I have been in construction almost my entire Life. Except my 11 years In the Army. My hat goes off to those truck drivers. Well done and made Chris happy. Everyone wins.
A few days ago I was spreading 2 inch base in 6 inch ruts between a shed and a power line leaning hard to the left with manual tailgate in an 89 IH on air ride and loose hinge pins. Yes,Newer trucks make it a LOT easier
The t880, has proven itself as an absolute solid workhorse platform from KW. We run a fleet of 5, and the only gripe is when I finally get my seat set nice and low, there isn't any air-ride left in it. What the hell? Sure do wish they would have kept the t-800 seat and arm-rest configuration in these cabs.
You know I get a kick out of all these Hot Shots on here talking about that ain't nothing. Or the ones that say try that without chains. Can anybody these days give credit where credit is due. It takes a skilled driver to maintain speed and know how quickly his box is rising and have the chains set at the right gap in order to lay it like those drivers did. Why is it in the business of heavy equipment and construction there's always got to be Johnny's on the spot that are criticizing everybody. These guys in those dump trucks been doing this awhile and know their business give them some credit
AGREED! I used to drive tri axle dumps spreading stone like this. I knew how many chain links it took to set the gate properly for whatever thickness the operator was asking for on the dump. And I'd bet those drivers in this video could very easily do the same job while driving in reverse...I did - I did a fair amount of what's called 'chip on tar' hauling - you had to dump the stone chips on fresh sprayed tar while doing so in reverse.
The reason drivers and machine operators dont get credit is generally they are lazy people thats why they drive lorrys and plant just kids playing with big expensive toys the only people i'd want to drink with in the construction industry are the physical labourers the real hard men who do the real hard work not the gobshite plant operators who if they have to pick a shovel up theyre busted in 10 minutes
@@davidlamont5793 I'm a 52 yr old operator doing sewer/ water utilities, and I will out hand shovel my laborers that are in their 20s.....sounds to me like you might have been passed over for an operators slot for whatever reason and now you make a habit of cutting them down.....oh well ...the world needs ditch diggers too...LOL
Spent my summers during my 4 university years working for a site prep and road paving contractor that was a sub to my dads GC firm... the most honest day of work I’ve ever done up to that point... definitely earned my weekly check
That right there, That's my dream when i grow older right now i am 14 turning 15 in 5 months, And when I become a Adult i want to get a Class B and Buy a dump truck. Sublet Out for Paving companies, Do work like this also Maybe Get well known in my area so i get Hired a lot. Maybe After having a Dump truck I buy a 2nd one and Hire a Worker Or Buy a Excavator and Do Excavation.
STAY in School! STUDY HARD!!!! First get a degree, maybe in business management. You can obviously use help with your grammar & punctuation. Only then, think about starting a business for yourself.
Boss sent me and another guy out on a driveway job just like this one but way smaller. Dump truck driver hooked us up. Very little grading. Easy day of work that was.
It ain't hard fellas. 1.set chains 2.pick gear that will get you moving 3.trip gate after you roll forward 4.get your rpm's up and stay there till she's empty.. unless your like my boss who like to speed up and slow down raise and lower the bed and all kinds of herky jerky shit, he make a perfect dirt bike track but a shitty driveway.
Lol me and my friend did this at work, we work as grounds maintenance on a golf course. We went out to repair the cart paths and he drove the john deere utility vehicle as he dumped stone, and I followed him with the tractor with front loader and back dragged it till it looked perfect. It's much faster than dumping in a pile and pushing it around
When every truck can spread like this, i would loose my Job graderoperator and need my grader anymore. The Problem is that not enough material for grading, so i like to have more gravel for my blade. For reparing roads it might be ok, but when i have to built in higher, i need lots of gravel for my grader, i push sometimes 2000 tons gravel a day. We in Germany use graders like dozers, because we all have front blades.
good lord there are some big talkers on here lol. Those drivers did a fine job. Nothing wrong with it at. I drive tractor trailer and dump truck too and think they did great. Spreading is tricky especially if you go a while without doing it
it makes it a lot easier if you are in an automatic. But that being said...........if you don't have to hold the button in............you can work a stick in 1st or 2nd gear and slowly raise the bed while driving pretty easily. It just takes about 3 or 4 times to get the practice down. Looks like he had the chain set at probably the 3rd notch or so. But every truck is a little different.
You would have a short fat pile without chains, or you would have a pile heaping up on 1 side and choppy going out. Don't talk like you have done it before
It's not that difficult once you get it down right. You just lift enough and move the same way as these drivers but don't lift the bed as high initially. Once the materials start slowing down, having the bed at about 1/3 to half way up should evenly dump at least the larger stones such as number 3 and a bit more up for the 21A and take off in 1st gear too. Just don't slam your tailgate inside a tunnel though, they hate that, lol. I did it multiple times dumping both 21A and number 3 stone for the new CSX railroad tracks they are building underneath the 11th and M St area in Washington DC.
I wish i could get those easy tailgate jobs. I always gotta tailgate driveways with a 7 axle. Trees and wires breaking my antenna. I could do this asleep.
Yea yea yea, flat driveway, no power lines, no curves, no tree limbs, if they messed that one up they shouldn't be doing it, but we see it everyday, thanks for the good videos
+Joey Fox I worked for a company that had 24 dump trucks. Only 4 of us could or would spread dump for grader operators. The others couldn't be bothered. They would just pop the gate, dump a pile, and go. They figured it was the grader operators job to spread it, not theirs.
I drive a 2015 western star s.f. triaxle in pa its light weight is 24,700 gross out at 73,280 can haul 24.50 ton which is great because I get paid by the ton
There are some KW triaxle units in SC with an R/S-Godwin AR steel dump (same brand as video) that weigh in at 24,600 with a full tank of fuel and a driver.
Hi Nice outfits and good driving , Half the real battles the good material your'e trying to dump and spread, The guys that come here to drop gravel have grass and fricking big lumps of crap you couldn't tip out descent right from the start. and would struggle to level and pound flat with a D9 , if a guy don't pick the lumps and crap out first . our guys are coming here next week if it dries up, just a shame I wouldn't dare show them up here for the other end of the spectrum comparison.
Say what...that looks like what I used to haul - 2RC - and 2RC has a lot of damp rock dust in it. When 2RC is graded then put a roller on it, the surface almost turns into a concrete-like medium. With proper maintenance - a mild regrade and re-roll - that road will last for years.
Once had a driver spread some gravel on my personal drive way...... Its a long "U" shaped driveway, one end it somewhat up hill and has a concrete ditch under it with a steel grate to drive over. The idiot decides to start from the low end and spread up hill in a truck with no hydraulic down on the rams.. Long story short he dumped half a load of gravel at the top of my driveway..
+Dylan Ruppert Hi I agree but the guys that would really smile would be the EPA @$$ho!e$ when they stopped those trucks and wrote the tickets for emissions violations . Then the government when they spent the fine money and wasted it L.O.L. Rolling coal days, power chips, and throwing emissions crap in the bush, for better fuel economy are going to be a thing of good memory's of the past in a few years sadly, the way it's heading and some rules now even!.
That crush n run can be pricey. We're building our farm road with millings (free). We have a pad set for them to dump at their leisure, and our guy will grade and track it in. Road will be about 18' wide and a mile or so long to the barn.
i drove dump truck for over 20years i can do that but how many know what wheel tracking is?thats when you put a bar in the shoot on the back and the gravel only come out where the wheels go now who knew that?i do cause i did it
Law Man Yes Sir. I've done that before 😂😂. Most have never heard of that. I've also straddled ditches & used the "poop chute" & spread sewer 4's & 8's over drain/sewer pipes 😂😂. Been a driver for 32yrs. 21 in triaxles/Quadaxles. Like you & many others, I've pretty much done it all & then some 😂😂😂😂.
nice when there is no over head wires or limbs. I have done it with Both. I have done it so thin there was no Machine work Involved.don’t get me wrong it’s not Easy by any stretch.setting the Chains right and the speed and the body lift. all have too be Coordinated.and don’t forget about any over head Obstructions.a lot of guys will paint lines on the road to remind you.all in all it’s that easy.
Yeh it’s all East Indian now and Punjabi’s. I know they’re both from India. But you can’t go to a city or on the highways without seeing them driving the trucks. But good on them because someone has to do it or we’d all be in a pickle! It’s good to know I can go to a store and buy what I want to and it’s only because people work hard and the Punjabi’s do it whether it’s a taxi or trucks or semi’s! Is that what you’re trying to say?...Just Wondering
I've done a lot of truck driving but not much with dump trucks. Any chance you could iget one of these drivers to do a "how to" video with you sharing tips? Looks like you could just set your tailgate chains and run with it but I'm certain there's a LOT MORE to it.
it is not that hard...after a bit of trial and error you kind of know how much chain you need to have...then raise the basket till you hear grit falling against the back..start driving and open hatch....and rais basket to maintain flow...pretty much att thats to it...now keeping track of cables in the air..other traffic and so on...thats when it gets tricky ;)
Come on up to Michigan, gravel trains .a 32 ft trailer and a 24ft. Pup weighing up to 161,000 pads. No permits need for those weight. Tons of fun to back up even more fun when you had joe-dog hooked to 32 and have to back it under the pup.develop backing skills quickly
Hmmm...a "gravel train", eh? Here we call that a dude in a pickup. When you do 3 trailers, a whole litter of pups, one cat, weigh 876,419 pounds while Larry/Curly/&Moe-dog hooked and back it uphill around 3 S-curves and a one-lane bridge in ice fog at night, do a U-turn and stop by if you're in the area. We may let ya fill out a job app for our entry level position. There's only 30 or 40 ahead of you at the moment, and ya don't even need a drivers license for that.
Haha my drivers dump and run!!! And we dont have a grader... All me in the tracked skidsteer, comes out lookin just as good just takes alittle longer :-\
+Coltgov191145 yeah but once you get a grader youll see just how bumpy it really is. even if it looks like glass that grader will find any low or high spots!
The dump truckers should charge an extra $100 on the hauling bill for tailgateing stone due to you take a chance of rolling the truck over just to make your life easier nobody ever makes the truckers life easy my dad took his chain off his truck if you pay we'll put them on
Sure wish I had that tile of material around here just that alone make life easy . I like that blade you have would you recommend buying one or a different brand
Thanks for the video! Would you please do an update on your pond? It has been raining a lot here in the SE. You should have a good amount in there by now. Thanks!
