Dry bulk O/O

I have never hauled dry bulk or any bulk for that matter. I'm looking at hauling for a small company pulling their trailer under my authority and would like to know if there is any thing I need to be aware of. According to them I will not need a blower because trucks with out blowers are only sent to unload at sites with blowers already. My truck is fairly heavy so I know I will lose a little revenue with that but is there anything else I should be asking or on the look out for? Thanks for any info.

 

I've been looking for something that will allow me to stay closer to home due to my wife's health issues, so I have been looking and talking to alot of people about different things. When I lived in Az. I knew some that ran to the mines might be something you might want to look in to.

 

By the sounds of things they do have alot of places they send there O/O's to so the O/O doesn't have to go thru the expense of installing a blower. They haul cement and ash

 

Yes it will be local/regional could be home every night if I chose or could look at doing three loads every 2 days so out one night than back home the next. No need to move its a smaller company in the west. I don't really want to install a blower but would if need be, I took the PTO off this truck due to weight and not using it and really don't want to add anything unless I know it will make me more money in the long run. They pay by weight so I know I will lose a little with the heavier truck but once I get some things figured out and see how some of the runs go I can always save alot of weight just by running 1/4 tanks plus I can always look at removing sleeper and making a day cab. I am in a good position financially(truck paid for and few bills) so if I lose a few dollars a load because of a few pounds than so be it.
I will go and have a face to face with some of the big wigs next week when I get back from the load I have booked for a Monday del in Oklahoma.
Thanks for all the feed back guys.

 

Tell me about the home thing. I had a good contract in Az., home every night, good costumers that paid well and on time ..... until the housing bubble busted Had to start back with the OTR thing and stay close to home now (usually a 1000 miles or less) but not as close as I would like. I left the empty PTO tank on just in case, plus I its a nice polished tank and the truck just wouldn't look right with that spot being empty LOL

 

How about height issues? My stacks are 13'6" and I know that when I was talking to a different outfit about hauling fuel that would have been a issue with some of the loading racks, so does anyone think that might be a problem or are dry bulk racks generally taller?