Re: What did you do today?
Frozen loads suck big time!
We've got a regular run of 100-200 tons of washed sand to a ready mix plant 65 miles away, first thing in the morning, start loading a 5:30 am before the sun comes up. We all get a couple of gallon jugs of used antifreeze from barrels in back of the shop and soak down the trailer sides. Lots of times the wet sand dumps out as one big frozen chunk, but it does not hang up on one side or another. Back in the day, we'd pull up to the diesel pump and wash down the insides of the wagon, but that's a big no-no nowadays.
Frame type trailers almost always take the tractor over with them, causing great damage.
Frameless trailers will break off the 5th wheel and leave the tractor sitting on it's wheels. We've had trailers layed over one day, and the tractor is out hauling the next day.
Company I drive for has 35 frameless end dumps, and lays over about 1 a year. When that happens, you may as well clean your stuff out of the truck, as you are terminated immediately. Call a cab or take the bus home...
Hope you've still got a job, bigford!
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Last edited by roadranger; 12-15-2010 at 11:09 PM.
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