How much does somebody make, and is it hard to find a job running equipment. I have 15 years experience running loaders.
loader operator
- Thread starter 14longshot
- Start date
just a loader?
reason I ask is casue if all you know is a loader, your gonna prob. be in a line for a quarry job or something along those lines. If your good with a Dozer, Excavator etc. etc. then you prob. would find a job pretty quick making 20+/hr I would think..
reason I ask is casue if all you know is a loader, your gonna prob. be in a line for a quarry job or something along those lines. If your good with a Dozer, Excavator etc. etc. then you prob. would find a job pretty quick making 20+/hr I would think..
dirt loader ? log loader ? loader as in bob cat ? or as in 980 ?
S
SNOW JW
Well-known member
Same 980 Cat???
Depends if you can do it all large and small loaders, dozers, CDL, shovel at times and like to do so then 20+hr is about on par with your years of experience.
Guys that only do one thing like a pit or something I'm sure you can get 20 but your very limmited on were you can look.
Depends if you can do it all large and small loaders, dozers, CDL, shovel at times and like to do so then 20+hr is about on par with your years of experience.
Guys that only do one thing like a pit or something I'm sure you can get 20 but your very limmited on were you can look.
Wages for equipment operating vary wildly from state to state. A 980 operator in the Midwest may only pull in $10 to $14/hr. Moving west to a state with strong union representation such as Nevada or California, a prevailing wage 980 operator will pull in somewhere between $24 and $28/hr plus approximately a $7/hr benefit package. If you can get established with a union contractor and actually work instead of simply "logging time" you can make a pretty decent living in the right area.
No but operators I really want to come back I pay well. Starting pay is generally $28.25 but if the person show's some motivation and promise I bump em right up to full scale
nice..wish I lived up there..but as a single father am bound to anchorage...
Kids always come first! I hired a guy from SW as a mechanic, it's hard to find good help and the union is always short on qualified personel.
MMk if you say so, my full scale 10 yard plus bacon guys are only $37.
I'd like to know who supposedly pays $45 for operators up here!
B
buck50
ACCOUNT CLOSED
mag, what size loaders you running up there? i used to run 988 on a mobile crushing unit all over western and northern canada!!!!!!! that was a few years ago, but i only made $14/hr, so $35 sounds pretty friggin good to me!!!!!!!!!!
MMk if you say so, my full scale 10 yard plus bacon guys are only $37.
I'd like to know who supposedly pays $45 for operators up here!
950's thru 980's I wanna buy some 72's and 88's this winter.
Crushin is where the money's at!!!!
B
buck50
ACCOUNT CLOSED
it was fun too!!!!! my one foreman locked out the fourth gear on my loader though, said i was going too fast and was gonna get hurt, plus the other guy couldn't run it that fast. so we just had to move the crusher more often!!!!! i worked on a double crusher for several years!!!!!!!!!!
I'll be damned I used to love feeding the crusher, just hit cruise and let her fly. My crushers now only run 500 tons per hr, can't get the material thru fast enough!!
B
buck50
ACCOUNT CLOSED
gotta get the big double cones with a double screen deck!!!! it was awesome when runnign, but maintenance was a b!tch!!!! and changing screens REALLY sucked!!!! but it kept us hoping in the loader alright!!!!! you ever go over the edge of a 100 ft pile with the loader, on purpose!!!!!!!!!!!! now THAT'S a rush, and scary as all hell the first time!!!!!!!!!!!
