So glad I worked for a mixer company that paid well and believed in staying up to date with the latest technology. Most companies are in the dark ages.

I was thinking the same thing glad cemex took care of their trucks and pay. That was one of my best job. Beats going to a warehouse. Only thing sucked was the schedule. But hey I can deal with that @@AlmightyMauMau I

Or how much you think you got left in there driver 😔

Yeah, been doin this for little over a year now, and I'm still learning things here n there.. My first few weeks were stressful af.. There's A LOT to learn

Yeah I always wondered about that... do you drive trucks?

@@grabbinggears109 I don’t drive trucks but I am very interested in them. I teach technical math at a community college, many of my students are in the diesel program, and I collect truck information to use in class. For example, why would anybody care about the volume of a 3D shape? An answer is with concrete, everybody involved needs to understand cubic yards, and it helps if you can translate measurements in feet and inches into yards. The videos you make are Totally AWESOME! Thank You for doing these!

@@bobbrown5726 haha that's awesome! You found a whole new application for this stuff. Your students are lucky to have someone who's able to apply what they're learning to the real world. Amazing!

Yea I seen the weight of the truck is on the top of the truck I feel nervous about doing it so I might pass California has so much work for mixer driver

I drove a dump truck for 3 days and quit. (because I was 19 young and dumb) I asked the man that hired "don't I suppose to have a class a CDL to drive this?" He said "OH YES and we'll get you one real soon so be careful." Surprisingly he still let me drive and the first time I came to an intersection I slid through the entire intersection after trying to stop at the red light. Other than that brief incedent it wasn't scary at all. I should have kept the job because it would have been a free CDL AND he was supposed to teach me to be a carpenter. Really he was just a good man and I think he was trying to help me out. But you know, young and dump and full of pot. I didn't like picking up construction debris all day in the 110% heat so I quit. That's what I'd do, pick up all the construction scrap and debris and then dump it at the city dump. Driving it was easy... 🤔... Except for first time I came to an intersection and almost killed everyone.

The beep is not only for you but the potential person behind you, you might kill. These trucks are heavy. I drive an 18 wheeler but this is also heavy. One mistake and someone may die.

I couldn't agree more. I drive a phoenix daily and i thought to myself damn that would be nice to let them control that.

oh bullshit! like u never look at the radio for a second or two while ur driving! gimme a fkng break! We all avert our eyes for a second or two driving down the road! Ever look over at a deer? or a sign? same thing! Ur a fault finder and not very smart imo

Good call. How long have you been driving mixers?

@@grabbinggears109 22 years

what the fk do u think? what makes sense? would u rather be blind or see?

Are you in Colorado or Arizona by any chance?

Dude, you'll be just fine. Go for it. It's easy once u learn it. I switched careers too, and I do not regret it at all

Lol good question... it's a guess. A lot of trucks have meters on the fill valve that let's you keep track. But I don't have a meter so I count and assume about one second per gallon. It's close enough most of the time hahaha

1 gallon per yard is a myth

My truck is around 1 gallon per second so 10 seconds

Don’t you mean 10 gallons will bring you up one slump?

My dream belive it or not 🤷‍♂️

Wow update

Cement powder

U should've asked HIM

Girl I wish I could help you lol.

Well, for me, I had already had 20 years of driving experience driving/ operating a crane truck, dump truck, water tank truck, bucket truck while tree trimming, and now this, a concrete driver. I just started in July. This job is the easiest job I've ever had. But the first 3 months are stressful, like any new job. My new employer trained me for 2 weeks before I felt comfortable enough to go on my own. It was a challenge, and I was stressed because we had big, corporate concrete pours weekly when I was brand new. Those pours are nonstop back n forth to the plant to get loaded n back to the job site to unload. Go, go, go.. But other days and other jobs are so easy n simple.. The first couple months are really stressful, but it gets easier as u learn the job. That's normal with any job. Here, u need to be a good driver and operator with common sense, and u need good people skills too because every job is different and there are different types of ppl on all different types of jobs. 1. Never get in a hurry. 2. Be calm and polite and inquisitive: find out what is going on. 3. Realize that only U are in control of ur truck, and make good, safe decisions. They cannot make u do anything u are not comfortable with. Hope this helps. Once u learn the job, it is easy money. It takes some time to learn everything tho.

Thank you 🙏 you seem super intelligent and wise

Hellooooo. Just a curious follow up…how’s the job working for you?

@@blackfriarsffc5232 Was that question meant for me? It's been a while.

@@bp6087Yes, it was. Hopefully things are going well for you.

You don’t need cdls for concrete it’s class b

@@inshenaparrott7675 class b is a cdl

Well a Class B is a CDL. It's considered CDL because of the weight of the vehicle and the air breaks. Also, for this, you'll need a Tank endorsement

@@inshenaparrott7675class b is a cdl 😂

@@josea1531also you do not need a tanker endorsement I drive mixer cement trucks tanker endorsement is for liquids over 1000 gallons.

they are air or hydraulic operated extra road wheels. with a heavy load you put them down while on public highways. that reduces your per wheel load on the roadway to keep you at a legal weight per axle/wheel.

Same in Texas we’ve poured house slabs at a 8 driveways same

Depends where you live. $20-25 an hr

depends where u live

@@jared6361 no, like u said and I said, depends where u live... it's higher where I live..

The highest I seen at my job was 9. That was pretty much flowing like water. Ridiculous

9-10 might as well say ruined...some LSM products and flowable fills are pretty loose.

@@steveroberts673 we just deliver. That’s what they wanted lol 🤷🏽

pay attention. it's like a corkscrew. If u turn it one way, it all goes inward. If u turn it the other way, it comes outward. U have controls that turn the drum one way or the other. Controls are in the cab and outside the cab mounted on back side of the truck

where the fuck do u live, California?

@@vaekkriinhart4347 New Jersey, why?

@@fgrodriguezqac because prices are different all around the country bro. A house in Jersey may cost $400k but in Kentucky it would cost $200k Wages are different in all areas around the country

No I'm at AAA, but there's a bunch of drivers here that used to work for American Rock... you local?

I just got an offer for American rock. in Pasco.

@@rosas767 did you take it, if so do you like it?

Basically I work for red river ready mix in Louisiana and they threw me off saying that but u will basically be doing what he's doing

There are women drivers.

Women already do this job just fine.

Listen honey, cause I'm seeing alot of men in these vids lol but I'm not discouraged I got an interview anyway lol

@@ConcreteLaddy3637 I’m actually driving dump trucks now😊 I started in April but the company has mixers as well. The mixers make more but it’s longer hours

Yaaas, I'm trying to step into it coming from school busses