I have literally no dump truck knowledge until about a month ago. I shopped around and the hired a company to move 120 loads of dirt for me. Turns out the company I hired tried to stiff the largest contractor that they hired to help out. Then, they also tried to send a 2nd invoice where they “forgot” to add one of the contractor that had also helped out. Little did they say or mention that they also had padded their own hours to the tune of the left off contractor. Once confronted and proved they said ok just send another $500 and don’t worry about the rest of the invoice. I already know they’ll later claim I didn’t pay the full invoice. LOL my extremely limited experience has show me that the dump truck world is extremely dirty, underhanded, shady, etc. They also tried to direct contact my dirt contact and steal the special agreement I have with them.
I thought general trucking was bad… if I hadn’t thrown some weight around and threatened to expose them in our small community I guarantee they never would have paid the contractors. It’s been a bad experience to say the least. Then, the big boys don’t have time for you as they have state contracts wrapped up and ongoing. I guess as an operator try and get on with them but your old truck better not break down or you’ll be bled dry.
Seems rates around here are 110 to 135/hr but if your only getting 9 or 10 hrs when weather is good, that’s tough going. And as REO said that’s if you don’t break down.
Edit: But hey! Maybe I just had a bad first experience. 
