RowdyRebel Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 "It's decorative rock...it won't freeze up" they told me. Loaded in AL on Saturday...backhaul for a little extra $$$, but it wasn't supposed to deliver 'til today. I expressed my concern over it sitting in the box for 2 nights and it freezing up prior to getting to where it was going just outside St.L. I should've known better. How can you tell a dispatcher is lying to you? Their lips are moving. Quote When approaching a 4-way stop, the vehicle with the biggest tires has the right of way! Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34519-i-should-know-better-by-now/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
KECorbin22 Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 They learn that trick from the government. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34519-i-should-know-better-by-now/#findComment-230318 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pawel Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 So what happens now? How do you manage a thing like that?Good luck with itPaweł Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34519-i-should-know-better-by-now/#findComment-230322 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowdyRebel Posted February 3, 2014 Author Share Posted February 3, 2014 Use a little Redneck ingenuity & get the $#!t to come out. Got all but a little to break loose...then let it down to pry the last clump or two off the floor and away from the wall in the nose so it'd come out when I raised it up again. Wasn't as bad as it COULD have been...but still, more work than it SHOULD have been. Quote When approaching a 4-way stop, the vehicle with the biggest tires has the right of way! Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34519-i-should-know-better-by-now/#findComment-230325 Share on other sites More sharing options...
57 bcr Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Outside of getting it indoors (heated shop) nearby,at least overnight (nobody gets that lucky),you got me stumped. ??????? Have the dispatcher help you shovel,when he's not playing computer games! Quote IF YOU BOUGHT IT, A TRUCK BROUGHT IT..AND WHEN YOU'RE DONE WITH IT, A TRUCK WILL HAUL IT AWAY!!! Big John Trimble,WRVA Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34519-i-should-know-better-by-now/#findComment-230326 Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_martell Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Happens all the time to me"Go get a load of pea gravel for a jobsite, you gotta shoot it to the roof with the little conveyor""It'll freeze""You're not going that far""ITS FRIGGEN -20!!!!!!"Sure as chit, 30 min later and 8" all the way around is frozen solid!Now I have a heated bay in the yard, they finally get what a huge waste it is to have me in the box with a roofing torch thawing the shit out as the use it. Load the bin, and leave it to cook for a few days at a good angle..... 1 Quote Lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.... Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34519-i-should-know-better-by-now/#findComment-230332 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatcity Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 "It won't freeze up" As long it stays dry Quote Success is only a stones throw away.................................................................for a Palestinian Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34519-i-should-know-better-by-now/#findComment-230335 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike69mackman Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Yeah I've heard that too! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34519-i-should-know-better-by-now/#findComment-230337 Share on other sites More sharing options...
keg1 Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Try digging 25 ton of lime out after it freezessolid. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34519-i-should-know-better-by-now/#findComment-230338 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Back In Black Pulling Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Lucky you didn't lay it over Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34519-i-should-know-better-by-now/#findComment-230365 Share on other sites More sharing options...
2stacksuperdog Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Had a load of salt freeze after going a half hour away from where we were loaded 2 Quote Matt Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34519-i-should-know-better-by-now/#findComment-230366 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowdyRebel Posted February 4, 2014 Author Share Posted February 4, 2014 Salt is what you mix up to spray in the bed to KEEP the load from freezing to the trailer...how friggin' cold was it that the SALT load froze? 1 Quote When approaching a 4-way stop, the vehicle with the biggest tires has the right of way! Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34519-i-should-know-better-by-now/#findComment-230371 Share on other sites More sharing options...
2stacksuperdog Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 i think it was around 5 or so degrees Quote Matt Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34519-i-should-know-better-by-now/#findComment-230373 Share on other sites More sharing options...
theakerstwo Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 When I have sand freze in the box and its not that cold here but I raise it and let the sun shin on the underside and it comes out quicker.On my box all I have had to freze is up front around the dog hose and on the floor.And that can happen in half hr. Quote glenn akers Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34519-i-should-know-better-by-now/#findComment-230380 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenGiant2 Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 had a guy come to my parents place to deliver a load of split fire wood. load was frozen in the body so i took a hunk of 4x4 and hit the bottom of the body and the vibration was enough to make the load slide out. Quote We the unwilling, Lead by the unqualified, are doing the impossible, for the ungrateful. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34519-i-should-know-better-by-now/#findComment-230387 Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 They learn that trick from the government.Lawyers also. Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34519-i-should-know-better-by-now/#findComment-230391 Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 I remember when we used to put diesel fuel in a sprayer and spraying the inside of chip trailers so the chips wouldn't freeze to the sides and stick. Westvaco didn't approve of the practice though, and if they stuck i'd take them back to the woodyard. I wasn't going to get in there and dig with a shovel and grubbing hoe then get back in the back of the line, I got paid by the load anyway. 1 Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34519-i-should-know-better-by-now/#findComment-231245 Share on other sites More sharing options...
57 bcr Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 A common winter practice in this area,is to spray liquid calcium chloride for sand & gravel products. Dirt haulers used to splash diesel fuel in the box to prevent sticking in the winter..Between the cost per gallon and the EPA crackdown,pretty much a thing of the past. Quote IF YOU BOUGHT IT, A TRUCK BROUGHT IT..AND WHEN YOU'RE DONE WITH IT, A TRUCK WILL HAUL IT AWAY!!! Big John Trimble,WRVA Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34519-i-should-know-better-by-now/#findComment-231251 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Maikshilo Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Green saw dust was always the worst for me, I finally laid heavy plastic in the bed before loading and it worked like a charm. The plastic would sometimes got buried but that wasn't to hard to get back. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34519-i-should-know-better-by-now/#findComment-231256 Share on other sites More sharing options...
randyp Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Maybe you just weren't pulling hard enough of the dump lever, I cant bleeve a dispatcher would lie. Just pull harder, take off while its up and hit 7 or 9 big bumps. Dammit young'un, am I going have to come up there and show you how to dump? (and pull power lines down?) sheeit,,,randyp Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34519-i-should-know-better-by-now/#findComment-231258 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newfie Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 I like the Teflon liner in a box it helps loads sliding out like the plastic we used plastic when hauling contaminated soil from environmental spills for the last company I worked for Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34519-i-should-know-better-by-now/#findComment-231282 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFCDrum Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 A little diesel or used antifreeze for first load in the morning. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34519-i-should-know-better-by-now/#findComment-231787 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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