I bought one of their trucks in 1994 when they traded some in. It was a '89 T600 flattop with a 350 Cummins and a 9 spd. Gave $27,500 for it and run it for 2 years and the only thing I did to it was a alternator, batteries, tires and brakes. Made me a lot of money.
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Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by wheathauler, May 31, 2009.
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Wheat harvest is basically over here. Didn't do to bad hauling wise but the outside trucks about wiped out the wheat in elevators. We usually haul wheat during summer to empty the elevators for fall harvest. It looks like that's already been done for us.
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Ive done basically the same, but also did king pins and it needs new spring pins and bushings, also had to replace one injector so far, they seem to have been fairly well maintained. What ever happened to that truck you had?Big John Thanks this.
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Dairyman, do you ever have DDG set up on you so bad it doesn't want to come out, no matter how long you work at it? I loaded a load out of Atchison monday night, to deliver to the Texas panhandle today and, no joke, ended up paying a mexican $25 to shovel it out. I've got to hand it to that guy, he worked his tail off all the way till the end. Best money I ever spent!
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Was that enough to pay for his fare back to the Mexican border?
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Dang, glad you haul that stuff not me. It would have been worth it to me too, I'm getting to old to shovel out trailers.
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DDG when loaded hot will set up like bubble gum in your trailer. We hauled a short load, maybe 300 miles in 93* weather with high humidity. They loaded us "hot" meaning it just came off the line, and it took three hours and 8 guys to get 23K off the front. They kicked us off the pit to go "shake it" a bit for the back 27K. Didn't help one bit. They had augers, air hoses, you name it. 7 hours to unload that load.
Next time you haul it, ask if they are loading it hot or not. It really makes a difference.
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BHW, you still flatbedding? I think that's what you went to.
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Yup, he's lovin it.
So far so good.
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Thanks for the info! I'm pretty green yet when it comes to ddg!bullhaulerswife Thanks this.
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