Sounds like you have been pretty lucky.
Most Grain Haulers around me spend hours and hours waiting to unload each and every day. Cannot imagine why your gig would not be paid hourly. You can bet your tail its because of this waiting and overtime your boss is not willing to pay. Sit at an elevator for a day sometime when it breaks down or gets extra busy and its on you not the boss. He is making a bundle on you thats why he hired you. Good luck in your future and hope all goes well. |
Yea I agree that it's not the best pay in the world, but I do bring home more then I did with the $8 an hour job.
For me though it's more about being given a shot at gaining experience pulling a trailer plus it's local which is a big plus to me. |
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Do you go to Morristown allot? I'll be going down there tomorrow morning then probably running Richmond in the afternoon. |
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One last thing..I learned real quick to know which way the wind is blowing.
Roll tarps can get wicked in the wind and the boss said it'd be $2500 to replace one. Thank goodness the old timers schooled me before I had the pleasure of tearing one up. Your boss has tried to scare you into making sure you take care of the tarp..I own a 41' hopper and have priced new roll tarps as mine has begun to wear thru on the back bow....$400 for the tarp custom made, and around $200 for installation if I want them to install it. I also haul grain in central Indiana, I own the rig, rarely deadhead, and the truck averages $2.10/ mile right now, but for the year im at a $1.85 mi. Yes the hours are long somedays, but its any easy freight to move. |
Figured I stop in and update my post....It's been almost 4 months now since I began my grain hauling job. I've been running to Cincinnati quite a bit lately and have done allot of picking up on farms which can get real interesting if your not careful.
Anyways the low pay and lack of benefits are starting to concern me, but I plan to stick with it for a bit longer and see if I cant find something better. Would 4 months experience hauling grain count toward any other local or regional trucking job? How's the pay in the dump truck buisness? Spring is just around the corner and I thought about checking into some local tri axle companies. |
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Dump truck jobs vary wildly depending on your location and what kind of work the company does. In my area a qualified driver can command $18-$22hr and expect to work year round 5-6 days a week. Other parts of the country can face layoffs every winter for several months. And with the economy taking a dump right now, all dump truck work will likely suffer before long. |
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