New local radio chatter

[SmileySixguns]

A concrete company about 15 miles away from me must’ve just started using CBs, because I’m monitoring the airwaves pretty regularly and have never heard them before. But 2 days ago, I was driving in the vicinity of their place and the guy came on the air asking for a radio check. I replied and we started chatting briefly and he was mostly interested in how clearly I could hear him. The next day I was heading towards their vicinity again, except this time I could hear him talking to the trucks. It’s a concrete place and they were confirming how much was being loaded into each truck. I thought that was pretty cool that they were using them.

 

[Trucker700]

A lot of rock quarries use CB radio to communicate with drivers entering and leaving their facilities. Plus, loaders use them as well. Insurance companies and safety regulations don't allow drivers to get outside their truck during loading. ( there are exceptions for breakdowns)
I have hauled sand and gravel to concrete plants and used the CB to talk to the equipment operators to find out where they want their products. None of those places will be on channel 19. In fact the quarries I loaded at have signs up with channel information for scales and loaders.
James
WD5GWY

 

[slowmover]

To add to it, there’ll be places where entrance & load/unload isn’t on-air, but the drivers will be jockeying around using CB. “Scale Entrance on leaving, same direction as when entering?”, sort of thing.

“Wake up, Palomino, they’re pulling everyone in!”

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