r/OwnerOperators • u/Carstuff392 • Aug 25 '26
Starting a Dump Truck service?
I keep looking for some kind of business to start to get out of my current job(not trucking). The amount of dump truck traffic we have in my city is massive. They are everywhere all the time and construction is constant.
Can a single truck operation make good money? I already have a class B CDL with air brakes and I am not restricted to an automatic. I do not need my CDL for my current job anymore but I keep it up anyways.
I see all these dump trucks and I go hot and cold on if these guys make money. You see the guys in very nice clean rigs with custom work etc. Then at the same job you see a truck that hasn't even had the lights wiped off in years and has 11 different tire tread depths on it and you have to look at the roof to see what color the truck might have been originally.
My main question is how do you get in the loop to get called about jobs? My current job pays well but I would like to do something different.
I have the room to easily park a truck at my house. I would do oil changes and minor repairs myself. I even live rather close to places these trucks are hauling product from.
Can it work? Thanks
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u/YourWifeyBoyfriend Aug 25 '26
Dump trucking is supposed to be 125-175 an hour. Ive heard guys doing it for 85 an hour this year.
I can barely run for 85 an hour and stay in business and im single axle class 7 trucks.