The World Of Readymix Trucking

Hmm Starcar, if only we were 20 again...HAA! But, you got me wondering...so I rang up the Knife River people in North Dakota to get the true scoop on the work over there. Because yeah, I've been hearing crazy stories too (reminds me a bit of fishing tales). Turns out the hourly pay for drivers stays the same. But they do provide you a little "COLA" money to counter the cost of the rental housing; in this case, $300/week extra. And the driving work with them stops November 1. At which point all their drivers go back home for the winter. Interesting, huh?

I may leave for the winter...but it would be to the ISLANDS !!!!! and draw my unemployment....lol You didn't say what the regular pay is.....other than the COLA>>..Inquiring minds wanna know !!!!

If only!!! I love the Florida Keys - there must be a way to swing this... hahaha!! Well Knife River starts rookie drivers at $16.47/hr. They are ALL about safety. So the rookies have to watch a bazillion DVDs on safety, then get quizzed and tested on everything they've watched. As you plow through the booster seat sized textbook and the DVDs, your pay changes. After a few chapters you receive $18.53/hr. Then once you complete that training and get 90 days in, you go to scale which is $20.59/hr. All through this, you will also receive overtime after 10 hrs/day. At the scale rate, overtime is $30.88. I've hit that a few times so far but not much. Yet it does feel good to say you could potentially get that per hour!! The down side is that the guys who've been there over a decade still get $20.59/hr. So as far as perks go for folks with seniority, let's just say it ain't like the old Teamsters days... The guys often talk about special jobs that pay something called "Prevailing Wage" which I don't understand yet. But Prevailing Wage is something like $45.00/hr! Can you imagine?? Pick me! Pick me!

hello debby I just started with cemex about a month ago and just finished my training today I go out on my own on Tuesday September 2nd 2014 I was wondering if you have any tips for me and maybe some tools that you might have found to come in very useful to make your job a little easier in your years of experience any advice you can give me would mean the world to me Thank you very much!!!

wow!!Sounds like a tough job. And i thought flatbeds were tough!!Here,We deal with steel and compound mix and fiberglass. Busting concrete....that takes muscle. Power to you sister!!!!