Hopper, Dump O/O's & Drivers

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  1. Sep 6, 2009 #1281
    Big John

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    I wouldn't haul lime for nobody. It's cheap and you usually from what I have seen it includes manual labor with a shovel. I seen one truck that raised his dump and the left side fell and the right side didn't and over he went and another that didn't slide at all and they had to shovel some of it.

    Local guy out bid a some others on a lime haul then tried to get everyone to help him but they refused. First load he went to dump in a field and layed his trailer over and totaled it.
     
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  3. Sep 6, 2009 #1282
    wheathauler

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    I've known some guys who haul rock in hoppers. It was hard on doors and the flooring. I don't haul rock in mine...I think it is just too hard on the trailer. I'm pretty sure it would void a warranty on any trailer.
     
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  4. Sep 6, 2009 #1283
    wheathauler

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    Big John do you have one of those slick liners in your dump? I never had one when I dumped but would make sense to me.
     
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  5. Sep 6, 2009 #1284
    wheathauler

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    I would think end dump or a live bottom trailer. If it is anything like wet DDG that would be what I would use.

    I would agree with that.

    You must have smart hopper drivers there.
     
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  7. Sep 6, 2009 #1285
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  8. Sep 6, 2009 #1286
    Big John

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    No, we haul alot of scrap steel, aluminum and stainless so I don't think that would be good on one.
     
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  9. Sep 6, 2009 #1287
    wheathauler

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    Yes, I believe it would be very hard on one. Never thought about hauling that in a diump. That is one nice thing about a dump...can haul about anything. How long is your dump?
     
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  10. Sep 6, 2009 #1288
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  11. Sep 6, 2009 #1289
    Big John

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    40'

    I have hauled everything from scrap, sand, rock, old bread, tile, corn, pellets, baseball infield dirt, clay, melted aluminum that are the shapes of hockey pucks, etc... I can haul alot of different things and unload faster, I like it.
     
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  12. Sep 6, 2009 #1290
    wheathauler

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    I figured you had a longer dump trailer. Most of the local dumps aren't that long. Seems like most of the OTR dumps are 39' or longer. Shouldn't have trouble with the bridge as your truck is fairly long too. Quite a few of local dumps have spread axle also.
     
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