Hopper, Dump O/O's & Drivers

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

  1. PharmPhail

    PharmPhail Road Train Member

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    $2.65 near Dayton, OH this evening. :biggrin_2554:
     
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  3. wheathauler

    wheathauler Trucker

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    Thanks guys. I think diesel will eventually come down. Until then not going to waste diesel on crappy loads.
     
  4. dino6960

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    well, sitting here in birmingham,yards dead lolget assigned my trailer and the rest of my stuff monday,had to replace the air bags under the sleeper,there went 200 bucks between labor and parts,but all is good,looking forward to monday ,and yes rob i broke down drove into town and went to wallyworld and got me a cheap $29 dolla inverter for the lap top 150wats seems to do the job,grabed some goof off so when it gets alittle later ill clean the glue off the doors from the old stickers and if anyone has any suggestiond besides w-d 40 that will clean that nasty glue off im all ears unless this goofoff dos the trick lol but its something to do,but it was $3.49 at the wally world cheap so ill give it a shot ok gona check out some more here on the forum:biggrin_25525:
     
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  5. 7mouths2feed

    7mouths2feed "Family Man"

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    brake parts cleaner will take the glue off.. spray it on your cloth, not on the truck ... this will keep it from running and causing streaks if you don't wipe it up.
     
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  6. coadman

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    wheathauler..fuel was $2.59 in our area of SC Kansas last week. My son hasn't hauled any grain for a couple of weeks, as movement was slow, plus we were putting new tires on front of truck, new shocks, and had an alignment. Drives pretty nice now! :) I should be picking corn on my farm within the next 7-10 days, so I will keep my son busy hauling my own grain for a couple of weeks. Is Corn harvest getting close in the Hutchison area?
    Jim
     
  7. wheathauler

    wheathauler Trucker

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    The dryland corn is turning brown. Irrigated corn is a ways off yet. Some milo I've seen hasn't even headed out yet. A three axle alignment really helps along with the other things you did.

    Let us know how your harvest went. I'm curious what the corn is going to yield.
     
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  8. wheathauler

    wheathauler Trucker

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    5mouths

    You always have interesting answers to questions. Can't get my KW hood to open easily, tried greasing the stops on the fenders, keep zerks greased...still harder than h to open at times. Really bad since had hood taken off for repairs.

    Actually anyone can throw in their advice. Short of taking it to KW for alignment not sure what to do.
     
  9. dino6960

    dino6960 YOUDAMAN

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    hey wheat ,mines stiff to but opens ok but it was lack of grease,actuly it tokk several greaseings to get it to work right,opening and closeing repeatedly:biggrin_25524:
     
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  10. kajidono

    kajidono Road Train Member

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    Mine will only open if you pull up from the passenger side rear fender. It's actually easier that way so I don't mind. Funny to watch the mechanics struggle with it though.
     
  11. Pawnd

    Pawnd Medium Load Member

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    Let's see 3 decent running KW's and the hoods are hard to open? ? ? mine? A kid could open, it's the easiest big truck hood I've had to open or close. Hope it's not an omen.:biggrin_25513:
     
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