Hopper DDG problem

my boss was jsut pissed and told me to give him his truck back because I was not happy when I informed him of the dangerous activity of climbing in that trailer to poke at the ddg . slid down that thing into hole several time s. When empty that ddg makes the metal like greased ice . Can not believe the insurance companies where we unload allow drivers to climb up in ther e. Osha would #### a brick if they knew . but then mostly coops so they probably do not have to comply with rules others do .

 

wish i had that option . I would gladly use an end dump if boss bought one . that is my preferred trailer . just started this hopper stuff. I plan to figure out a way to do this . It has to be done and there has to be a good way to make it easier . Boss may swing for onwe of the electric vibrating " jack hammers " .

 

Okay so what I did today is an experiment . Firs toff I have a very light weight aluminum ladder about 7 feet long . I put it in my bows . Once I get that hole knocked out I will drop it down to the grate and climb down to a level that I can break away that packed stuff at bottom without risking my life hanging from a bow with one hand and poking with a broom stick . I also boughta big scraper from harbor freight tools for this . should be very helpful in breaking the rest loose .
Secondly I took some 3/8 " rope . tied a quick release hook on one end to snap aroung the bow . tied a lawn mower blade on other end to hang down to the trap door . Rand the rope thropugh a piece og PVC pipe that I cut in 3 pieces and glued fittings on to unscrew them as needed . so my plan is for breaking open that first hole . Pull up on rope banging it into packed stuff . As the hole gets higher I will remove a section of the pipe . I think this is a good one but will not know until I test it this week .
I tried to make a blower with some 1/2 " pvc . Hooked iot to the glad hand line . Not enough air to blow away product to poke pipe down into it . ( tried it on a load of eura . )
also i only hauled 80K last time . usually 83 to 85 K . Yea I know ..... illegal load ... anyway although I think I got a dry load from the shed I dumped it on ground and brake checked it right out in under an hour . So I am going to try another 80K load to see if that is a factor . Less weight + less packing ? We will see next week .

 

so the ropes with things attached to them made the hole open up very quickly . Then the scraper I bought from harbor freight made things even easier . Washing the trailer out before loading made it even better . Was taking at least two people 4 hours to get this out and now I do it by myself in about 2 . How ever the ddg I have been getting has been very dry so I do not know what is going to happen when I go get the wet stuff again . Going to try some spray on carnuba wax . they have some made with teflon but I have to order that . Cant find any around here.
Dry load I have now has been on my truck for 3 days . We will see how long this takes to dump.