Hey folks, I'm recently out of school and I think I have a good chance of getting on with a company that will put me in belly dumps and end dumps. I understand they also do pneumatics and some tanker hauling but the newbies like me they put on the dumps for at least 6 months. I've watched belly dumps in videos and locally and they look like a piece of cake but having never driven one I am wondering if there's more than meets the eye there. The end dumps look a bit more touchy as apparently they can fall over when the bed is extended. I'm just wondering what else I should be prepared for. Thanks.
wet ground will cause any dirt truck to get stuck. LOL. just make sure to dump your pup FIRST before dumping the main. if your pulling doubles. end dumps are easy. just make sure the ground is level. nad there's no power lines above you. and you use the trailer brake when dumping. you want the truck moving backwards when raising the bed. not the trailer going forwards. i always watched the drivers mirror for any tilt as the bed lifts off the frame. that tells me level ground or not. if the left side front corner lifts up first. means the ground is tilted to the left. same with the right corner. might be opposite. been a few years since i end dumped.
Read it again. Wet ground turns to mud that can cause the truck to get stuck. Hence the push stinger on the back of the trailer.
OP both of these `ol boys are 2,000% right. Your truck is gonna get stuck, like it or not. however 9/10 there will be an easy solution to your problem. Mostly it's a dozer with a cable hook coming to your rescue, but occasionally it's you, with a shovel, digging a path to dry ground on in the middle of a field trying to get to your dump spot. This will make you a more experienced driver. While it is a HUGE PITA, it will make you a comparatively, super trucker in the best meaning possible. You're gonna know so much about soft ground and how to avoid/deal with it- it's gonna look like it was your job. Oh wait, because it is gonna be your job. EDIT- OH! and here's a really handy tip that will save you from getting stuck atleast once, lock those diff's and axles (if you can do both) and maintain RPM regardless of how fast you're going, although I've had good successes with varrying the rpm 100-200 just by massaging the accelerator. Stops the truck from building a mound of dirt to get stuck in behind the drives. Won't always stop it, but will make it somewhat more manageable. Making sure you're gently turning the wheel side to side (2-3 inches from left to right) will reduce the amount of effort necessary to pile through a mud mound as a well. But, at some point or another, regardless of what you do there's a 100% chance you're gonna get stuck at some point or another. It's not fun, but it's a job. I deal with it on a, thank God, only weekly basis when I run open top rear end dump. I get stuck EVERY week in the pit at my local landfill. Then I have to get a dozer to yank me out, and usually pull me up a hill back onto "stable" ground which is really just code for a mud path lined with heavy gravel. It's a job. But god #### does it pay good.
Thanks, I'm hoping this job comes through, I'm looking forward to it. I hope to hear something by Monday, I'm ready to get to it.
You'll get stuck a lot, but you'll be home a lot too lol. Good experience haulin dirt for the #### places you go to. I learned a lot from my dirt hauling days that have saved my butt a few times out on the big streets!!
