Concrete Truck Decals for Mixers, Pumps and Pickups

Concrete truck decals belong where the surface is flat and close to the cab: the driver's door of a mixer, the cab of a pump truck and the doors of the foreman's pickup. The drum itself is a different problem, because it is curved, ribbed and rinsed after every pour. Our decals come in 12, 18 and 24 inch widths, which suits a cab door and is not a drum-sized graphic.

Where concrete truck stickers go, and where they do not

A ready-mix truck has a few kinds of surface. The cab door is smooth, close to eye level and the easiest place for lettering. The drum is the large, tempting canvas, but a curved, spiral-ribbed surface does not let a flat decal lie down. Our install guide notes that ribbed or riveted trailer sides may keep a decal from lying flat, and a drum is a harder shape still. Test a small spot first, and look at the cab door before the drum.

The same logic applies to a pump truck. Its cab and any flat panel near it will take a decal. The boom and its hardware will not.

Choosing a concrete truck logo

The Stacked Slab Trowel Logo is $120 per door. The name sits in stacked charcoal capitals, one word per line, above an orange trowel-shaped bar. Your name is fitted to that stack and you see a proof before anything prints.

A stacked layout is a good match for a squarer space such as a cab door, since a long single-line name would shrink to fit the width. It suits names of two or three short words, as in "Solid Ground Concrete." A longer name will make a taller stack, so check the proof for how tall it gets. For a mixer logo that must read at the curb, choose heavy letters over decoration.

Cement dust, splatter and contrast

Concrete trucks collect a gray film. A Silver sticker fades into it, while black lettering on White or white lettering on Black or Blue stays clear. The charcoal capitals in the Stacked Slab logo read well on a white cab, and the orange bar stays visible when the rest is dusty. On a dark gray cab, the charcoal letters lose contrast, so use the plain rectangle, not the contour cut.

The contour cut costs $10 more per door and shapes the vinyl to the outline of the logo, with no box around it. It is a good idea for a white or yellow cab, where only the stack and the trowel need to show. Our cut letters versus rectangular decals guide gives the longer comparison.

Washing a decal on a mixer

Mixer trucks are rinsed off all day. Our install notes ask for gentle washing, without abrasive cleaners or scrubbing, and say a strong pressure washer jet aimed straight at a decal edge can lift a corner. Hose the cab door at an angle, let dried splatter soften, and wipe it off with a soft cloth instead of chipping it with a tool.

A sample cab door and a simpler option

Made-up details for a cab door:

• Acme Concrete
• Ready-Mix and Flatwork
• (555) 010-0121

The Business Name + Phone Number decal is $24.99 per decal and covers that when the logo is more than the truck needs. If a heavier truck might need a USDOT number, whether it does depends on weight and use, and the who needs a USDOT number guide explains the tests. The Custom USDOT Logo is $26 per decal for name, city, USDOT and MC together. Costs add up across a fleet, so see our truck lettering cost guide.

Neighboring trades have their own pages: construction trucks and paving trucks.