Dry Bulk Trucking Operators

Man... I hope to never get involved with that stuff. Power to those that do. Give me a nice lethal pipe load.

 

Yeah, I love bulk, but I'm the kind of guy that likes to find that point where the pressures balance and just let it do it's thing. "Temperature" is for warming my hands on the main air line in the winter, lol.

 

I'd bet a new Vacuum is well over $100K. Most blowers are mounted on the tractor as they turn at a pretty fast rate. Some older trailers were set up with pony engines and a blower but you don't see them too often.

Resins and light granular products use a 1600 cu ft [4 hoppers] while heavier stuff [sand, cement, limestone] would go in a 900 cu ft [3 hoppers] and Canadians can use huge 2800 cu ft trailers....

Average rail car of plastic is around 189,000# and a 1600 cu ft. trailer takes 4 loads to empty the car. Canadians do it in two loads!