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   bill_burns | Oct 10, 2001 02:12am | #1

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   most residential guys in my area won't take it hot.
   some commercial will.
   I won't take it if it shows up rolling, simply because of the traffic in my area. no telling how long it has been in the tub spinning. could be ten minutes or 45 or more!

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   Gabe_Martel | Oct 10, 2001 03:19am | #2

   *Bill, that's a joke....right?Hot loads are rejects from commercial accounts that get re-routed to residential projects would be a little bit more to the point.Any knowledgeable reputable contractor, commercial or residential, WILL turn back hot loads if they were to show up at a site. Now this statement is accurate.Gabe

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   r__ignacki | Oct 10, 2001 03:42am | #3

   *Now why would a supplier dispatch concrete that's already been refused to another customer, lucky that the recipe or quantity is the same or close? It's already been sent down the road once.

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   Johnnie_Browne | Oct 10, 2001 03:47am | #4

   *American concrete institute bldg code. 90 minutes from ticket time

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   Just_Another_Guy | Oct 10, 2001 04:46am | #5

   *Ummm... OK I'm just the dumb homeowner, but, In the spring I was pricing concrete for a shed pad, small job, needed 1.5 yards. To buy the concrete was gonna cost me something like $500 for the pad (Don't remember exactly) I was going to set up all the forms ahead and do all the work. The price was high for me but no matter what I did i couldn't beat the $500 tag. Then I called one yard and the guy quotes the same as everywhere else, and then says he's got scrap loads coming back from a neighbourhood being built near me, and Would I take a scrap pour (Left-overs from forming up a couple of foundations) The guy ended up quoting me $75 - just the delivery fee, the concrete was free - trick was the best delivery time he could gie was between 4 and 6 o'clock on a Friday afternoon, and I better be ready to pour the second the truck showed up.For a shed pad I didn't think it would make any difference. I never ended up getting the concrete. My shed was put off till spring when the chimney fell off and the roof started leaking, but thats another story.

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   Johnnie_Browne | Oct 11, 2001 01:39am | #6

   *For concrete orders under five yards most companies will charge a delievery fee of $100 also any order less than two yards will be a two yard minimum price. they have to pay for fuel etc. so around here concrete sells for $70 a yard, one yard would be $140 plus delievery fee plus tax ($240 + 10% tax)$264 but if I order five yards and pour a new patio $350 +35 tax + $385. 120 dollars more for the patio too. So when ordering concrete figure the minimum prices in your size calculation. Concrete co will not tie up a truck for two hours just for $70 load

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   Don_Papenburg | Oct 11, 2001 04:01am | #7

   *Jonnie , You are gittin screwed by the ready mix boys . You can't charge tax on the delivery fee, only on product.

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   Johnnie_Browne | Oct 11, 2001 04:07am | #8

   *you are right doing this off top of head. my point was for orders over five yard no delierey fee, now every company is different. this is just in my area.

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   r__ignacki | Oct 13, 2001 02:13am | #9

   *O.K. anyone accept a hot load?

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   r__ignacki | Oct 13, 2001 02:13am | #10

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   Any one refuse a "hot " load? Particularly interested if there is an industry standard , a maximum time allowed for the delivery.