My dad has done that for about 18 years and he makes great money but he absolutely hates it. Never know when you go in or get off, working from 1 am to 5 pm the next day then they have him go in at 3 am the next day. When I was younger he used to come home miserable. No time for family and always in pain.
All blue collar work is like that no matter how much blue collar junkies try to spin it to make the job sound good. Blue collar work is good for people who got it in their blood like they came from a family of tradesmen or disciplined like veterans. You want to be hands on? I say get an education to become an engineer. You’ll do some work with hands but the grunt work will mostly be from the techs.
@@C1K450bike collar construction work if not for everyone but I’m a union painter in Chicago mainly paint warehouses and I make over 50an hour so a 40 hour check is almost 1400 a week take home. I couldn’t do the non set schedule. M-f 6-2 Saturday is if we want to work
Time is the most valuable thing you have on this Earth giving up your whole life for 1500-2000 a week at top pay with time and a half LOL that's not how people become successful or rich
This is a good job for those that just want job to better start off than going to fast food chain. Honest money end of the day. If you want to be successful that goes different direction on you. But you can be successful in this too if you get to become owner.
You’re right. It’s not the worst way to get capital, which is what you need to actually get rich. If you don’t have capital you better be great at raising it though. Cos money makes money. Careers typically don’t get you rich either. Some careers pay like $500k a year, but that also takes decades to achieve. If you have business sense you can tough it out and do overtime for a couple years, gather some capital and run your own business.
I drove a mixer about 3 weeks it’s tuff i quit miserable job no set schedule got to to call in to find out when you work the next day i was sad and mad everyday
I pray for the guys 20+ years staying in sleep deprivation jobs its really hard on the body and mind i don't care how used to it you get its still hard every day bro ❤ 🙏
I don't miss this or being on call 24/7 or working out of town. Now i work locally home daily. Days only delivery fuels and ASPHALTs never in the heat more then 1hr. After 8yrs in refineries hazmat clean up trucks. 4 almost deaths. A cupple hush money gift cards of $200 for not Suing refinery operator's errors. I realized i needed a safe home daily job to spend more time at home with wife and kids. Beach ⛱️ bound 😎 🙌 🎉
You sound like the guys at my job who only work 8 hours a week and complain about their wives spending too much money then get cheated on /divorced because they can’t afford to go out. 😂
Yea. Anyone with a B permit and tank endorsement can get hired in Southern California for $28 with o/t after 40. They will let you use the truck for your road test.
Less than 100k? I made 72-86,000$ a year at 17.50$ a hour when I was very young averaging 72 hours a week. These guys are making well over 120,000$+ a year. The smart ones work hard for a couple years while dumping 40-60% of their income in RSA/Roth IRA/Mutual funds/401k/Real estate to see a massive return.
Most of these jobs that are having trouble hiring despite the pay not being too low, have a reason for people not wanting to do it. The 70 hours is probably why.
I work for this company and while everyone is talking negative about it, it benefits those who want to get their license. The hours may be tough but if you choose a proper life style you will adapt. Either you have kids or no kids, work is work and for some it benefits. I don’t agree or disagree in anything about the company. I like my hours and the crew I work with. And if you need time off they will work with you.
Yeah we all the laws bro, literally no ready mix company on earth follows them. I’ve drove a mixer and a dry bull tanker for those companies getting 80-85 hours a week
I’m a building inspector and trust you do not want to be a ready mix truck driver. 95% of these dudes are cool but the older drivers are miserable burnt out know it alls. You have to wake them up on those midnight pours😂🤣😂
Idk i'm a mixer driver and everyone at my company is pretty cool. None of them are miserable. In the peak of summer guy's get pretty tired and pissy cuz we're doing 14 hour days 6 days a week but other than that everyones cool. Tbh it seems like anyone who's old and doing construction is miserable and burnt out no matter what construction job they have. Luckily we don't do night work but if we did i'll be miserable to. I used to operate a hydrovac truck before I did mixer and they'd have me working a 12 hour shift 6am to 6pm want me back that night to do a quick job for the night crew 11pm to 1am and still be at work the next day at 6am to do my 12 hour shift. That was miserable. now if some building inspector over there saw me and said geez this guys miserable and goes around saying ya all vac truckers are miserable especially when I see them working on those midnight jobs.
I work for the competitor of this company but I do class A work . I haul the material that the mixers use. these types of jobs are for people that don't wanna go on the road and wanna stay local . it's good to get experience becsuse they'll hire you right off the bat.
I got my class A with all my endorsements but no experience. Thinking of applying for one of these companies just for the experience.. maybe one year then maybe going into delivering hazmat. Do you think that's a good idea?
@@josea1531 hey glad to hear that man, my goal is to haul hazmat as well. I got 9 months of experience so far. But most companies will want 18-24 months of experience. If you are local in the LA/Valley area I know that circle k and Cox will hire you with 1 year experience . They do require a twic card . Just get a job doing bottom dump work and stick it out . My job doesn’t pay the Best but we have a 10k sign on bonus so that makes up for it. I didn’t go with Robertson a because they only use automatics and I wanted to be able to get experience driving a manual truck .
@@josea1531 That's what i was thinking. Try this out for experience and then possibly move to hauling fuel. But my question is will the other companies view this as proper experience
@@StatiicsPew I believe the fueling companies want to see experience driving trailers and are willing to train on the fuel part. To be completely honest.. I would like to do something that has nothing with driving. Not sure though. But whatever you do, I wish you the best of luck
This sounds like a miserable working lifestyle. On call, no roster and big hours. The standard working week in Australia is 38 hours… and we have free healthcare. Go America haha
It is horrible work,worse than garbage collector driver...goodness forbids you don t dump the concrete on time. A restaurant worker,a waitress makes more than these guys. Respect to this gentleman but is not a good job.
Can’t enjoy life if you’re standing at a stop light holding up a sign. Do what you have to do until you can do what you want to do. Inflation is real and America will never be sunshine and rainbows
You know.... one can work at walmart stocking shelves for $17/hr and then go do uber for 4 hrs and end up making the same or more...and still have your set schedule and family time 🤔
Some of these cement jobs rely on whenever construction sites need them. And to prove your point right, I work part time as a motorcoach operator and I do food delivery on the side to make up income. It sucks, but it's very common in California.
Not to mention rain is automatically stay at home for them. Another reason why I never wanted job in anything to construction. Seeing friends and family they have to get unemployment for some random moments. No thanks
I do 13.5hr days by the time I am home.... but I only work 1 week on 1 week off.
3 days a week is more than full time.
My dad has done that for about 18 years and he makes great money but he absolutely hates it. Never know when you go in or get off, working from 1 am to 5 pm the next day then they have him go in at 3 am the next day. When I was younger he used to come home miserable. No time for family and always in pain.
Hard work. Respect for your Dad.
Yeah nothing i hear about cement driving makes me want to do it. Fuck all that shit.
All blue collar work is like that no matter how much blue collar junkies try to spin it to make the job sound good. Blue collar work is good for people who got it in their blood like they came from a family of tradesmen or disciplined like veterans. You want to be hands on? I say get an education to become an engineer. You’ll do some work with hands but the grunt work will mostly be from the techs.
@@C1K450 I agree, it get easier later but you need to hard work too. You work smart but still hard. Work smart, not hard is bullshit for me.
@@C1K450bike collar construction work if not for everyone but I’m a union painter in Chicago mainly paint warehouses and I make over 50an hour so a 40 hour check is almost 1400 a week take home. I couldn’t do the non set schedule. M-f 6-2 Saturday is if we want to work
24.50 for that many hours oh hell nah
after 40 you get overtime. thats 2k a week. not worth it driving those dangerous trucks though imo
You gotta chase the bag , broke boi
Robertsons actually starts you off at 28 now
@@Juan-pq1eh huh? These men are working hard jobs and deserve higher pay what you on about lmao
@@IN54ANE hmm alright don't sound that bad now, I'd say this job should be around 30 an hour but they're getting there
The company is Robersons. The red cab gave it away.
Time is the most valuable thing you have on this Earth giving up your whole life for 1500-2000 a week at top pay with time and a half LOL that's not how people become successful or rich
This is a good job for those that just want job to better start off than going to fast food chain.
Honest money end of the day.
If you want to be successful that goes different direction on you. But you can be successful in this too if you get to become owner.
You’re right.
It’s not the worst way to get capital, which is what you need to actually get rich.
If you don’t have capital you better be great at raising it though. Cos money makes money.
Careers typically don’t get you rich either.
Some careers pay like $500k a year, but that also takes decades to achieve.
If you have business sense you can tough it out and do overtime for a couple years, gather some capital and run your own business.
I drove a mixer about 3 weeks it’s tuff i quit miserable job no set schedule got to to call in to find out when you work the next day i was sad and mad everyday
I work maybe 45-55 hours a week and make $22/hr. Not all companies have you work crazy overtime.
I pray for the guys 20+ years staying in sleep deprivation jobs its really hard on the body and mind i don't care how used to it you get its still hard every day bro ❤ 🙏
I don't miss this or being on call 24/7 or working out of town. Now i work locally home daily. Days only delivery fuels and ASPHALTs never in the heat more then 1hr. After 8yrs in refineries hazmat clean up trucks. 4 almost deaths. A cupple hush money gift cards of $200 for not Suing refinery operator's errors. I realized i needed a safe home daily job to spend more time at home with wife and kids. Beach ⛱️ bound 😎 🙌 🎉
Make money, have no life. Die from overworking and wife gets to spend your benefit money with new boyfriend
You sound like the guys at my job who only work 8 hours a week and complain about their wives spending too much money then get cheated on /divorced because they can’t afford to go out. 😂
People saying the pay is low have never worked in Florida.. if California didn’t take so much in taxes it would be good money.
Yea. Anyone with a B permit and tank endorsement can get hired in Southern California for $28 with o/t after 40. They will let you use the truck for your road test.
Less than 100k and no life. Screw that.
Less than 100k? I made 72-86,000$ a year at 17.50$ a hour when I was very young averaging 72 hours a week. These guys are making well over 120,000$+ a year. The smart ones work hard for a couple years while dumping 40-60% of their income in RSA/Roth IRA/Mutual funds/401k/Real estate to see a massive return.
@@xxk4rilsxxyour dropping gems 💎 🔥
Yeah the math does come out to about 100k I don't know what you're on
That sucks. It’s not about working overtime people. It’s about making a good living in 40 hours or less.
I work on these guys trucks and 100% they work long schedules
been a readymix driver for knife river for a year now, working about 60 or 65 hrs a week and the money is good ! !
Most of these jobs that are having trouble hiring despite the pay not being too low, have a reason for people not wanting to do it. The 70 hours is probably why.
Is it possible to buy one or two mixer truck and give it to the companies and they work with them and pay you back weekly or monthly?
I work for this company and while everyone is talking negative about it, it benefits those who want to get their license. The hours may be tough but if you choose a proper life style you will adapt. Either you have kids or no kids, work is work and for some it benefits. I don’t agree or disagree in anything about the company. I like my hours and the crew I work with. And if you need time off they will work with you.
Sitting in traffic for a living. Not for me
Show me America I’ll show you this guy thinking he’s making a living more like a slave to send your hard work to another country
What the fuck are you talking about? Go back to the influencer peddling bs you used to make you think you're informed.
Lotta OT and in NY it's higher pay.
60-70 plus hour weeks, nooo thanks
I've got to agree with you on that.
This job ain’t for the weak 😢
Will a company hire me if I’m 20??
Not worth it in my opinion at 22 I make 30$ an hour doing maintenance and we top out at 52$ at my job
Cap
What’s being single got to do with driving for a company that only does local stuff???
You'll never be home and your woman will be out getting it somewhere else because the few hours you do get are reserved for sleep.
Really I’ve been driving for 40 years and married to the same woman for 35
Over 70 is a violation on DOT regs
I'm a mixer driver and that doesn't apply to us. Local is different. We have no Hos systems in our trucks or logs.
Most trucking companies dgaf. I've worked 16+ hours a day & 75+ hours a week before
Short haul 150 air miles bud
I wish i made that.
BS on the hours. Per fmcsa truckers can't work more than 70 hours a week.
I worked for Robertsons 70-72hrs a week, they’ve had a few lawsuits on other things but yeah the hours are legit but milking it
Yeah we all the laws bro, literally no ready mix company on earth follows them. I’ve drove a mixer and a dry bull tanker for those companies getting 80-85 hours a week
I currently drive mixer and HOS doesn't apply to us.
I drive a garbage truck & work ova my hos as well. That's on the company 🤷🏽
I’m a building inspector and trust you do not want to be a ready mix truck driver. 95% of these dudes are cool but the older drivers are miserable burnt out know it alls. You have to wake them up on those midnight pours😂🤣😂
Idk i'm a mixer driver and everyone at my company is pretty cool. None of them are miserable. In the peak of summer guy's get pretty tired and pissy cuz we're doing 14 hour days 6 days a week but other than that everyones cool. Tbh it seems like anyone who's old and doing construction is miserable and burnt out no matter what construction job they have. Luckily we don't do night work but if we did i'll be miserable to. I used to operate a hydrovac truck before I did mixer and they'd have me working a 12 hour shift 6am to 6pm want me back that night to do a quick job for the night crew 11pm to 1am and still be at work the next day at 6am to do my 12 hour shift. That was miserable. now if some building inspector over there saw me and said geez this guys miserable and goes around saying ya all vac truckers are miserable especially when I see them working on those midnight jobs.
Does that company have tractor trailers?!
It's not top heavy they told me same shit when I was new 18 years ago. The mix is center of truck and low end of drum. They are very stable.
I work for the competitor of this company but I do class A work . I haul the material that the mixers use. these types of jobs are for people that don't wanna go on the road and wanna stay local . it's good to get experience becsuse they'll hire you right off the bat.
I got my class A with all my endorsements but no experience. Thinking of applying for one of these companies just for the experience.. maybe one year then maybe going into delivering hazmat. Do you think that's a good idea?
@@josea1531 hey glad to hear that man, my goal is to haul hazmat as well. I got 9 months of experience so far. But most companies will want 18-24 months of experience. If you are local in the LA/Valley area I know that circle k and Cox will hire you with 1 year experience . They do require a twic card . Just get a job doing bottom dump work and stick it out . My job doesn’t pay the Best but we have a 10k sign on bonus so that makes up for it. I didn’t go with Robertson a because they only use automatics and I wanted to be able to get experience driving a manual truck .
@@josea1531 That's what i was thinking. Try this out for experience and then possibly move to hauling fuel. But my question is will the other companies view this as proper experience
@@StatiicsPew I believe the fueling companies want to see experience driving trailers and are willing to train on the fuel part. To be completely honest.. I would like to do something that has nothing with driving. Not sure though. But whatever you do, I wish you the best of luck
Shit I only get 35 to 42 hrs at week 😅😅😅
More than 50 hrs a week should be punishable. More than 60 hrs a week should give jail time to his employer
welcome to the world of construction. 50 hours a week is an easy week.
This sounds like a miserable working lifestyle. On call, no roster and big hours. The standard working week in Australia is 38 hours… and we have free healthcare. Go America haha
$24-$33 and hour? Not worth itd
What company did he work for ?
Robertsons. You can watch the full video here: th-cam.com/video/fMRY1n1Mb_g/w-d-xo.html
Why do you have to be single to do this? Just because it’s long hours? I don’t see the problem
It is horrible work,worse than garbage collector driver...goodness forbids you don t dump the concrete on time.
A restaurant worker,a waitress makes more than these guys.
Respect to this gentleman but is not a good job.
6 days a week, 70+ hours!?
Blow me, I want to enjoy life not work it.
Can’t enjoy life if you’re standing at a stop light holding up a sign. Do what you have to do until you can do what you want to do. Inflation is real and America will never be sunshine and rainbows
Is coo, butl you better off getting a Class A
I always give these kind of trucks plenty of room.
Its crazy how thryake soooo little. They pay little so drivers cant afford to buy they own truck.
You know.... one can work at walmart stocking shelves for $17/hr and then go do uber for 4 hrs and end up making the same or more...and still have your set schedule and family time 🤔
Some of these cement jobs rely on whenever construction sites need them. And to prove your point right, I work part time as a motorcoach operator and I do food delivery on the side to make up income. It sucks, but it's very common in California.
Not to mention rain is automatically stay at home for them.
Another reason why I never wanted job in anything to construction. Seeing friends and family they have to get unemployment for some random moments. No thanks
So you can’t make a decent living if you have a family? Lol why are you still working there.