There's a lot to be said for regularity, old chap!

 

Now we know that he has enough fiber in his diet.

 

Always a plus for me!!! :wink:

 

Keep up the good work. Drive safe everyone.

 

I watched a guy turnover a 40ft frameless on his very first day. The guy had lots of experience with dumps, but it happened to be his first day with the particular company. The rig was very nice.....Pete 379 day cab and a MAC 40' frameless aluminum. All of it was totalled cause this guy dumped on a slight decline with 20+mph winds. Not to mention this guy was on a small pad with a rock ledge on one side. He was unharmed, but narrowly missed rolling it off the ledge, which wouldn't have been good.

I used to love riding with my dad to the grain elevators where they "tipped" you up in the air to dump. Do they still use those much anymore with all the bottom dumps out there now?

I wish there were some decent paying dump jobs around here. I have always wanted to pull one around here! Scary but fun job!

 

I have pulled alot of end dumps too.
Pulled a 40 foot tri-axle frameless end dump for awhile. Just make sure you are very level, and dump all the air bags in the suspension of both tractor and trailer.
I have dumped on rough construction sites alot, just gotta make sure you are level.

 

I understand the need to be level; Absolutely ghastly if one dumps on rough ground and one slides over :wink:

 

Had a scary experience yesterday...

Loaded coal in the morning. It's been raining for about 3 days, and the coal was soaking wet. It was about 35 degrees when I loaded at 5am, then to head 3.5 hours north. Now, I am an avid weather watcher, and always check the weather where I am loading, and to where I am dumping. A cold front was just passing through, and I knew it would be below freezing when I arrived at the dump site.
When I got there, there was a line up of trucks waiting to dump. As I waited, I watched all the trucks dump, then pull up and climb in the back with a shovel, then dump some more - frozen coal!
Well, I think, I was smart, and lined my bed with fuel oil and salt before loading - I shouldn't have that problem.
Well, finally my turn. Up the bed goes, and up and up - nothing coming out when it usually does. Up and up - all the way up, and not a drop! Now, I know, this is a recipe for disaster - a fully loaded bed all the way up with the load stuck - thank goodness I was good and level. So, I give the bed a little jiggle - here some of it comes, and from one side. As I watch the bed start to slowly lean, I hit the lever and down she came (straight down - not over). I had about 1/3 of the load still in.

That was my second scare in about 6 months of doing this - I was VERY lucky I didn't tip. Even a decent wind when that bed was all the way up would have tipped me over. I owe most of my "luck" to being as level as I could in the beginning.