Hopper, Dump O/O's & Drivers

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

  1. brianv31

    brianv31 Light Load Member

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    ...and I was right. Corn on corn acres today were weighing like this. Saw a hair better on corn after beans.

    Started raining here from Isaac about 2 hours ago.
     
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    Anybody hauled 12-40 fertlizer in hopper? I know some of that stuff is hard on hoppers didn't know if that particular fertlizer was.
     
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    I have hauled a couple loads of it. I didnt have any problems with it. About like MAP or DAP I think.
     
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    WH,you take that load of 12-40?
     
  5. wheathauler

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    No, couldn't find a backhaul for it. Thought I could bounce on it but after checking mileage it was further than the board said.
     
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    That seems to be happening more and more nowadays:banghead:
     
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    wheathauler Trucker

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    Hauling wheat this week until they shut me off at noon today. Guess find something else...maybe feedlot but finding backhaul out of sw kansas right now is tough.
     
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    Hauling wheat myself. Hauled one load, line was too long, back to the shop, switch trucks, hauled rock the rest of the day. Tomorrow supposed to load wheat at 8, screw that, showing up at 6 or so, drop that off 4 miles away, reload, back to the shop, back to the house, sleep, back to the shop, jump in the truck with my bud, head south with wheat, north soybeans, back to the house for sleep again. Awful lot of sleeping on the job in hoppers.
     
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    Why didn't anyone tell me how much fun having your eyeballs coated with wheat dust is? I'd have jumped into this much sooner.
     
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    Try getting milo dust in your eyes it feels even better. May go to feedlots this week...loads have been getting harder to find around here. Diesel seems stuck at 3.99 here.