Hauling dump trailer/lime

[Jimbpard]

Going for an interview tomorrow for a job that I'll be hauling lime in a dump trailer. I've always been told by my dad that they suck to haul. Top Heavy, tip over easy, etc.

I guess what I'm asking is, how bad really is it? I haul flatbed now, and although totally different from a dump trailer, I dont seem to find it very difficult at all, as some make it out to be. Therefore I'm thinking dump trailer wont be that bad to me either.

Any comments/suggestions are appreciated.

Thanks.
Jim

[Kranky]

Make Sure the trailer is level, and I mean level, before you even think about raising the hoist.

Hopefully the company has installed a non stick plastic liner in the trailer, a liner makes it a lot easier to dump that sticky sh*t without it hanging up in the trailer.

[Jimbpard]

so what if it does stick? do you gotta climb up in and shovel out?

[WildK9]

Make Sure the trailer is level, and I mean level, before you even think about raising the hoist.

Ain't that the truth.

Hopefully the company has installed a non stick plastic liner in the trailer, a liner makes it a lot easier to dump that sticky sh*t without it hanging up in the trailer.

It is a royal pain in the keister! We always lined our trailers with plastic. Made sure I always had some when I was picking that stuff up. :!: :wink:

[Jackrabbit379]

Make Sure the trailer is level, and I mean level, before you even think about raising the hoist.

I dont know a whole lot about rock buckets, but that aint no lie. :shock:

Like Splitshifter said, make sure that you are on flat ground when you raise your trailer.

so what if it does stick? do you gotta climb up in and shovel out?

Yeah, pretty much. :?

[Kranky]

so what if it does stick? do you gotta climb up in and shovel out?

Yup.

Just think of it as kind of a "truck driver fitness program". lol.

[WildK9]

Reminds me, of one of my first loads pulling a dump wagon. I had to deliver some small rocks to someone's house in West Virginia. His yard was nothing but a hill. He wanted me to dump along the hill, and I told him that was not possible.

I tried facing uphill, but the grass was too slick, every time I went to hoist the bucket the whole truck started to slide. I ended up facing down the hill and dumping. Not the easiest to do. I could only get the bucket up so high before the truck would start sliding. :shock:

Eventually, I had to climb into the bucket and shovel alot of it out. That was fun. :x

[Jimbpard]

One nice thing about this gig is that there should be no goofy delivers to deal with or places to find. They said all they do is haul lime from PA to MD (same place all the time), then load the bucket with something else, bring it back and done. Benefits, paid vacation, home nightly, no weekends. pays 23%. They say drivers make $900-$1100 weekly.
Sounds like a good deal. Hoping all go's well. Only thing that would seem to hold me back is only 1 year exp and no dump exp, but they already know both of those, so apparently their not worried about it too much if they still wanna bring me in for a interview.

[Mr. Ford95]

Some end dumps that haul lime have a vibratory switch you hit. Hit it and the whole dump will vibrate and send any sticky lime on out the back. Don't let that lime get wet, it gets real hot.........and don't inhale any of the dust from it, it will tear you up with coughing and hacking.

[century451]

Just spray the bed with PAM.....lol

[Fredog]

Some end dumps that haul lime have a vibratory switch you hit. Hit it and the whole dump will vibrate and send any sticky lime on out the back. Don't let that lime get wet, it gets real hot.........and don't inhale any of the dust from it, it will tear you up with coughing and hacking.

our dumps have a plastic liner impregnated with teflon and side roll tarps that keep the load dry. only time we have a problem is when the lime freezes in the bed. in that case,we go to the shop and park inside until it warms up and then the yard guys shovel it out. since they get paid by the hour, it only happened to me once all last winter so I wouldnt worry a lot about it. another thing you can do sometimes depending on the customer is get the loader operator to load some rocks on and then dump them out, that will usually get most of it out.