MACKS Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 While on vacation checked out this operation down the beach,all the sand is trucked in,no dredging allowed down here,talked to the foreman about the trucks,mostly all on hire,they run about 20 to 21.5 tons a load,pay is 50 to 56 an hour,how the he'll do u run a truck for those rates,all good looking equipment some pretty new to. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/52170-beach-replenishment-in-florida/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezrider Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 50 to 56 dollars an hour no way you would get me to run for that. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/52170-beach-replenishment-in-florida/#findComment-392121 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatcity Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 a couple items here 1) we can run year round...this way we can budget our monies easier than trying to get as much as we can in 8 months 2) did you talk to the drivers?...no speaka de englis 3) yes, some are fairly new, but many are in need of service 4) the rate they get vs the brokers rate... right now, I have been in and out of the pit they are hauling out of. two loaders to keep them running..the fun is at the scale house What beach was you at? Quote Success is only a stones throw away.................................................................for a Palestinian Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/52170-beach-replenishment-in-florida/#findComment-392201 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MACKS Posted February 17, 2018 Author Share Posted February 17, 2018 I was at Hollywood beach,couldn't talk to any drivers,the trucks looked like they were in nice shape,all tri axle with 16 foot body's by 6 foot high,foreman said they were running twenty ton loads,he also sad a lot f them run double shifts,it was like a parade of trucks on south surf road all day long.. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/52170-beach-replenishment-in-florida/#findComment-392219 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MACKS Posted February 17, 2018 Author Share Posted February 17, 2018 If remember right the company doing the work was Eastman,does that sound familiar ? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/52170-beach-replenishment-in-florida/#findComment-392222 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatcity Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 oh, that was farther south from me. Eastman is a large hauler around here. he has his own plus brokers out alot yep, 20-22 tons normal..tri-axles can go to 70k legal...if you have steel or aluminum box makes a difference Quote Success is only a stones throw away.................................................................for a Palestinian Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/52170-beach-replenishment-in-florida/#findComment-392223 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezrider Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 On 2/16/2018 at 4:19 PM, hatcity said: a couple items here 1) we can run year round...this way we can budget our monies easier than trying to get as much as we can in 8 months 2) did you talk to the drivers?...no speaka de englis 3) yes, some are fairly new, but many are in need of service 4) the rate they get vs the brokers rate... right now, I have been in and out of the pit they are hauling out of. two loaders to keep them running..the fun is at the scale house What beach was you at? i don't care if your running 13 months a year 50 bucks an hour isn't enough, i imagine a tri axle isn't quite as expensive to run as a tractor trailer but even being generous on on operating cost difference driver makes what 10 bucks an hour owner makes 5? id go flip burgers before i ran my truck that cheap. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/52170-beach-replenishment-in-florida/#findComment-392837 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatcity Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 4 hours ago, Ezrider said: i don't care if your running 13 months a year 50 bucks an hour isn't enough, i imagine a tri axle isn't quite as expensive to run as a tractor trailer but even being generous on on operating cost difference driver makes what 10 bucks an hour owner makes 5? id go flip burgers before i ran my truck that cheap. most were probably owner/operators I know of a company in need of drivers-tri-axle=$10/hr, trailer=$12 I don't care that you have new trucks I make more driving a tandem But yes, the overall rate is not good Quote Success is only a stones throw away.................................................................for a Palestinian Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/52170-beach-replenishment-in-florida/#findComment-392842 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Maxidyne Posted February 25, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted February 25, 2018 It'd help the rates if Florida got some of those cobbled together dump trucks off the road... There's an outfit around Naples that take old KW anteaters, puts on super singles on the front and a pusher axle so they look like a dump truck, then loads them to at least the legal limit of 73,280 on a chassis only designed for 46,000 pounds! 3 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/52170-beach-replenishment-in-florida/#findComment-392847 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MACKS Posted February 25, 2018 Author Share Posted February 25, 2018 1 hour ago, Maxidyne said: It'd help the rates if Florida got some of those cobbled together dump trucks off the road... There's an outfit around Naples that take old KW anteaters, puts on super singles on the front and a pusher axle so they look like a dump truck, then loads them to at least the legal limit of 73,280 on a chassis only designed for 46,000 pounds! I didn't see any trucks like that where we were,all looked like factory dumps,Fords,KW t-800,and Macks,a lot of them fairly new,must be more to it than meets the eye,operating cost are not all that different than any where else except for labor.. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/52170-beach-replenishment-in-florida/#findComment-392857 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatcity Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 4 hours ago, Maxidyne said: It'd help the rates if Florida got some of those cobbled together dump trucks off the road... There's an outfit around Naples that take old KW anteaters, puts on super singles on the front and a pusher axle so they look like a dump truck, then loads them to at least the legal limit of 73,280 on a chassis only designed for 46,000 pounds! was a time that they were cutting frame, throw a piece of channel in between to stretch, dump body...good for the road. many were seen buckled in half on the road Quote Success is only a stones throw away.................................................................for a Palestinian Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/52170-beach-replenishment-in-florida/#findComment-392867 Share on other sites More sharing options...
m16ty Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 I had some dumptrucks in the mid-1990s. We were getting $50 per hr back then, and it wasn’t enough. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/52170-beach-replenishment-in-florida/#findComment-408997 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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