?'s re roll off jobs (Waste Pro)

You know what's crazy, I'm actually considering starting a dumpster roll-off company!

 

I don't know about your part of the country but around here the garbage and dumpster guys are Teamsters. You have to wait for somebody to die before there's an opening. Fairly new equipment, good work schedules, almost no physical labor.
One suggestion...I was at the local garbage dump the other day and talking to the clerk I referred to the place as the garbage dump. I was informed that they call them recycling and waste management facilities nowadays. Not garbage dumps. They get a little sensitive about that.

 

Roll off can be very hard on your knees if you are driving a cable/wench setup for cans. A dump and return will require you getting in and out of the cab 6 times in about 10 minutes to detach/reattach the cable.

They're often overweight especially after rain/snow. DOT loves to prey on you because they know this as well.

Many cans will be in places you don't really like taking a truck unless the ground is 100 percent solid. If you don't walk it first, you'll probably get stuck or tear up somebody's grounds.

Most are overfilled. This will require you climbing on top of dangerous materials to bring it down to below the fill line or top of container.

Most trucks have practically zero effective tarp systems that will keep the debris inside instead of through another motorist's windshield or biker's face.

Don't burn any bridges if you decide to try it so you can go back to your old job if you don't like it after 6 months or so. Lots of companies won't give you too many hard runs at first because they know you'll leave just as quick as you arrived.

So they'll often wait until you've been there a little bit to start throwing you to the wolves. I call this the, "Honeymoon Period."

 

I was looking to start with a CDL hooklift

 

All this applies to driving a transfer truck with walking floor to the dump as well. I did it for 2 and a half years and let me tell you it destroyed my body.

 

I’ve actually thought about starting one too. I used to have my own truck for about 7 years. I’ve got a really good job for a company though and I just don’t think I want to quit.

 

I'm gonna use it on the side and try to work both