to all end dump haulers...

So far I haven't had anything stick and I hope I don't. I have washed it out to get some red dust from the rock out so it didn't contaminate my next load. The trailer interior is hydrophobic which I really like.

 

Receivers or shippers usually have water hoses to do that with?

 

I emptied out in mobile and ran up to Elmore to load one heading south around west palm beach, I kept my eye out for you @NightWind, I might be up this way again around Thursday, maybe we'll catch you then.

 

Not all but not unheard of. The first time l did it l wasn't sure how it was going to work. I had visions of me getting blown over lol.

 

Hey guys long time no talk hope all have a great weekend

 

A lot of the places I load and unload have hoses they'll let you use if you ask.

 

Whew what a week is ALL I can say. @Trashtrucker1707 I was on local (in town) runs but was in Elmore several times. I'll be in there Monday about 6:30 AM central time unless my dispatch gets changed.

 

Keep an eye on trailer and keep hand on pto lever so if anything looks funny or you feel it in your butt you can immediately try to lower just be aware of the weight will sometime force unit down very fast be prepared to stop it with pto, i learned this the hard way, i way driving a tri axle my truck had a tight seal between gate and bed and i was hauling basically wet mud, (water main broke at hospital) i got loaded went to our company dumpsite, backed up to edge of strip pit (pond) that we was filling in. Flipped gate switch started pto and started raising bed, not once did i look in mirror to see if load started pouring out, was getting a sandwich out of lunch box, then all of a sudden i was looking at the sky, thank God there was another pile between me and edge of pond or i would have flipped straight back into the water. I load was so soft it had put pressure against gate and did not allow the air relase lock to move so gate never unlocked. I jumped down out of truck and my floats were almost 6 feet in the air. I felt horrible thought i woukd loose my job, i got back in my old Mack an everytime i tried to pul forward the farther in air i seemed to go, so i finally locked diveders, stuck it in reverse and dumped clutch, truck bucked a few times but it backed under enough to transfer the weight an wham here came the loaded bed back down and truck came down on ground, i was able to catch load with the hydralics before slamming down on frame. Had to change my underwear lol. Then got hammer out and beat lock linkage loose to pop gate open.
Moral to story , always pay attention, look for load to start spilling out when you release gate (if possible) and keep hand on pto, be ready to lower bed or trailer if anything doesn't seem/feel right.
You will start to just feel things in the seat of your pants, don't assume dump site is solid.

Also watch out for the wind it can play he_ _ on frameless dump trailers and other trucks too.

 

Sorry

Meant to say keep hand on the the up down lever not the PTO engagement lever.