Potatoes

Hauling loose potatoes isn't a problem, it's the mess they leave after they're unloaded that's the problem.

 

Thanks for the update. I rode in the truck at a wood-chip dump. Once. That was enough.

 

I have hauled hundreds and hundreds of loads of bulk potatoes... And I've never had them shift, even when ive had to stand on the brakes because of a car loosing control infront of me.

I really love hauling bulk potatoes, they are very stable and have a low center of gravity.

I will say this... Make sure you have the fuel and DEF completely full on both the truck and the reefer when you get loaded. Then ALWAYS go to the first CAT scale you can find after loading, NEVER trust the scale at a potatoes warehouse. But places that load alot of those loads are generally really good at loading them correctly for axle weights. The place I haul most of those loads for can load me right up to 79,900 gross and ive never had a problem with being to heavy, either on an axle group or gross.

 

I'm surprised they let you stay in the truck. The pulp mill I used to haul wood chips too made us detach, while the electric burn plant tilted the whole rig, without you in it though...

I was always skeptical about the weight factor too, but they always got it within the 80k with no overage, can't say the same about loading other commodities though...

 

It was early in the morning before most of the mill crew were there. The drivers were responsible for running the hoist and dumping their trucks.
I went first while my buddy ran the dump. Then he went up while I ran the hoist. LOL...both of us agreed that once was enough.
And yeah, if we'd been caught we probably would have been banned from the plant.

 

LOL, yeah, I could see me wanting to try that back in the day too. at least once anyway..

 

Did you at least get a small bag for the house? How about some free potato chips? I’ve hauled them from Florida to Detroit, Uncle Rays,Free chips. From what they tell Me, Florida potatoes are very similar to Michigan potatos. Almost every summer they run out of Michigan potatos, and buy from Florida. Can be a hot stinky mess in the unloading dock.

 

Just like wood chips.


But sometimes it goes wrong... very, very wrong.

 

That looks brutal.
It's been a few decades but I don't recall spuds having to dump at such an extreme angle.
Once they get to rolling off it was a pretty quick process.