Hopper, Dump O/O's & Drivers

I agree with RickG. In Kansas they have portables and they use them. Also some elevators won't load more than 80,000 gross because of the liability.

However saying that, I have friends who do load their trucks up. I have to admit I do sometimes especially hauling out of the fields during harvest. A farmer does not want a extra inch of space in the trailer to be empty. Constantly telling them to not put such much on.

 

Cargill ,at bean plant and wheat plant in Wichita, will only take trucks no heavier than 85,500. As pullingtrucker said they can get upset at any elevator if you're over 90,000.

 

M.Enterprises

Do you operate Hoppers. I was thinking you do.

 

Well Cargill only lets you load 85,500 so I guess they figure you should be at that figure. I know of one truck that had to argue a while but finally got unloaded. He was hauling for farmer so it was tough to get weight right.

I was just thinking Pharm have you had a load rejected yet? That's always fun too.

 

Not to many rejects but enough to remember. In my case they either send you back with the load or find somewhere else to take it. If no one will take it sometimes have to bring it back where you loaded.

The one I remember most was when rat droppings were in the grain. Man they rejected that in a flash. I only had to take it back 30 or so miles. Some I've gone to two or three places before unloading. I usually get paid good because it's the elevators fault. The elevator gets really mad when you bring one back, because it usually means something wrong with their grain.

Recently a driver I was hauling with had one hopper accepted and the other rejected. He had to take back the half load to the elevator. Too much wheat in beans. This was at a bean plant so they are really tough.

I'm not sure what insurance you're talking about. Cargo Insurance? That won't help you on rejected grain. At least I don't think it will, I thought that was only good if wrecked trailer and grain came out. I suppose it might if you didn't tarp and grain got ruined. Maybe some other O/O knows for sure.