Pics of yesterday's project @ Bethany College

[Big_Dave]

Here's a few pics of the project we hauled from at Bethany College in Mankato. They're putting up a new building.

One of our competitors / company we work with a lot hauled outta here for 2 weeks straight before we came up there. Don't know why they didn't finish hauling off the dirt / clay / sand fill. :noclue:

The 'hole'.
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Loading trucks. We had started loading from the east side of the hole. Later in the day, they started digging to the east of where we were loading at. 10 trucks.......17 loads per truck (except for 1 that blew an air line, he hauled 15 loads). Most likely these loads weren't 'legal' since the hoe operator filled the trailers to the top, then 'scraped off' anything that stuck above the box sides.
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[Rockjockey]

The loads are all legal...until you get caught. Big projects call for big loads.

[Kranky 1]

Dave, did that stuff "jam up" in the belly dumps? Looks a little "sticky" with that water in the bottom of the hole.

I notice the hoe has a "bellhole" bucket without dentures.

Nice project. I like those kind of jobs.

:cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers:

[Big_Dave]

Dave, did that stuff "jam up" in the belly dumps? Looks a little "sticky" with that water in the bottom of the hole.
No, it came out pretty nice........surprisingly.

At the end of the day though, we all had to pin our doors open and crawl inside and scrape down the walls. I'd say that my trailer had at least 1000 lbs stuck to the walls and doors. It took me about 30 minutes to scrape my trailer out. :wtf:

It was even more fun this afternoon.......trying to scrape the ag lime that had stuck to the residue from yesterday. :wtf:

Might see if I can hook up the pressure washer tomorrow afternoon and blast the walls of the trailer so they're clean for next week. Either that or see if the bossman needs a couple loads of 1 1/2" 'dust free' hauled into the yard. Doubtful on that though. :rolleyes:

[Duster]

Run a couple of loads of 3 X 4 Bull rock/filter rock
through it...that otta clean it out.

[Bikerboy]

i can;t believe you guys haul that stuff in belly dumps, never seen anyone do that around here.
We would use tri-axle dump trucks for short distance, or for long hauls maybe a tri-axle dumptruck with a tri-axle pup behind that, or else a 3-5 axle end dump or live bottom, depending on what the dumpsite is like.

the only thing bellys dumps around here do, is spread A gravel on roads or spread B gravel on roads that need built up. thats all they do.

[Big_Dave]

I hear ya! While it may seem kinda strange to see/hear some of the stuff we haul in belly dumps, most times 'it works out pretty well' for us. Yes, there are times when the drivers have to scrape off the 4 walls and gates of the trailer if the material is 'sticky', but for the most part, it's just 'bang the doors' and be done with it.

It all depends on what product was hauled prior to the current product being hauled.

For example, we don't want 'blobs' of ag lime (think baby powder), from the quarry in Gilmore City IA to be 'hanging up' on the trailer walls if we're gonna be hauling asphalt the next day.

That's why we scrape our trailers.