Dump truck

[czechsonofagun]

'nough said

 

[Redneck_Randy]

'nough said

HOLY COW!!! You should have said literly. LOL

 

[TwinWillows]

That looks like a ride from an amusument park!

 

[GeneD14]

Wow, what a thrill it would be to stay in the truck!

 

[Deerlope]

Sure would be a good test to see how good the brakes are. I wonder if the driver has to have his underware checked before he leaves for the next trip.

 

[Bedlam]

Looks like a good way to clear the "junk" off the dashboard. Interesting pic. I knew they dumped trailers like that but had no idea they did the tractor as well.
Al

 

[Michael_E_Tx]

Hehehehe. That brings back fond memories of driving a 12 yard dump truck for a construction company in the summer in the '60's. Most of us were college students. Anytime there was a new driver, we all looked forward to the first time he forgot to open his gate before dumping. The truck would slowly go to nearly that angle. You'd have to be pulled down. Very humbling. Yes, it happened to me too.

 

[hudr]

Reminds me of the grain elevator we had nearby when I was a kid. If you didn't have hydraulics or an auger on your truck, no problem, just crack the tailgate they'd dump the soybeans for you. Fun ride for a 7 year old.

 

[Willy Victor]

'nough said

They use a rig like that to dump potatos at the Jays plant in Chicago.

Willy

 

[dbdartman]

Hehehehe. That brings back fond memories of driving a 12 yard dump truck for a construction company in the summer in the '60's. Most of us were college students. Anytime there was a new driver, we all looked forward to the first time he forgot to open his gate before dumping. The truck would slowly go to nearly that angle. You'd have to be pulled down. Very humbling. Yes, it happened to me too.

And it still happens!

A couple years ago, while our house was still under construction, a driver tried to dump a load of fill with the gate locked. A few minutes later, I arrived to find the Mack 10-wheeler looking skyward. Luckly, a friend came by with his D8 on the trailer & stopped to help. We gently pulled the truck back down, but the body refused to come down, so we had to YANK the truck down. Wouldn't have been near as stressful as it was if the dumper wasn't already too close to the new house, & if it wasn't already leaning towards the house!

 

[jinman]

'nough said

Wow! That's about a 150% grade.

Considering that's a belly-dumper truck, I wonder who or how they got the rear swinging doors open before raising the truck? That must be an exciting job too.

 

[JerryG]

If it isn't a bottom dump, that is the way the poultry companies dump grain around here.

 

[milkman]

I'm sure the lift operators have seen it a hundred times but they don't tell the green horns the first time they come in there with a load of grain at the grain bins, that the blocks that come up out of the ramp to block the trucks rear tires will rip the mud flaps off if the flaps are between them and the tires. They watch the green horn pull off to the side after he gets unloaded and puts the mud flaps back on, second trip, green horn knows to stop so the block goes between the tire and mud flap. But green horn gets out of the truck before the lift goes up, he ain't stupid!!!

 

[LarryRB]

Ocean Spray, out in Cape Cod, has been doing this for years, When you see a rig tie down, then the platform lifts rig and all, it is shocking to watch the first time

 

[firemanpat2910]

peanut mills around here dump the same way. Its awesome to watch

 

[monkeymonk]

Its a chip truck(wood chips) the trailer s a rear swing door not a belly dumper just has a very low center of gravity. These boys flip over often round nor cal and they are loaded to the top! familiar site. Yes very exciting to watch unless you stuck behind one on the road.