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What happens if I roll a frameless dump

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Zacgehret, Jul 13, 2018.

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  1. Jul 13, 2018 #31
    Zacgehret

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    I'm new what can I say
     
    Zacgehret, Jul 13, 2018
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  3. Jul 13, 2018 #32
    Zacgehret

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    Well I don't have any points and I doubt I would get fired I mean I have never been to the when they wernt rebuilding a trailer that had been rolled
     
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  4. Jul 13, 2018 #33
    Cam Roberts

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    first year driving? Put you on a dump?
    Yeah you are an accident waiting to happen but good luck anyway buddy. Just wear your seatbelt and don’t have your arm hanging out the window with a cigarette unless you want your arm amputated like the last newbie on here had done to him the first year running dump
     
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  5. Jul 13, 2018 #34
    Tb0n3

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    Not great advice. Lots of drivers start off on dump trucks. Not exactly complicated.
     
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  7. Jul 13, 2018 #35
    Zacgehret

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    Ya at job sites the loader guys do a good job keeping it level its really just the sand bunker at the plant im worried about on side is level but the other half is cracked and slopes downhill some I normally fill that hole with the little framed trailer and the frameless guys fill the more level spot I already asked one of the older guys if he would spot me for a day or to so I'm hoping for the best
     
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  8. Jul 13, 2018 #36
    Cam Roberts

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    Dump trucks or dump trailers? I know what I’m talking about and I wouldn’t give sound advice if I didn’t know what I’m talking about. There is a lot of factoring in with dump trailers. It’s not a job for a guy with no trucking experience at all like the poster. Is this something you started out doing? What is your background? Things can go bad real quick and no one is going to be there to hold this guys hand
     
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  9. Jul 13, 2018 #37
    Moose1958

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    We called them something other then dump trailers. But dang if I have developed a brain fart and forgot the term.
     
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  10. Jul 13, 2018 #38
    Cam Roberts

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    Yeah but that’s besides the point
     
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  11. Jul 13, 2018 #39
    Zacgehret

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    Ya about the only work around here boss most people even use dumps for grain to but even if not I don't see how a few yrs running another form of trailer would make u anymore prepared for dumping a trailer can't say I ever saw a flatbed or a hopper bottom angle 50 ft in the air
     
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  12. Jul 13, 2018 #40
    Brettj3876

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    Hand holding? Mostly common sense and if your not sure get out and look and ask the guys around you. I'm sure everyone will help you out. If it was me I'd keep an eye on the new guy and help him out
     
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