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One potato, two potatoes...

Discussion in 'May Trucking' started by Scooter Jones, Apr 29, 2012.

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  1. Apr 29, 2012 #1
    Scooter Jones

    Scooter Jones Road Train Member

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    Get ready, this is a fairly new account hauling raw potatoes out of WA. You just back up to the conveyor and they start piling them in! :)

    When I was out there getting loaded I saw many drivers who were either loaded with too much, or, too little and had to come back around again after scaling.

    Click here for a photo I snapped of my trailer being loaded:
    http://www.thetruckersreport.com/truckingindustryforum/album.php?albumid=2805
     
    Scooter Jones, Apr 29, 2012
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    rookietrucker Thanks this.
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  3. Apr 29, 2012 #2
    dollarmtn

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    Are the sides of those trailers sturdy enough to withstand prolonged hauling of bulk product as heavy as potatoes?
     
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  4. Apr 29, 2012 #3
    Joker85

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    Hmmmm should be fun getting unloaded.
     
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  5. Apr 29, 2012 #4
    pjw044

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    Ever been to Wauna for a paper load?
    They will unload your trailer the same way they unload
    chip trailers----lift it up and dump the load...
     
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  7. Apr 29, 2012 #5
    Scooter Jones

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    I was told we get $75 driver unload pay on the potatoes...they hand you a shovel :)
     
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  8. Apr 29, 2012 #6
    Scooter Jones

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    Then you have to create separate piles of the potatoes, one pile for McDonald's fries, one for Burger King, so on and so forth.
     
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  9. Apr 29, 2012 #7
    Joker85

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    Ha ha very funny
     
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  10. Apr 29, 2012 #8
    windsmith

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    What's next, microwave trailers so they're delivered baked?
     
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  11. Apr 29, 2012 #9
    01cblue

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    I'd rather unload potatoes with a shovel rather than drag those stupid trees to the back of the trailer.
     
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  12. Apr 29, 2012 #10
    slim shady

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    Like this? There used to be a Jays potatoe chips right of 90/94 in chicago and they unloaded that way

    [ame]http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4YWAmDRnNY[/ame]
     
    slim shady, Apr 29, 2012
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