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joeq · Post by **joeq** » Sat. Oct. 01, 2016 3:26 pm

Bingo. And there's the problem. I know Scott has been trying for a few seasons to get people interested in Lehigh, but hasn't been successful...yet. This year had potential, but we haven't been able to find someone with a forktruck willing to help. Renting one "un-sweetens" the pot of the savings accrued from a TT load.

Post by **LehighanthraciteMatt** » Sun. Oct. 02, 2016 9:41 am

Pacowy wrote:No shortage of suitable offloading equipment around here. If you have takers for the coal there will be someone to handle it.

Mike

Round them up !

lsayre · Post by **lsayre** » Sun. Oct. 02, 2016 10:45 am

If I have ~23 tons of anthracite pea dropped in my back yard, and I have no walled in confinement for it, how big an area would I need to tarp off in advance of the delivery for this coal drop?

joeq · Post by **joeq** » Sun. Oct. 02, 2016 11:21 am

23 tons I believe is a "lot" of coal Issy. I didn't know 1 truck could haul that much, at 1 time. I can picture a pallet for coal stacked 5' high. If 1 pallet is about 16 sq/ft, multiply that by 23, and come out with almost 400 sq/ft, 5' high. What is that, about a 20' square?

Scottscoaled · Post by **Scottscoaled** » Sun. Oct. 02, 2016 11:22 am

I got this one

I use two of the heavier 20 x 30 tarps, overlapping them along the 30' side. It ends up being close to 40 X 30. A 30 x 30 would be perfect. A 50 x 30 lets you pull the excess tarp over the top to keep it dry. If you dump on one end. The 30' wide is necessary when they dump there is nothing to keep it from spreading out. it goes to 3-4' from edges.

McGiever · Post by **McGiever** » Sun. Oct. 02, 2016 11:34 am

Hey Larry,
Lehigh can put whatever tonage that makes a full load for whatever trailer bed...into the woven nylon 2000# tote bags.

I know *Scottscoaled* and others have had experience with trailer loads handled this way...skip the tarps and having tied up valuable real estate for the years it takes to burn through it all.

Swing a deal w/ a local farmer to get it unloaded.

Post by **LehighanthraciteMatt** » Sun. Oct. 02, 2016 11:35 am

joeq wrote:23 tons I believe is a "lot" of coal Issy. I didn't know 1 truck could haul that much, at 1 time. I can picture a pallet for coal stacked 5' high. If 1 pallet is about 16 sq/ft, multiply that by 23, and come out with almost 400 sq/ft, 5' high. What is that, about a 20' square?

Issy was talking bulk, but yes even bagged we generally fit 23 or 24 ton per load

joeq · Post by **joeq** » Sun. Oct. 02, 2016 11:46 am

Matt, I know Issy was talking bulk, I was just trying to visualize it compared to a bagged pallet. I know a TT can haul many pallets or skids of bagged coal, but the trucks I've seen hauling bulk, look more like dump trucks, than a 50" TT. But you say they have trucks hauling bulk that'll do 23 tons? Are they tri-axle?

Pacowy · Post by **Pacowy** » Sun. Oct. 02, 2016 11:50 am

joeq,

Bulk coal occupies about 39-40 cubic feet per ton, so a pile 5' deep that was about 14x14 would weigh 23 tons.

The "tall" pallets you're talking about would normally have like 1.2 tons of bags on them - 20 pallets would provide 24 tons and should fit on a 45'+ trailer.

Triaxles travelling interstate in the northeast normally max out on weight a little under 22 tons. Dump trailers can do around 24 tons.

Mike

Scottscoaled · Post by **Scottscoaled** » Sun. Oct. 02, 2016 12:10 pm

On a tarp it look like this

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Sorry for the sideways picture. Can't turn it today.

lsayre · Post by **lsayre** » Sun. Oct. 02, 2016 12:32 pm

Scottscoaled wrote:On a tarp it look like this
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Thanks!!!

joeq · Post by **joeq** » Sun. Oct. 02, 2016 4:30 pm

Whoa! Now that's one big A$$ truck. Never seen one. Thanks for posting.

Post by **LehighanthraciteMatt** » Tue. Oct. 04, 2016 5:37 am

joeq wrote:Whoa! Now that's one big A$$ truck. Never seen one. Thanks for posting.

That pile of coal is a beautiful site isn't it

coalnewbie · Post by **coalnewbie** » Tue. Oct. 04, 2016 5:47 am

Always nice to keep our coal brothers amused! It's Lehigh rice of course. Roof off, three stones moved .. replace ... up for coffee. Call justify008, load the nut into the gravity wagon and we are done. It's not easy to set it up but once you are there, CHEAP heat forever. LOVE that stuff. You mean people chop up trees for heat??? Get outta here.

hotblast1357 · Post by **hotblast1357** » Tue. Oct. 04, 2016 5:55 am

I just put my order in yesterday, 24 ton of pea will be here Monday!

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