Hopper, Dump O/O's & Drivers

Yep, got a load from Cornelia, GA to Portsmouth VA for $39/ton.

This place was worse than the Griffin place I was at... built in the 1950's downtown for 40' trailers on cabovers. This time they DID back it in for me. Took them 14 minutes and 18 pullups too. I'm a ton and a half light. No way going back for more. Lady in the scalehouse said "they never do"

 

Depends on which man your talking about. I figure a waterproof contract can't make anyone MORE dishonest. Its always about who you are dealing with.

(Scratches head) Seems like the worse the economy gets, the more you hear about dishonest people. I mean, back when things were booming the realtors and appraisors and banks all had a funny relationship with the consumer, but ultimately it was the buyer that was screwing themselves over. Now, you have people actually breaking the law and using fraud to make money. It has always been around, but it just really takes a low person to screw OO's the way they get screwed today. With rates as low as they have ever been when sized up against business costs and cost of living, who can afford to lose money on a string of loads?

 

Trying to pictire this too. Photo's please!

 

I mount lights on our trailers inside the top of the landing gear facing backwards, angled out slightly. Main reason is for hauling out of fields with tight gates or culverts, to see if you're making the turn ok, or if the trailer wheels are about to wipe out a post or drop into a ditch. They will also light up the hoppers while you are dumping. Before we had trailers with ABS, I powered them with the center pin on the trailer cord and used a switch in the cab, worked beautifully. On the last couple trailers, I mounted a switch on the front wall of the trailer under the ladder, but you obviously have to stop and get out to use it. Haven't had very good luck with those switches, they seem to corrode apart after one winter. The right way to do it would be to run another power cord off the truck, but seems like a lot of trouble for something that you don't use very often.