Where do you stand. You have to stand where you have room to get out of the way if the driver make's a mistake. I know you all know this, but I had a lessor in my area hit the pump I was backing him into about 9 month's ago and when he hit the hopper, the shoot hit it so hard the shoot shot to the side and swung over my head luckily I say it coming and ducked. Next issue the lessor's, most of them buy used truck's that are in such bad shape they shouldn't be on the road. Next issue the lease driver's themsevles [not the California guy's] thier driving skills and thier imagration statice could be questioned so be careful when you back one in.

 One thing I forgot to mention, can the company that hire's the lessor be held responsible for damage, injury, or death. I guess only a jury could determine that, but maybe they had better think about that before they hire them.

Yes they are.  They are CDL drivers they should know better.  Thats why they are not given any slack if they happen to speed or run a stop sign.  And if a driver hits my pump, he's paying to fix it.  The backsplash is not cheap, and it better be in good shape.  I take pride in my pump, and if one dents that he better run real dam fast because and hope he only has to pay for the backsplash and not a beating from me.

that's ok,wait till they take your hopper off

yes i been hit too  vibrator ripped right off not cheap

Here we have Front discharge mixers, I have had a couple scare me coming in to fast,I will say this again if you guys would put your vibrator on the under side of your grate it want get hit, or if you must keep it on the top side build you a steel cover for it, if you ever put one under the grate you will never change it again.

Today I was just spraying the epoxy bonding agent for a pour and another pumper was pumping with a boom.  The boom operator was at the pour.  The contractor had one of there guys backing up the R/M trucks.  Durring my wait I noticed this exact topic.  I explained to the tender that he needed to expect the worst and pay attention.  Not all drivers graduated with a+'s.  When I back them up I have the shoot unlocked and to the side until there in position then Ill swing it over and lock it.  This keeps me in site of the driver and the shoot away from my hopper.  I do want to see if the redimix plant will buy me another one.

That's the safest way. The day I almost got taken out we all noticed that when the mixer stop about 50' away he throttled up the truck to spin the drum, then with the mixer throttled up tried to back up. That was the first warning. When he got closer I grabbed the shoot with it unlocked and backed him in, not hearing a backup alarm which for a lessor isn't unusual, but did hear him set the brake. I released the shoot, heard him set the brake,rev the motor up again, and guess what he didn't have it out of reverse. That's when I saw the shoot hit the hopper, and coming for my head. If your ready mix company's use lessor's take extra care for your safety.