Hopper, Dump O/O's & Drivers

i was reading post on stress test wheathauler,my wfe took my mom the other day to get one done ,nottt! fun. doc told us, if it taste good don't eat it, dad said he was going to practice on his treadmill before he goes next time. the doc said he had never heard of someone practicing for stress test. the things we do for deepfry,salt&butter! anyway, hope your tests turn out ok, better get some sleep,them ol' cows wont milk themselves in the morning, be carefull.

 

clear and 44 this morning,need a good east wind for 2 days,may be able to shell tue. but will have to have 2 good breezy days. hope we dont get an early heavy snow,farmers in western ky. bout 30% done with corn 50% done with beans. nobody needs trucks, its going to be a rat race when it does clear off though,rates are 15 to 25 cents for 100 to 150 mile runs if you can find anybody harvesting.

 

Diesel is 2.89 here. It was 2.69 for a long time, even though I saw it at other places in IL for 2.55 a month ago, they didn't drop it, but wait till the price goes up, they don't waste any time raising it!

If I was to guess how much of the crop has been harvested around here, I would probably say around 50% of the beans and 10-15% of the corn. Its hard to say though, just a wild guess. I know trucking wise, I've only hauled between 5-10% of what I normally do during harvest.

 

2.89 in ill... thats high! bought 168 gal. in mo. 1st week of sept.just east of st.louis for 2.429. i guess they must have misplaced a couple billion gallons somewhere in the gulf. getten closer to winter so they have a good ex. to raise it back up. my ol b model just gets 4.9 to 5.7 so i better keep her close to home. weatherman says sunny thru sat... hope you all get a good week of weather.be safe

 

In route to Rock Rapids, IA. Another blasted load of cotton seed.
Unfortunately thats all there was out of N-FL S-GA but I'm going to be running in the midwest primarily so I should do well, just the load out stinks.

About half of the corn is cut in MO, and IA but theres plenty of beans in the field along with lots of water. Been real nice here. I expected to wake up to a fridged cab (Sweet Springs, MO)since I didn't idle but it was very pleasant. When a FL boy can walk outside on NOV 1 in MO with a short sleeve T-shirt it must be a mild day.

 

It's a trick to lull you into a sense of security. You lower your guard on a nice sunny day and it's 70 degrees out, then you wake up a meat popsicle. Welcome to Missouri.

 

how many tons of cottenseed can you get on, 5mouths2feed? we used to feed that stuff , didn't flow out of feed bin,had to feed it with bobcat loader and store it on concrete floor.