Hopper, Dump O/O's & Drivers

rhock,
sounds to me like something that could work. I've been trying to haul ddg's in a hopper and it has sucked big time.. Summer is not good for ddg flowing out.. i'm convinced I need a belt trailer if ddg's are all I can haul in the Summer. I'd like to find a deal on a belt and have that for an alternative even if it's heavier and I lose some net weight. I'm getting too old to beat on the knock rails this hard to move ddg's out. Anyone have experience with the newer style MT Fast vibrator ?
Jim

 

Trinity belt trailers are pretty lightweight, depending on the truck you can usually get 24 to 25 ton on and still be legal. As far as getting ddg out of a hopper, put your hammer away, lol. Get a pole about 12 feet or so long and punch a hole in the DDG from the top and knock it down with the pole, it's much easier that way. One you have a hole from top to bottom and one wall to the other, just do a little brake check and WHUMP, it all come sliding off the slopes at once, lol.

 

Ddg is almost all I haul everyday currently, so I've figured out a few ways to work smarter instead of harder, lol.

 

how come you have scrolling ads under your reply? am not complaining, i just want to know how to put it under my replies.... thank you

 

Excuse mine ignorance, but .....What is DGD? DDG? MGD?....or whatever it is you guys are talking about? thnakyouuuu

 

DDG = Dried Distillers grain... A feed by product as a result of ethanol production, at least in these parts...

 

I was behind a guy at a mill about a month or so ago... It was a nice warm Monday afternoon after a semi-humid weekend. He had a tri hopper that had been loaded the previous Friday afternoon with distillers.... It was rough, even with numerous brake checks the back hopper was not interested in breaking free. Hammers,air vibrators and a pole from above.. Felt bad for the older guy he was sweating like crazy..

 

I have no idea about the banner, I don't see it, lol. And that's just a bad idea to load ddg that long before your unload time. Its kinda like loading cement in the mixer truck on Friday to pour a sidewalk on Monday, Hahahaha. But yeah, I learned the hard way with ddg and I do feel bad for the guy when I see that happen, I usually bring my pole over and help.

 

rhock,
yep, that was the method that did finally work. had a load for KC, and enroute was changed to TX.. but by the time I got there with a tire problem, those DDG were set up pretty solid.. customer took half the load and after the struggle to get the first hopper off, declined the rest. but a cattle feed lot took it and had the experience and skills to unload it quickly.. like you said, a 3/4 black pipe , sledge hammer and bust a hole thru it, pick away until the middle is opened up, then some brake check forth and back and a travel trip around the pot holes of the yard, and it came out. still , it's a struggle .. I'm hauling frac sand this week.. had some long lines with disorganized disaster 1st shift , but 2nd shift came to the rescue and got the lines moving. seems to be a lot of activity in the sand area this past few weeks. I could use a good month. All of us could , <G>

Jim

 

btw,
anyone here using belt trailers ?
thanks
Jim