Hopper, Dump O/O's & Drivers

5mouths2feed,got that cottonseed unloaded yet? wheathauler,didnt think you'd be too excited about that long of a trip. Owensboro is already starting to get 2 lines backed up to 3rd street,but at least we are gettin rolling,hope weather stays good this week for yall.

 

I've looked at Cornhuskers, and I wanted to like them, but they just seem to be more cheaply put together than Wilsons and Timptes. Like the rivets they use look like a smaller diameter than others. Maybe if you keep them on the highway they'd hold up ok, but I don't think they hold their resale like a Wilson or Timpte. I've looked into singles too, but my thought is that if I blow one during harvest out in Timbuctu, and can't get a tire truck out for a few hours, it would waste in a few hours being down everything they saved in weight for a year. Probably going to look into aluminum sub frame and kingpin plate when the time comes to get another one.

Saw plenty of people shelling corn today, heard a few people are going to get into beans tomorrow. Hope we can get a few days of nice weather to make some forward progress. Darn sure can't load a semi in the field yet, will have to be very careful with getting too close to the edges of the gravel roads.

Got home and in the mail was a notice that I got chosen for a random drug test this month. Lovely, why couldn't they have picked me last month when I was sitting around so much?? I shouldn't complain, I can't remember when I got drawn last, at least a couple years.

 

Would any of you be aware of any companies in the western PA / eastern OH region, thant haul hoppers ? Also, which are the feed / grain elevator companies in this area, if any ? Thanks.

 

170 a mile one way for a field haul? sounds pretty cheap to me especially if it is a short one with nothing back I try to average about that for ALL miles when I can especially during harvest not bad but sure nothing to drive across three states for

me I waited 7 1/2 hours to unload last night at prairie pride (between ft.scott KS and Nevada MO) great unloading setup but they broke a main conveyor yesterday afternoon and didnt get running until 2 am I was there at midnight and I left at 7:30 this morning there was such a line but my scale time was less than 5 minutes (the pit is right in the middle of the scale, unload both hoppers at the same time) so thats a pretty good Idea how many trucks there were. I got to sleep a little off and on so a little sleepy today hope the line tonigh wont be so bad

be safe, be profitable, and give em hell this will be a busy week

 

sorry bout the (170 mile,one way,field haul )reply to wheathauler,meant 170 miles one way,not 1.70 per mile, did not mean to insult anybody ,especially wheathauler, probably be a good idea to proof read my reply 1st before i click on (post reply), i bet you folks do think i'm stupid to ask someone to drive that far for feild loads!! i will stop the sarcasm since i'm new at this. again no offence meant to wheathauler or farmermatt. great forcast thru mon. our corn is still 25%,some folks around here are saying they have some corn sprouting on the ear,maybe nov. will be as dry as oct. was wet. be carefull

 

I've had to do that in a dump truck before. 130 mile trip between the quarry and the paving machine. Not fun. Well, easy for us but then the guys on the ground were all grouchy.

 

What are their hours normally? Most of the places I go to usually shut down at 7, or possibly 9 when everyone is in corn. I think ADM at Quincy stays open till 11 during bean harvest, but we don't go there too much. Both ADM and Cargill at Beardstown got full of wet corn this morning and couldn't take any after lunch. And that was with many people cutting beans today. I'm afraid that's a glimpse of the way its going to be the rest of harvest.

I wouldn't worry about it, always nice to hear how things are in another area.