After picking up a load, we roll out of the rock pit.

Rock Pits & Dump Trucks

Images from the world of dump trucks and loaders in the working world

Some of our best shoots happen on the fly. Recently while covering a bridge building project I asked the dump truck driver if I could hitch a ride to the quarry and get some loading photos.

“Sure,” he said, “hop in.”

The loader operator uses the full capacity of the 980's bucket

Truck driver Jeremy Williams was on the radio with the loader operator before we reached the pit. A variety of rock sizes were available. A less expensive quarry run (unsized) rock was the choice for the driveway base we working on.

A bucket load of rock hits the truck for transport to the job site

After taking on a load, we headed up the ramp out of the pit for the scales. I was surprised to learn that the quarry office was unmanned. Operations were being watched via live video feed at another location.

Once off the scales, Williams jumped out of the truck to grab his paperwork off of the printer in the small job shack on the way out of the gate.

Click here to see the full set of hi res images: Rock and Road Photos