any tips to help keep class 5 from freezing to the sides of your trailer in sub freezing temps?
hauling class-5 in sub freezing temps
Discussion in 'Tanker, Bulk and Dump Trucking Forum' started by Ezrider_48501, Dec 1, 2013.
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Oxidizers? In a belly dump? You wanna fill me in with a few more details?
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belly dump, class-5 gravel, (road base) its a mix of sand and crush rock
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When hauling end dumps of HazMat soil in freezing temps, some guys sprayed diesel along the floors and walls. I personally sprayed Antifreeze and never had a load stick. Prior to that, I can't express enough how I felt with 24 tons of dirt up in the air that wouldn't budge
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It doesn't get real cold here, but when it does freeze and I have to haul something with a lot of moisture I use antifreeze too. I save my old antifreeze in a drum any time I replace it. When I need it in the winter I use a pump up sprayer to spray the sides and floor of my end dump.
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iv been experimenting a bit with some different oils to spray in the trailer so far iv tryed diesel, motor oil, linseed oil, and wd-40 all sprayed out of a hand pump off sprayer and it seems anything is better than nothing, but swinging a 20lb sledge to get the rest of your load to come out is not fun. the linseed oil lasted a couple loads as well as motor oil, but neither of them sprayed very well (too think) linseed oil was 20 bucks a gallon motor oil about 14. wd-40 was around 20 a gallon as well. Diesel being the cheapest at $4 a gallon. the wd and Diesel don't last long. nothing i have tryed so far guarantees a clean dump in single degree temps. but about anything is easier to get it all out than if you have nothing sprayed in your trailer. iv been hauling around 8 loads a day can get to be a lot of swinging a sledge.
ill add antifreeze to my list of things to try. any other suggestionsbaha Thanks this. -
When I hauled end dump in Chicago I bought a bag of calcium chloride chips, the stuff you put on you sidewalk to melt snow. Not rock salt. I diluted it in water jugs the previous night and just refilled my spray bottle throughout the day. The colder it got the more I sprayed. Sometimes after each load. We couldn't do oil or diesel because when we dumped dirt at the pit they had a hand held sniffer device that smelled any chemicals. If it went off the load was rejected and you had to take it back to the load site. Other than that I have seen guys put plastic liners in belly dumps that work great but cost some bucks.
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You'd probably have to strain it though to remove any food particles.
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