Hopper, Dump O/O's & Drivers

Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by wheathauler, May 31, 2009.

  1. Big John

    Big John Road Train Member

    2,022
    1,521
    Oct 7, 2006
    Oklahoma
    0
    So a guy really needs a trailer with 78" sides and 102 wide?
     
  2. Truckers Report Jobs

    Trucking Jobs in 30 seconds

    Every month 400 people find a job with the help of TruckersReport.

  3. wheathauler

    wheathauler Trucker

    2,031
    584
    Mar 10, 2009
    Hutch, Kansas
    0
    Well, depends on what you haul. 900 bushels of beans puts me a little over 80,000...Which is legal. If you haul wheat midds, soybean meal or other bulky stuff 78 by 102 would be good.

    Only trouble with bigger trailer is the weight. Have friend who has pete with big trailer weighs around 29,000 which is heavy for grain.
     
  4. Big John

    Big John Road Train Member

    2,022
    1,521
    Oct 7, 2006
    Oklahoma
    0
    If I do the hopper gig I will be doing both feed ingredints and grain, not to happy about the mids haul because it will be coming out of Wichita and when I did it before they would usally be wet and a pain in the but to load. Also with a 78" sided trailer I don't think you could get a full load on just depends on heavy it's running. I use to haul mids with a 42' long, 102" wide and It was the real tall hoppers maybe 86" sides and we could put a full load on plus some and then their was times when I would have to shake it real good.
     
  5. Big John

    Big John Road Train Member

    2,022
    1,521
    Oct 7, 2006
    Oklahoma
    0
    Thats what I am looking at with my big ole truck depending on the trailer he finds. He did say something about a Cornhusker to get my weight down but I hope not. I hope he goes with a Timpte or Wilson like his other trailers.
     
  6. wheathauler

    wheathauler Trucker

    2,031
    584
    Mar 10, 2009
    Hutch, Kansas
    0
    Seems like they're all going to Cornhusker with super singles around here. Mainly to save weight.
     
  7. Big John

    Big John Road Train Member

    2,022
    1,521
    Oct 7, 2006
    Oklahoma
    0
    You have any Nitrogen plants in Kansas where you can load fertilizer?

    We have one owned by Koch just outside of town and alot of ferilizer comes out their and both the Port of Catoosa and Port 33 outside of Tulsa ship a bunch of it.
     
  8. wheathauler

    wheathauler Trucker

    2,031
    584
    Mar 10, 2009
    Hutch, Kansas
    0
    ADM has a fertlizer storage unit here. Think they rail it up and then truck it. It's a pretty big storage area. They haul fertlizer to western kansas from here. Used to have to go to port now they truck it out of here.
     
    Big John Thanks this.
  9. Big John

    Big John Road Train Member

    2,022
    1,521
    Oct 7, 2006
    Oklahoma
    0
    You haul fertilizer out west and haul wheat back to Hutch?
     
  10. wheathauler

    wheathauler Trucker

    2,031
    584
    Mar 10, 2009
    Hutch, Kansas
    0
    If you can get the fertlizer going out, should be able get wheat back this time of year. Other times maybe not.
     
  11. M.Enterprises

    M.Enterprises Medium Load Member

    442
    38
    Mar 27, 2009
    0
    I hope Eclipse isn't missing the boat. That is where my truck will be here shortly. Rates keep on slippin...
     
  • Truckers Report Jobs

    Trucking Jobs in 30 seconds

    Every month 400 people find a job with the help of TruckersReport.