Anhydrous Ammonia

The propane guys around me say they suck..... And usually find something else to do for the summer..

 

I had a guy tell me he averaged about $2.50 a running mile pulling a company trailer. Don't know if that included carrier fees or anything else for that matter.

 

Around here anhydrous is highly seasonal as it is needed in the early spring and fall. One fellow told me 2.30 gross all miles running for a local company. This was probably three years ago. The advantage to nh3 is that there are ag exemptions allowing the guys pulling bottles to work basically as many hours as they can stand while in season. They do other tanker work in the summer and usually liquid 32% as well as propane in the winter.

 

It can kill you real quick. A crappy way to die.

 

$2.30 a couple of years ago means less than that this year..

 

Almost killed myself with anhydrous 35 years ago. I was returning a empty field wagon of it to pick up a new one to bring back to the field.
Looked in my rear view mirror and saw the nozzle dragging on the ground so stopped and jumped out of the truck to secure it.

Ran up on the wagon and went to the ground like I had been tackled by the whole team.

I crawled away from the wagon and was able to get my breath back after a minute.

Rushed back in holding my breath and was able to turn the valve off that got knocked open from dragging and secure the hose.

When I took that breath of that little bit of anhydrous that was lingering in the air, it was like someone hit me in the chest with a railroad tie.