Hopper, Dump O/O's & Drivers

Well somebody had a bad day that really puts my bad day in the right perspective lol

 

Actually it doesn't seem to be that overloaded. I see them at the Co-op around here all the time mounded way up in the center and it would run over the side if the tarp weren't on. I realize the rear hopper dumped out, but the front doesn't look super full. My guess would be corrosion and heavy loads took its toll over time and it finally gave.

 

I'd be willing to wager it was a farmer that pulled his hand brake on and stopped too fast with it,or forgot to release it and took off. I constantly see them use their hand brakes in line at harvest,and saw one farmer drop a drive-shaft when he took off after forgetting to release his hand brake. I've never understood why they do this,but a bunch of 'em do it,and it makes me scringe every time i see the trailers bounce and stretch the air bags. Probably was just metal fatigue and overweight,but i thought about all the times i've seen them useing the hand brake and thought i'd mentionm it. Reckon it's possible? Bad day either way.

 

I agree WH, they are sharp,lot slicker than the outfits around here too.

How many tons do you guys normally run thru in a good day in good corn,kwforage?

 

Thanks guys. Not all of our trucks are in my sig pic there but they are all mid 90's with a mil or so on the clock. 3406 in every one of them. We try to keep them in the best shape possible, but it's not easy with the pounding they take. I've got a busy winter ahead of me trying to get my "winter maintanence" list done on all my trucks. It's a long one.

The chopper on the right is the biggest one Deere makes. Has a 19L Cummins in it. It will do about 300 ton/hour in decent corn with good moisture.

 

300 T/hr! That would only take you 5 hrs. to harvest ALL of my son's crop for the year,i always was curious how much corn the custom harvestors ran thru in a good day.I knew it had to be a lot,but had no idea it was that much,amazing! Are the 2 trailers both dumps,or are they walking floors? I'm guessing ya'll chop a lot of alfalfa too,right? Do you have the deep reduction trannys in most of your trucks?