys able to stay busy with the housing market in the dumps right now?
Thanks guys, more questions to follow I'm sure :lol: