What if it Snows?

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Dave_in_AZ, Mar 19, 2018.

  1. D.Tibbitt

    D.Tibbitt Road Train Member

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    What is that machine used for ?
     
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  3. Cattleman84

    Cattleman84 Road Train Member

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    Its a belt conveyor. A wide belt runs around rollers from one end to the other, Right now all the rollers and belt are out of it. The lower portion can be slid under a hopper or trailer, then the wide belt carries the product out from under the hopper and up into something else. This particular one was built very specifically for feeding dry fertilizer into the elevator of our melt plant where we make our own liquid fertilizer. The enviroment around the melt plant is very humid, dusty, and corrosive so I built it out of very heavy steel to ensure that it would last a lifetime... But due to the enviroment it tends to eat bearings in about 2 years, they get heavily rusted and often will lock up and quit spinning.
     
  4. Dave_in_AZ

    Dave_in_AZ Road Train Member

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    THE TRUCK HAS STOPPED!!!!!

    Stopped at another indigenous Love's.

    We are going to post up here so we can commence our run using the cover of darkness and stealth, on the infamous I-65 construction zone that lies before the MEGA INDIGENOUS population center in Tennessee.
     
  5. JolliRoger

    JolliRoger Road Train Member

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    Whole lot of tension here. And it is not all in that falling tree.
     
  6. 77fib77

    77fib77 Road Train Member

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    It was 26???? North Indy was.


    So I went to Roush performance and they had a bunch of Mercedes cars. It was like looking at art. A bi-turbo amg car, very nice looking. Staff watched me unload Oxygen and wouldnt leave me alone with the cars.
     
  7. JolliRoger

    JolliRoger Road Train Member

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    In early 56; with J.T. Garrard, I started with a L195 that had been rebuilt and painted. Engine, trans, rear end, brakes. Body and frame were good. Straight 5 spd, 5th OD. Single speed axle. just the thing to run (drag) 34K of cottonseed to Nogales from Columbus.
    I think the K models were 1940, to KB in 1947, to L's in 1949. R's came out in late 56 just before I left.
     
  8. JolliRoger

    JolliRoger Road Train Member

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    First Echelon Maintenance or Field Expediency?
     
  9. JolliRoger

    JolliRoger Road Train Member

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    How did you make the bend up? 2 belts or some middle idler nor shown now. In hindsight... Shoulda used 5 more gallons of Rust Oleum:D:D
     
  10. Judge

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    Was just offered a 53’ dryvan load.
    560 miles $1100.

    The new starvation wagon.
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  11. Cattleman84

    Cattleman84 Road Train Member

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    This roller rides on top the belt at the bend, but still allows product to ride the belt.
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