F.O. Day Company in Frederick MD

How to Dump Asphalt:

When you get loaded with asphalt, it's HOT, asphalt is "Gloopy" like oatmeal, it's made out of tar and various sizes of gravel.

To dump it, you have to back up to the paver (asphalt paving machine that looks like a farm tractor of sorts).

The paving machine can't take your entire load... so you have to raise the bed slowly, the paving operator will give you hand signals to tell you when to STOP raising the bed.

The asphalt will slide out, not all at once, it'll trickle down until the bed of your truck get's to a point where gravity overcomes the stickyness of the asphalt.

At that point you lower the bed quickly.

The operator will most definitley get pissed off at you if you overload his machine!


Hazmat and Tanker:

Before they lay down the layers of asphalt, they have to coat the underlaying surface with a sort of glue, they call that glue "TACK"

The "Tack Truck" is the one piece of equipment I've not driven, even thought I do have both the tanker and hazmat endorsements.













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F.O. Day Company - Asphalt CDL jobs in Frederick Maryland

Construction truck driving jobs are in decline... that said, there are plenty of reasons why a dump truck driving job can work out to your benefit.

Like I said in eariler posts, I know more about companies that I've worked for than companies I know other CDL drivers work for.

Why does a dump truck driving job pay better than a year round job?

Simple: Weather you haul dirt/ stone/ or ashphalt, more than likely you're going to get laid off (and receive unemployment) for the winter.

If you've got a winter job lined up, this can work to your advantage.

An excavating company and an asphalt company is always trying to get a years worth of work accomplished in the roughly 200 or so rain free/ snow free / warm enough days they've got to finish a job in.

SO... you're getting a years worth of pay in just over a half year's time frame!

That equates to OVERTIME baby!

Now, here in Frederick County Maryland the closest ashphalt companies are:

Wolfe & Son Inc
3436 Urbana Pike
Frederick, Maryland, 21704
Phone: (301)874-0893

From Blogs- Business Advertising Secret Weapon

I personally know people that work there... Wolfe only pays $13.00 an hour but you DO get paid from the time you turn the key, until you park the truck (something smaller independent trucking companies often do NOT pay, those smaller firms only pay for the hours the truck is earning money by being rented out to Pleasant Excavating or similar larger excavating companies.

R.F. Kline
(301) 622-8211
7700 Grove Rd,
Frederick, MD 21704
http://www.rfkline.com/career.aspx

Don't know people that have worked there.. get arrogant vibes from the people in charge of hiring... lets just say the jury's still out
Rate of pay is allegedly pretty good: $17 hour range.

Francis O Day Co Inc
5058 Ballenger Creek
Frederick, Maryland, 21703
Phone: (301)695-1322

http://foday.com/contact.htm

Now FO Day is somewhere I've worked for on and off for a decade- it was a great place for a rookie to start - I worked in Rockville back in 1984 - 1993
Each year I left before Halloween to deliver fuel oil for Steuart Petroleum, and came back every year in spring. Current pay range is about $17 an hour

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