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Tanker Hatch Lid Lubrication, what do you use?

Discussion in 'Tanker, Bulk and Dump Trucking Forum' started by Frank Speak, Sep 22, 2018.

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  1. Sep 22, 2018 #1
    Frank Speak

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    What lube do you guys use on your hatch lids? My first load almost every day is fly ash and the place where I pick it up dumps almost as my on the trailer as they do in it.

    They have a wash rack to drive thru, but it’s an exercise in futility and that crap gets caked on.

    Every couple of days or so I have to climb up there with a hammer and lightly tap the hinges to knock off the cakes of dried fly ash.

    I lube the nylon hinges with 5th wheel grease, but it doesn’t last very long.
     
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  3. Sep 22, 2018 #2
    REO6205

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    That got me thinking. I don't remember ever lubing the latches. A wire brush and a chipping hammer got used occasionally though.
     
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  4. Sep 22, 2018 #3
    Oldironfan

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    I would like to use fly ash to make concrete.
    I think it could be used for Roman concrete.?
     
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  5. Sep 22, 2018 #4
    Hulld

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    I wonder how fluid film would work on it?
     
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  7. Sep 23, 2018 #5
    rbrtwbstr

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    Don't bother with lube. It just attracts the dirt. At best, a squirt of WD-40 to help open and close them, but only when they become tough to open.

    The best solution I've found is to remove the latches occasionally and take a wire wheel to them. Get the crud off the mating surfaces, and they seem to work better
     
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  8. Sep 23, 2018 #6
    speedyk

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    Yep, don't put anything sticky up there. I used to run my boot toe over the top of the hatch to clean the mating surface before closing it, but that's it. Some places had a vacuum to clear off the top spillage.
     
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  9. Sep 23, 2018 #7
    Frank Speak

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    Guess I’ll just continue with the hammer every few days.
     
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  10. Sep 23, 2018 #8
    rbrtwbstr

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    I have an air hose up there to blow the dust off, but it's useless when it rains
     
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  11. Sep 23, 2018 #9
    Frank Speak

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    One of the places I pick up from has a air hose on the exit safety rack. It’s handy when it’s dry but, like you said, useless when wet.
     
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  12. Sep 23, 2018 #10
    Cottonmouth85

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    Used to run it daily. Skipped the worthless wash line. Never lubed a lid, just cleaned when I'd replace gaskets.
     
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