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Salt Haulers! Pls Help

Discussion in 'Tanker, Bulk and Dump Trucking Forum' started by Chevyho, Sep 19, 2015.

  1. Sep 19, 2015 #1
    Chevyho

    Chevyho Medium Load Member

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    My company has an opportunity to haul coarse road salt. We have 35' tridem aluminum end dumps, I am curious as to what the salt weighs per cubic yard because I want to be sure we can fit enough to max out our 31 ton payload capability. Also we use mesh tarps, which work fine for sand but Ivr never hauled salt. Any information is greatly appreciated.
     
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  3. Sep 19, 2015 #2
    str8t10

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    My company hauls it too! We have tri axles with 1 drop axle to make a total of 4. Good to 117k gross so my rig can take almost 40 ton. Anyways bulk road salt weighs about 1 ton per cubic yard. We use canvas tarps to keep it dry but I think mesh will be fine in dry conditions. Hope this helps
     
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  4. Sep 19, 2015 #3
    Chevyho

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    How much payload can you actually get in your trailer? And what are your dimensions? We are 35' long, 8' wide and 5' high sides.
     
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  5. Sep 19, 2015 #4
    mountaingote

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    Salt doesn't pay very good.
     
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  7. Sep 19, 2015 #5
    Chevyho

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    Its a tender so ill put what its worth to me. I know what rate was the past 2 years and rates were decent. Im in canada.
     
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  8. Sep 19, 2015 #6
    Cat sdp

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    You can fit 31 tons in that trailer no problem....
     
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  9. Sep 19, 2015 #7
    str8t10

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    Our trailers are 40ft x 8.5 wide X 6 inside height. I don't know what the yardage is on the salt but we max out our permits. Also I'm a company driver so I get paid by the load so it's always different depending on where it's going
    I don't know what the boss is making
     
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  10. Sep 19, 2015 #8
    str8t10

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    It does when certain areas get a lot of inclement weather and our shop is 20 miles from a huge salt mine. When they're running low and need it there asap the price goes up. I know this because we make one run that's about 150 miles. Company drivers get 50 cpm. When they call and they're out we usually make 100 to 125 for the same run. The boss is generous enough to pass some of the extra profits along to us.
     
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