Trucks And Crews

MeridianNE

If you are running with more than 2 crews how many trucks do you use. Does anyone use one truck per crew? or do you deliver supplies first day let painters report to the job site after the first day? New to to forum. from NYC thanks...

Joewho

Depends what your specific circumstances are.

If you really want to drop supplies the day before, including ladders, then do that to each site.

You could keep everything at the shop or home garage and have a crew leader stop in to pick up everything, the morning of the job.

I would pull a helper into the shop and let him organize and load up a truck for each job. Sweep the shop, clean brushes, feed him etc. etc.

Next morning, someone from each crew stop in and get the truck for their job.
Don't know your particular circumstances.

I personally don't like to stock a site the night before.

Next day things like "well where is it"? and "it was here last night" and "what happened to" and "that's how it was when i got here" are phrases sure to come up.

farrellpainting

I would think that enclosed trailers would be the ticket!

This way you only need one company vehicle: less gas, maintenence, insurance, retail cost, chance of a wreck etc., than running 3-4 cargo's.

Tow them from site to site, and have the foreman OTJ report to you what is needed in advance.You can do all of the business run arounds/towing yourself in one truck.If an emergency comes up and your far away, call in the order and have the foreman send a newbie to go get it.

Does anyone do this?

Mud Master

Yes. Sort of.

I have 3 enclosed trailers and I always have two on site, more so because our sites are usually 80,000sf or more.

My material is all delivered by my supplier, and anything that needs to be brought from the shop(Saws,Drills,Generators,etc..) are put in the trailer(s) and are taken to the site. From there they get loaded up at night into either my superintendents van, or my foremans truck and are brought back the same day.

At the end of the job, what does not need to be hauled off to another job goes back in the trailer and is taken back to the shop. However, being on the same site for 3-5 months at a time, we do have to switch things around alot.

If there are instances where we are short or need something, someone does run and pick it up, but it is not always the helper, pretty much because my business vehicle insurance says no one can drive the company vans or trucks if they are under 25. My one helper is 19, the other is 22. So unless it is a serious emergancy, my super calls me and I will either go to the shop and get it, or go buy it and take it to them.

The way I see it, in the field and during production, my employees make more money for me than I make money for me..so it's more cost efficient for me to go 30 minutes out of the way than for my $38.00/hour Super to go 30 minutes outta his way.

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