Dump truck frequencies

[mike619]

I was wondering what frequencies would be good to monitor to listen to dump trucks talking to each other on a construction site if they are seperate companies?

 

[hill]

The only radios I could think of is CB.

 

[Whiskey3JMC]

The only radios I could think of CB.

Not in all cases. Consult the database first, if no info listed for the construction company of interest, search the FCC for licensee. If no company-specific license can be determined then they could be leasing radios from an area radio shop. Be familiar with your area radio shop systems (most these days utilize DMR or NXDN). Lastly don't forget common and itinerant business frequencies. Many different possibilities for construction crews (that is if you can confirm they're indeed using LMR radios)

 

[RaleighGuy]

From my experience on construction sites, most dump trucks do not have the ability to talk to other company trucks, except as @hill mentioned by CB. Coordination is usually by voice commands and hand/horn signals. It is rare when even the job site supervisor is able to talk to trucks on a radio.

 

[mike619]

Could they be on FRS as well?

 

[Whiskey3JMC]

Could they be on FRS as well?

Wouldn't hurt to check. Re-iterating my closing sentence in post #3 there's no typical usage scenerio so be sure to cover all your bases

 

[mike619]

Thanks for all of the help.

 

[techsender]

Around here they use CB - usually the site puts up a sign telling what channel to use - I first noticed this at a site that had a large "CB Channel 2" sign up at the entrance. Since then I found another local site that was using channel 4. That one was interesting as the loader operators were giving instructions to the trucks as to where to go and the approximate amount put in the truck.

 

[KK4JUG]

The OP said dump trucks from separate companies so the most logical would be CB, if they talk to each other at all.

 

[GMB951]

most dump trucks here are going (DMR) and landfills also

 

[jwt873]

A few years back, they did some major work on a highway near me up here in Canada. What I did was note which company was doing the work. It was written on their trucks. I looked the company up in the Canadian TAFL database and found they had several analog VHF frequencies licensed to them.

By scanning these, I found the truck frequencies and I also managed to locate the flagmen who were directing traffic where one lane was serving traffic going in two directions.

If there is a similar FCC lookup showing frequencies by company, you might try there..

 

[dave3825]

I was wondering what frequencies would be good to monitor to listen to dump trucks talking to each other on a construction site if they are seperate companies?

Since you have a 396 that does close call, you could always go near one of those sites and see what you get, as long as they are not using dmr or nxdn.