Hey Moe, great videos. I'm a trainee right now. Learning in the grind, nothing soft about it, even from contractors. They don't want me to practice pouring on their sites. In the end, they lighten up. Just the normal raz to the new guy. LOL. Anyway, I've been training for 1 week in a newer front load OSHKOSH with the fancy joystick controls. My problem is, that won't be my assigned truck. I'll be handed an older model TEREX with the foot peddle on the floor and chute control stick comes out of the floor, about the same length as a stick shift lever. So, now that I've learned to use the OSHKOSH, I'm going to be relearning in my assigned truck. Pouring without making a slight mound has been a challenge, especially when pouring parallel on angled slope uphill. Another issue is, the OSHKOSH has a 2 drop paver drum, so filling up wheel barrels only half way is tricky, especially when the contractor orders a 5 slump then wants so much water added to make it basically a high 6 to 7 slump, I don't know what the TEREX has on it yet. This past week has been a wild ride, and I'm eager to keep on it. Salute back to ya Moe.
We don't have truck time at my company. Sometimes we deliver to the airport and need to be escorted all the way in and out. Sometimes it will be 3 threes trucks at once and we would have to wait for all trucks have poured before we are escorted out. With each truck taking 45min-60min to pour. 😀 Or sometimes I would get to a job and the pump truck isn't even there yet! Hurry up and wait.
@@marcel84marcel That's easy money there! I loved pump jobs and also the LDF jobs. Just shoot it down a hole in the street and split. I miss that work.
good job man half moon works good when i train drivers they pull up back up all the time till they get some seat time and they turn the steering wheel where they want the chute to go lol they figure it out after time
I'm looking forward to getting my class B liscense but I am really looking forward to testing out what little Spanish I know and learning some from the ground workers.
So glad my last day doing this is in a week! I’m changing to a different company delivering propane, heating oil, and chlorine gas. Ready mix is not for everyone I did it for four months. It sucks!
@@onyx79 No work In the winter, bad scheduling. Dangerous work sites where you are at the contractors mercy. You might like it but just be prepared going in that it will be stressful and it will feel like driving a huge ATV. You have to have very thick skin for this work
@@justinalex1952 yeah i gotcha. You’re doing A class now right? I originally applied for A but none hire with no experience. Im gonna have to grind mixer for some general experience then switch to an easier B i guess cause i heard B experience doesn’t transfer into A which is fucking stupid
Where are my Saltlake City drivers at ?? They make it easy for us less pulling for sure ..miss them SLC drivers (Geneva, metro, JB, Flanders, valley) ready mix companies
Hue man I've been whatchin yo videos I just started driving front discharge and I like them... I have the experience in rear discharges your video help me Operate the truck like I need to ...good lookin out bra
Sup Moe, I got my CDL a month ago. I have a job interview and road test April 10, I need some advice or tips for the road test with a concrete truck. I've only driven Semi's.
For me it's understanding that the real make or break thing is going to be your spouting. It's well understood that it can take up to a year to lay it out in a way that the contractors couldn't complain about it. For anyone looking to get into it, a clean driving record and a willingness to learn goes a long way. Safety first, second - don't wreck your own load with too much water, and be easy with the brake pedal (spilling mud on the road is not fun), and third - know what the contractor wants and do your best to listen and do what he asks. It takes time and practice. Lots of practice.
Are you still putting out videos? I count on folks like you to help me determine if I should get into this line of work? How is the morale at your company?
If I had know how much I would hated my life after 18 years trapped in this industry I might have tried harder to get out. Get out if you are in or avoid it.
I'd say fiber reinforcement but the mud doesn't look too fuzzy. Delivered a load today with 3lbs per yard of fiber. Doesn't do my drum any favors, that stuff binds up like crazy.
Here in Ohio where I work at the Ready Mix you couldn't pay someone to pour concrete that dry. They would have a fit. They complain about having to pull 2 rake full lol.
I just got my CDL class A and within days I got hired to be a ready mix driver. Excited to work this job!! What’s the best advice u can give to a rookie?
@@user-ix2wr2bu3p it’s been a blessing. I worked as a ready mix driver for a year and I just got into my local union and I’m driving different trucks. Get you’re experience and learn as much as u can. Doors have opened left and right for me. Best of luck to you!!
Calcium chloride and hot water help. I been pouring for about 3 months and im better than alot of the veterans out there. The company im at has a lot of plants throught the west coast of Pennsylvania. Jobs I mainly do are state jobs.
Any good driver in the world knows that a distraction will cause an accident in playing with your goddamn phone will definitely cause an accident so shut it off
I got 25 years in front discharge Ready Mix truck....Good video Good job 👍
Thanks man
Thank for these videos. I’m trying to join you all. Hope all is well
The little things like backing up so the crew can work is super helpful. I know because I'm the pouring guys
"These guys usually work real quick" followed by them just standing around 😂
Its cool that you can control the chute.👍 Keep up the good work bro.
Whats up Moe!? Long time driver here just checking out a few of your videos. Pretty cool. Good training brother.
Hey Moe, great videos. I'm a trainee right now. Learning in the grind, nothing soft about it, even from contractors. They don't want me to practice pouring on their sites. In the end, they lighten up. Just the normal raz to the new guy. LOL. Anyway, I've been training for 1 week in a newer front load OSHKOSH with the fancy joystick controls. My problem is, that won't be my assigned truck. I'll be handed an older model TEREX with the foot peddle on the floor and chute control stick comes out of the floor, about the same length as a stick shift lever. So, now that I've learned to use the OSHKOSH, I'm going to be relearning in my assigned truck. Pouring without making a slight mound has been a challenge, especially when pouring parallel on angled slope uphill. Another issue is, the OSHKOSH has a 2 drop paver drum, so filling up wheel barrels only half way is tricky, especially when the contractor orders a 5 slump then wants so much water added to make it basically a high 6 to 7 slump, I don't know what the TEREX has on it yet. This past week has been a wild ride, and I'm eager to keep on it. Salute back to ya Moe.
Never let the stress get ya. It get easier as you get more experience. Trust I've been where your at.
Yeah look at these guys you're Is raking back about 5' you're doing a great job
Ehjaz from Mauritius hello friend very good
With crews I liked a lot, I always tried never to have to charge them for truck time...but sometimes the boss man makes you...there goes my tip!
Lol right
We don't have truck time at my company. Sometimes we deliver to the airport and need to be escorted all the way in and out. Sometimes it will be 3 threes trucks at once and we would have to wait for all trucks have poured before we are escorted out. With each truck taking 45min-60min to pour. 😀
Or sometimes I would get to a job and the pump truck isn't even there yet! Hurry up and wait.
@@marcel84marcel That's easy money there! I loved pump jobs and also the LDF jobs. Just shoot it down a hole in the street and split. I miss that work.
good job man half moon works good when i train drivers they pull up back up all the time till they get some seat time and they turn the steering wheel where they want the chute to go lol they figure it out after time
Bubba Live thanks Bubba
I'm looking forward to getting my class B liscense but I am really looking forward to testing out what little Spanish I know and learning some from the ground workers.
This what I do.
So glad my last day doing this is in a week! I’m changing to a different company delivering propane, heating oil, and chlorine gas. Ready mix is not for everyone I did it for four months. It sucks!
why you say that? i just got my cdl a, no one was willing to hire me with no exp but a concrete company was im gonna start with them
@@onyx79 No work In the winter, bad scheduling. Dangerous work sites where you are at the contractors mercy. You might like it but just be prepared going in that it will be stressful and it will feel like driving a huge ATV. You have to have very thick skin for this work
@@justinalex1952 bruh that still sounds better than any minimum wage job out there
@@onyx79 It is but with a CDL in my area, there are a lot of options. Ready mix was just not for me
@@justinalex1952 yeah i gotcha. You’re doing A class now right? I originally applied for A but none hire with no experience. Im gonna have to grind mixer for some general experience then switch to an easier B i guess cause i heard B experience doesn’t transfer into A which is fucking stupid
I drive a concrete truck I love it. Been doing it for about 2 months
ChubbyDinner99 it is a fun job.
It is I like never knowing where I’m going next! When I pull under the plant it’s like a mystery
ChubbyDinner99 I know the feeling lol
still doin it?
I’m tryna find places that will hire me in Texas w no experience
Just got my class b with airbrakes endorsement about to get that tanker endorsement
Where are my Saltlake City drivers at ?? They make it easy for us less pulling for sure ..miss them SLC drivers (Geneva, metro, JB, Flanders, valley) ready mix companies
great video mate! well done!
Hue man I've been whatchin yo videos I just started driving front discharge and I like them... I have the experience in rear discharges your video help me Operate the truck like I need to ...good lookin out bra
Good job bro
Good look
Sup Moe, I got my CDL a month ago. I have a job interview and road test April 10, I need some advice or tips for the road test with a concrete truck. I've only driven Semi's.
juicyj2781 best advice is take your time especially right turns, you don't have to make the turns as wide as a semi. It's like driving a box truck.
For me it's understanding that the real make or break thing is going to be your spouting. It's well understood that it can take up to a year to lay it out in a way that the contractors couldn't complain about it. For anyone looking to get into it, a clean driving record and a willingness to learn goes a long way. Safety first, second - don't wreck your own load with too much water, and be easy with the brake pedal (spilling mud on the road is not fun), and third - know what the contractor wants and do your best to listen and do what he asks. It takes time and practice. Lots of practice.
@@gregoryvanhulle3607 most will complain if you poured and finished it! so many have no business in the crete business....others are great
A list 4.000 psi for the driveway.
Water is the main odd for the strentgh in the mix.
Hey Moe, I run a rear discharge 10 yard Beck on a Peterbuilt. How do you like running the front discharge mixers?
Are you still putting out videos? I count on folks like you to help me determine if I should get into this line of work? How is the morale at your company?
If I had know how much I would hated my life after 18 years trapped in this industry I might have tried harder to get out. Get out if you are in or avoid it.
One day I hope to drive a truck I turn 21 in October #SEG
MATIX we just hired a 21 year old. He is doing great.
@@readymixmoe6088 any experience required I’m 20 rn? With class a but does it require tanker also
@@AlecDaStar No mixer doesn’t require a tanker endorsement
Salute!
fun times when you get there and 1. too many guys and 2 . screeding with 2x4.
Off upanddown lol
Where's the rebar? That driveway won't last too long
Not requirement in that city. I'm just deliver sir I'm not the finishers.
I'd say fiber reinforcement but the mud doesn't look too fuzzy. Delivered a load today with 3lbs per yard of fiber. Doesn't do my drum any favors, that stuff binds up like crazy.
Yeah I know that...I used to run a 2 1/2 yard batch plant...I used to put in a bag and a half per batch....it would cling to every corner of the mixer
Also would spray a releasing oil before running but that only lasted after running two batches
no wire mesh?....another customer ripped off
Fiber mesh
@@spike141962 junk....fiber is a additive to be used with rewire....period
I got my cdl A last month. I'm doing delivery for some company but I think I wanna do sum like what you do. good video
Come on to the concrete world.
good job,,, still lookin for batching job somewhere things up here are wicked slow hows the opportunities down that way??
We rolling brother, had a batch spot open I applied but they gave it to someone without experience and certifications smh
Keep grinding love your vids. #Baton rouge la
Corey Davis always grind rest when we dead lol thanks for the support Corey
S.E.G Moe I been driving trucks 5yrs now I love to see my brother's grinding.
That's a slump 4 ain't it.
Joe black 57 probably about a 4.5
Here in Ohio where I work at the Ready Mix you couldn't pay someone to pour concrete that dry. They would have a fit. They complain about having to pull 2 rake full lol.
İst Seher güt 👍
“We by the hour let’s get this money 💰
Great vid my brother,where you been?💯👍🏿
I just got my CDL class A and within days I got hired to be a ready mix driver. Excited to work this job!! What’s the best advice u can give to a rookie?
Learn your slump as soon as you can. Slow down on those right turns. You will be fine. Salute
How’s it going ? Just got my class a as well about to be driving these ready mix trucks
@@user-ix2wr2bu3p it’s been a blessing. I worked as a ready mix driver for a year and I just got into my local union and I’m driving different trucks. Get you’re experience and learn as much as u can. Doors have opened left and right for me. Best of luck to you!!
@@oscarrivas9441 thank you 🙏
Where’s the wire mesh at
$60,00+ driveway and no rebar in sight. What the hell.
60 yd driveway I bet it took 12 trucks to get it done to
So what's the coldest temp you can pour in? And how many months outta the year do y'all get to go hard on pouring?
I've poured in 30 degrees before and we run hard about 10 out 12 months, winters no bad here.
Calcium chloride and hot water help. I been pouring for about 3 months and im better than alot of the veterans out there. The company im at has a lot of plants throught the west coast of Pennsylvania. Jobs I mainly do are state jobs.
Yeah they hate to pull but you sure do like Pile it up don't you
Hey my brother, where is the company Capital located at? Is it in Upstate NY?
No we are in NC
@@readymixmoe6088
Okay
4” slump
What slump is this
You ever gotten lost trying to find a job site ? & this seem like a badass job Btw
Yes I have all the time lol
Well done sir, I’d love to have you as our driver anytime
Thanks my guy
Я тоже на миксере ганяю есть работа на миксер если чо я готов поехать в США🙌🙌🙌
See all them guys walked away cause they were tired of you
See that he almost ran into some cause hes playing with his damn phone
What State you from???
Carlos Souza I live in N.C but I'm from NY
No metal. No mesh. Crack like mad. Cheap price. Take money. Gone. Les
No rebard 🤔🤔
I don't think it's required in this state.
@@readymixmoe6088 oh dam must be nice just set forms do leveling then call in the concrete and done deal
Required or not. If they didn't atleast put fiber mesh in the customer is getting fucked.
1st
I DRIVE A MIXER THATS NOT A GOOD CREW THEY RIPPED OFF THE CUSTOMER BO REBAR NO MESH NO MOISTURE BARRIER THAT DRIVEWAY IS GOING CRACK VERY EASY
Lol I'm just the driver they will have to redo it. Bit me lol
@@readymixmoe6088 me too im just a driver but cmon
@@leogarza6786 it just might be the area. Might not call for it.
Make it easy on everybody and put your damn phone down
Any good driver in the world knows that a distraction will cause an accident in playing with your goddamn phone will definitely cause an accident so shut it off
Look at how hard that guy's raken you aint doing a good job
Any real concrete driver will Haul anywhere between 10 to 12 I bet your ass got 8 on it
If you're in the concrete business and driving the truck I would not listen to one word this guy says he knows absolutely nothing