A couple years ago I had to get a trailer load of rice mid winter and didn't get it unloaded before it turned into an iceberg. The next week or so I had the trailer sitting in the sun and the top 1/2" or so would thaw enough to use the shovel and scrape off some bucket loads. A couple times per day the process repeated. What a pia! It made a big impression to plan ahead!
So where was I last Wed? Getting a dump truck load of 5.5 ton! Luckily it only semi froze in the truck on the way back and most dumped onto the tarp when we got here. I did have to make a couple trips into the bed of the truck to scrape the coal off the walls and floor with a shovel so he could dump again. I made sure to get it all into the pole barn that day. I dug some out from the pole barn with the loader today to top off the coal bin - it was nice and loose.
Direnzo water content?
- Richard S.
- Mayor
- Posts: 15243
- Joined: Fri. Oct. 01, 2004 8:35 pm
- Location: NEPA
- Stoker Coal Boiler: Van Wert VA1200
- Coal Size/Type: Buckwheat/Anthracite
Try doing it every day. I once took a 5 ton load of buck to Red Rock in weather like this. Opened up the gate and had to poke it a little to get it going which was typical. About a ton and half ran out... there was a tunnel about 2 feet wide from the back of the truck to the front of the truck, the rest was froze.
- windyhill4.2
- Member
- Posts: 6072
- Joined: Fri. Nov. 22, 2013 2:17 pm
- Location: Jonestown,Pa.17038
- Stoker Coal Boiler: 1960 EFM520 installed in truck box
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Crane 404 with variable blower
- Coal Size/Type: 404-nut, 520 rice ,anthracite for both
That's it ?? End of story ??Richard S. wrote: ↑Wed. Jan. 03, 2018 1:37 pmTry doing it every day. I once took a 5 ton load of buck to Red Rock in weather like this. Opened up the gate and had to poke it a little to get it going which was typical. About a ton and half ran out... there was a tunnel about 2 feet wide from the back of the truck to the front of the truck, the rest was froze.
Not even a line like ~~ we waited until April 1st to get the rest off the truck ?