Hopper, Dump O/O's & Drivers

Now you know your grandfather is laughing at you (if he was a dairyman too).

 

yep,and he used to walk 5 miles to school uphill both ways

 

ddg is still one of the best priced feed ingredients in our neck of the woods compared to beanmeal,wheathauler.(ddg $115-$130/ton,beanmeal $350-$410/ton) ddg is 28 or 29% protein,beanmeal 48% so the farmer can feed 2lb of ddg instead of 1lb of beanmeal and get 8 to 10 free units of protein,plus with ddg you get more bypass protein,so i think we are going to see a steady demand for ddg. 40% of my winter loads are ddg. most of the smaller independent feed mills i haul for use it to cheapen up the ration. local rates are $20 to $22/ton on 90 to 150 mile runs. i don't know what OTR runs are,though. ddg and soyhulls are my bread & butter in the winter.i can usually get corn or bean loads from local farmers within 60 deadhead miles from me and be loaded both ways.do you have a lot of feed lots in your part of kansas?

 

computer went down,i don't know what happened to it i do haul a lot of ddg,but i am in central ky. so i'm purty close to the whiskey,bourbon distillarys so thats where i haul most of my loads out of,there is one ethanol plant in pembroke,ky. 180 miles due west from me .i have 66 inch sides,but i don't need the highside for whiskey and bourbon ddg cause i'm so heavy empty anyway. i can't axle out but about 24ton so until i lighten up truck and get newer trailer,thats where i'm at. now with the ethanol plant ddg i can only get 22.5ton if i walk it in but i probably only haul 10-12 loads/year out of there.i get most of my ddg loads from distillarys 90 miles or closer.

 

If I get to Ft Dodge,Ia Sunday will all this snow crap be over with?
You know how us southern boys are We just don't like the stuff at all.
And Merry Christmas to all of you
rag