PT425 Unloading 2 Tons of Rocks From Trailer

[MossRoad]

Well, the weather was fine and we had an hour to kill, so, after I took my family to breakfast this morning we all took a trip to the cement factory to get two tons of crushed limestone on the 18' car hauler trailer(now that's what I call quality time with the family /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif).

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Here I am driving up onto the trailer to get the first bucket load. See attached.

 

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Here I am backed off the ramps with a bucket load. Notice the low left front tire. I only run about 8-10 PSI in the tires. See attached.

 

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Here I'm dumping it at its final location on the other side of the little garage in the background of the last picture. It is being used around a pool and patio area. The landscape timbers will be sunk and pinned into the ground a little later, then more rock will be used to backfill. There are about 12 little shrubs there that will grow into a privacy screen in a few years. See attached.

 

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Back for another load off the trailer. See attached.

 

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Last picture for now. Some precise rock placement around the shrubs.

Special thanks to my 10 year old daughter for taking the action shots! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[bryce]

MR. It is amazing how 2 tons of gravel doesnt look like much till you have to move it by hand. That is one nice trailer. Is it a new one? (Toys) Tools, are so much fun! Bob

 

[BrentB]

It looks like you just had an open pile of gravel sitting on the trailer which is apparently illegal. I did something similar this weekend only got in trouble. I brought home 2.6 tons of 18" landscape boulders on a utility trailer. Since I had old 2x10's around, I added them to form sides on the trailer, so none would roll off.
On the way home I pulled over to let cars get around me, and one motorist pulled over and started screaming at me that I was dropping sand and gravel on the road and it was damaging her car, and she was calling the police because I should have had the load covered. Although it hadn't caused any damage, she was bound and determined to make me pay for it.
The problem was that when the loader dumped the rocks on the trailer it put a small amount of quarry floor sand on the trailer as well, and this is what was falling off when I hit bumps. An hour later ( and a $75 ticket later /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif) I got home.
Then to top it off, one of the 420 loader lift cylinders blew its
seal while I was unloading.

Although not intentional, I can see that I was scattering rocks, and had I been the one getting hit, I wouldn't have been happy either.

Next time I think I'll just let the quarry deliver it and save the
hassle, risk, and headache.

 

[MossRoad]

<font color="blue"> It looks like you just had an open pile of gravel sitting on the trailer which is apparently illegal. </font>

Yep. I live about 6 blocks from the gravel pit and I was very careful to shovel and sweep any loose stones from the rear of the trailer and the channel that holds the ramps before I left the gravel pit. Top speed home was 20MPH. But that doesn't mean I wouldn't get a ticket /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

I'll invest in a good tarp soon. Thanks for the very good advice. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[yooperdave]

MR,

Were you using the big bucket or the little bucket?

Thanks

Yooper Dave