PAVING IN THE RAIN IN JUNE?

I have never hauled asphalt without tarping, it cools too fast and comes out in clumps

If the paver operator had you rains your bed and break the load up first before opening your latches it would come out of the truck more controlled rather than an uncontrolled dump and not spill out in front of paver. Definitely not your fault. Paving with a small paver that can't push your truck is why you are pulling forward and back just giving them dumps. Thanks for the content.

Mrs. I am Physician in Nashville TN. I love ur content IDK how it came up on my YouTube feed. Your awesome stay safe keep up the good work im jealous of U. U have an awesome job. Thanks for all U do

Dauminique, my name is Randy, aka Gramps, I'm a 70 year old retired truck driver 🚛, mostly hauled everything from groceries, and produce, to steel, to heavy equipment, and oversized loads, and while the last 10 years was spent driving for Kroger out of Dallas (I'm from Ft. Worth), and the last 10 years was spent running mostly what they called "a country run", it was running from Dallas to Shreveport 3 times a week, and occasionally once I was done in Shreveport, I might of had to go up to Hope, Arkansas where Kroger's egg farm was, and pick up a load of eggs, and then from there, take the load back to Dallas, or maybe to Jackson, or Nashville! Once there, if I got really lucky, after dropping the load of eggs, they might have had me take a load of merchandise up to Kroger's main distribution center up in Cincinnati where their corporate offices were, and then back down to Hope, to pick up another load of eggs, and go back to Dallas! That was a good check, because at the time, I was getting paid milage (anything beyond 50 miles), but as long as I was at a store, or a pickup, or another distribution center, I was getting paid hourly! At the time I was driving an old '82 GMC Cabover, the only one like it in the fleet with a sleeper, and because I was lucky enough to fall under the wing of the oldest driver there, and talking 💩 to the head mechanic there in Dallas, and because I had the longest run, with the most miles, and the longest hours, I got pretty much whatever I wanted, which was two brand new captain's seats, extra running lights, new chrome tips on the mudflaps, and aluminum wheels all around! Mostly, because I fell in favor of the transportation superintendent after I hired on, and because I was still pretty young, all I had to do was mention something, and he would tell me to run over to the shop, and "get 'er done!" So I guess you could say that I was Holland's (my boss's spoilt wild child), but anyway the rest of the week, I'd run down to Brownwood, Texas 3 times a week, and the rest of the time I'd do stores in East Texas, but before that, I owned my own '84 Peterbilt 379, with a 90" in. sleeper, and a 600 hp Cat engine that I hauled everything from steel, to heavy equipment all over the country, then before I got my '84 Pete, I drove for a company that hauled mostly office supplies from Dallas to Saltlake City, Utah, unload half of it, and then take the rest down to San Jose', California, and then once we (because I was driving with another driver), we would run over to Green Giant, pick up a load of Green Giant, and take it back to Dallas! Before that,when I first got into really running longhaul, I was fresh out of high school, and my dad helped me buy a brand new '74 Peterbilt 370, with an extended hood, a 650 hp Cat, with what they called a Super 10 speed, which was basically just like a 13 speed, only after you went through the 10 gears, you shifted 3 more times! Now that was my show truck, it was what I called a midnight blue, with a 120" in. flattop custom sleeper, with a queensuze bed, a kitchenette, and an oversized refrigerator, and a convection oven! I had pulled unto, I think it was a Petro, or it might have been a" 76 Truckstop", with a D-9 Excavator, in a beand new 53'ft. reefer, with the boom, and the bucket on it! The elbow of the boom fit right up under the ThermoKing unit, and there was only an inch clearance between the tracks, and the walls on either side! I was told by the auction facility that it would fit, and after taking several measurements, we loaded that big monster up, and it had a foot of clearance at the back! Anyway, they were having a truck show there at the truckstop, and someone mentioned that as beautiful as my truck was, that I should enter the show, so I did, and I wind up getting 2nd place in "Best New Show", which awarded me a tear of free oil changes, and a $1000, and a year's worth of coupons that I could use in the restaurant, or in the truck shop! Well once I had won that 2nd place, I decided that it needed more lights, and chrome on it, and because I was from the Northside of Ft. Worth, (Tx.), and I went to school with a bunch of mexican, and hispanic people, two of my friends had opened up their own paint & body shop, and so I had them paint a huge mural on the back of the sleeper! It was like a western theme, with a big mountain scene to the right, that flowed down into like a valley, and at the bottom of the mountain, there was like a big clump of boulders, with cowboys huddled down in the middle of them, and they were shooting at a bunch of bandits that was riding around them, and shooting back! Then down off to the lower left, there was an old log cabin 🏡, with a mountain stream running down beside the cabin 🏡, and then there was a herd of wild horses running down below that, that stretched around both sides of the sleeper, and they even painted a herd of wild horses 🐎🐎🐎 running on either side of the hood! Then up in the top left hand corner, I had a huge full blue moon painted, whuch actually glowed in the dark, because my cb handle was "The Blue Diamond!" Well I then started following the show circuit around the country, which started in Dallas, and then went west, and then up across the northern states, up to New York, and then down the eastcoast, and finishing up back in Dallas a year later! Well after I had had the mural painted on the back, and all the extra chicken 🐔 lights, and chrome that I had put on it, it started winning 1st place "Best of Show's' and other awards, and trophy's! 🏆🏅💰 💸 Well after a few years of that, and hauling everything that you could get in a 53' ft. reefer, or a flatbed, or a stepdeck, or a lowboy dropdeck, I met a girl, and got married, and then over the years, after I got my '84 Pete, we stated having a family of 6 girls total, my wife fell ill, and so I decided to sell my '84 Pete, and come in off the road, so I could be home more often, and that's when I went to work for Kroger, but then a year later, after the girls were just getting into their teens, and filling out, like their mother 🙄, their mother passed away, leaving me to be both a Dad, and a Mom to 6 beautiful growing girls!.. 🙄 Anyway that was when I decided to come in from driving! Gaye (my late wife), and I were together for 25 years, and were married for 21 of those years, and they were the happiest 25 years of my life! Anyway, I like your channel, you've got some good content, and I wish you the the best! I gathered you're a mommy, and a wife, probably to a trucker as well, but if you don't mind a little advice from a broken down old retired truck driver 🚛, don't ever take your marriage for granted, because you never know your other half could be gone in a blink of an eye, so don't hesitate to tell each other "Hey, I love you!" Every day, because you never know when it might just be the last time you get to say it! So be careful out there,and stay safe! Your's truly, Gramps!...🫠💖👍

I love how everyone is telling you how to do your job. But I have watched you do it successfully for years OWNING your truck. If it's not broke don't mess with it. Keep doing you because something is right.

You did a wonderful job, filling the hopper full of asphalt.

Tell bobby happy fathers day take care❤

Look at all the keyboard jockeys criticizing. Love the channel. Subbing to help your channel!

Nothing says "A Quality Paving Company That Does Great Work" like paving in the rain 😂

Junuary in the PNW. We were driving Green Valley Road in Auburn Saturday afternoon and got caught in the worst downpour I have ever seen since moving to the South Puget Sound area 30+ years ago. Half inch hail mixed into the deluge of water. The only thing missing was a tornado.

Good to see you working again! Love paving jobs; pays by the hour, not much road mileage, here it's a 4 hour minimum to show up, and you are forever waiting either at the hot plant or on the job site. Easy money! 😉

Odd most asphalt trucks use air or hydralic operated tarp cover to retain the heat in the load now a days

I do stuff like that all the time those smaller machines are better in tight places or if you have to move around a lot doing patch work. And as fare as the mix on the ground they just get it out from under the tires/tracks and just drive over the rest. And pushing you with a small machine is really no different than a big paver you just have to find the right brake preasure. You might want to think about an asphalt apron if you plan on doing a lot of paving, you'll spill less mix working with the smaller pavers and it gives you a little wiggle room with the big pavers in case your foot slips or something.

From Mr Thomas Schmutter From Tom’s Gardening Solutions thank you for having me for the, first time, and also, this is a great opportunity to learn about trucking.

I do paving an almost 18 years an we never paved in any rainy days an always should be tarps..this Crew seems to be hackers just looking for money an out..I'm loving your channel and content beautiful one.. keep moving forward...

I had one paving job where they were doing some really awkward corners in a parking lot and instead of dumping a little bit of asphalt into the paver. They would have us dump it on the ground and then they would scoop it up with a skid steer and load it into the paver that way they could keep us rolling and getting loads.

For someone that has been driving since 1982! just left a county hwy job to work for a small asphalt comp! When I fly in Sept I will have BD hoodie on and wave to you and your family!

Haven't seen you in a long time good to see you lady hope you been doing good 👍

Many years ago, the 1990's I almost did this kind of a driving job as a temp, but that morning I was there at the business in their office waiting, the rest of the crew decided to not do the job that day. So it is interesting watching your job there on your video. Thanks...

I’m a chick truck driver too. About a month ago, I was in my semi with my end dump connected and another truck driver hit me head on at 65 miles an hour. My truck burned to the ground within 18 minutes. It closed down the 93 in both directions for over 8 1/2 hours because the man that hit me passed away in the fire. Had another truck driver not got me out of my truck when he did. I would’ve suffered the same fate. It happened on that deadly two lane highway right outside of Wickenburg Arizona referred to as blood Alley. Watching your videos makes me smile. I miss my truck so much and I’m trying to recover from my injuries. We bought a new truck, but it still doesn’t seem like it’s ours. for those of you bitching about her not tarping her load. Well for one she has asphalt and that stuff is not going anywhere. It’s also hot as hell. That stuff isn’t moving. I’m pretty sure she knows what she’s doing. I don’t tarp my loads and I’m even coming from Phoenix to Vegas. I haul quarter minus gravel that is wet almost every single time. And my trailer was super tight and didn’t drop anything and no dust blew out because the gravel was wet. So there situations when you don’t need to really.