Hopper, Dump O/O's & Drivers

I've hauled through Lamar, CO once - and yeah it gets warm down there. From the terrain I thought I was in Kansas already!

 

HwyPilot.
I picked up a straw hat the next day, and they fiddled with the truck's A/C (didn't do a lot of good, though). I finally decided that I could start the trailer unloading before taking the paperwork to the office, which overlooks the loading area (which probably saved me from a worse fate... the operator saw me slump over). Once I became comfortable with this tractor/trailer and its unloading habits, I'm comfortable setting the levers and waiting in the well air conditioned office for a few minutes. I can sit behind the operator and watch my hose twitch. Got through a couple days working like that, and was perfectly fine by the end of the day (12 hours or so during a pour).

Now, if I'd been hauling something like pebble lime, I'd still feel a need to stay by the trailer, and would probably rig a tarp shade or something.
Might be marketable, a folding shade/awning that'll deploy over the line-air valve area. Be good in the rain, too.

 

I dont know if my pictures will show up mainly because i dont know how to use the url deal

 

Hey Hey it worked

 

I know what you mean, WH, its amazing how quickly you can go from not having much to do, to having so much to do you can't take care of everyone fast enough. Glad to hear you're busy too, keep cool while your at it....

 

We're between pours right now, and I was afraid I'd be stuck with makework around the plant when we found that the construction crew was short a few dump trucks. Whew... I hooked up to our end dump and did that all day (hauling rock for the road shoulder). My A/C ain't any great shakes, even after being recharged, but it sure beat bangin' around in the sun.