Potatoes
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Lostmykey, Apr 16, 2020.
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will be loaded light in front then heavy in center then light in rear. Total mess when you get empty. But it won't shift.
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Hopefully you'll have a lift platform to dump those spuds then it's off to the wash out joint.
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Interesting. Is this common practice for potatoes?
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Yes.
I used to haul out of Canada and the Dakotas to potato chip and frozen potato product companies in MN and they all had lift dumps for bulk potatoes.
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Yep seen that a few times, still amazes me.
But always make sure empty your pee container, had a driver tell me that he left his big gulp cup on the floor with pee in it and he had to replace his mattress. Don't know if it is true it is amazing what you do forget to secure in the cab.Rideandrepair, D.Tibbitt and Dennixx Thank this. -
I never cared for the one that tips the truck.Rideandrepair Thanks this.
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Driving COE back in the day you had learn fast...lol
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I’m pretty sure the truck wasn’t supposed to be on it!
RIP all the things inside the cab.
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We used to put down a small layer of hardwood sawdust on the reefer floor first. Shipper would load them with a conveyor, start in the nose and work their way back. NY to FL, seed potatoes, once there the receiver would usually unload them with a bobcat. Yes, there was mess that needed to be swept out before you could reload.
Some places will tilt the whole rig up, while others would have you drop the trailer and just tilt that up.
Load shifting, no, they rode pretty good....Rideandrepair, Lostmykey and D.Tibbitt Thank this.
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