Thats how you load. Fast practical and comfortable!

Use to do this 2 times a week. Michigan to Florida. SideWinder said this. I'm retired now.

Couple of them were trying to get away!lol used to load alfalfa cubes this way, also grain. You could tell grain trailers by the sprouts along the floor! Lol

When Wisconsin Central was in business they used to load potatoes I think it was in CH Robinson trailers they were only half height and would be the top container both coming and going. They did not have a tarp on top and the walls were solid. These shipped out of Stevens Point WI frequently to Frito-Lay oftentimes going to Atlanta

never hauled bulk potatoes just bagged,heavy load pulling with a day cab?

Thats going to be a lot of potato chips :)

we get that quite often.

I been out here truckin' for 20 yrs and have never seen how they load taters. Fascinating to say the least and that was quick too. This should have millions of views. Don't all those tater chip lovers out there wanna know? lol

@XevolutionistXx

8 жыл бұрын

specially when we load them on hopper bottoms

Been a while since I did any of this.

Would look like mashed potatoes by the time i delivered it lol

@LibbyRal

3 жыл бұрын

No. They make it intact all the time. When you think they'd get pulped is the unloading. kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZqqD3Jh7aMXYYto.html

Do potatoes have to be chilled while in transit?

@Grainexpress

Жыл бұрын

No ours do not but some are hauled with reefers running at 55 degrees because they have no vent doors on the front end of the trailer.

however we don't have pretty lines to go by

1 potato 2 potato 3 potato 4

And just how do they unload them?

@robertsistrunk6631

5 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/kaKGtdOPk7HNhrA.html

@Grainexpress

5 жыл бұрын

They put the trailer on a dump and unhook the truck so they raise only the trailer so not to get fuel or oil in the spuds.

@LibbyRal

3 жыл бұрын

When I did this, I unhooked the trailer and a freight yard vehicle took it and backed it onto the lift. I got to take a nap til they brought the trailer back. Then I had to sweep out the mess.

They always put sawdust on our floor first

Hey gotta feed America! 😅😂

I just got home from doing this all day, I hate it

3:19

A full trailer of potatoes, is that actually only ~70% full by volume?

@Grainexpress

8 жыл бұрын

+rif42 More like 50% full. ;) That is a 32" line we were loading up to. I figure on 1500 lbs per inch when calculating how much a driver wants in a 48 x 102 trailer.

@rif42

8 жыл бұрын

+Grainexpress; Ok 50% is full. Sorry I do not understand measurements " and lbs. How high is the trailer inside in meter?

@Grainexpress

8 жыл бұрын

+rif42 I don't know how tall in meters. Not sure how tall in inches either. ;)

@lawrencewheeler8868

6 жыл бұрын

rif42 got to watch axle weight.

@lawrencewheeler8868

6 жыл бұрын

rif42 91/2 feet usually. 110 " door opening , drive down for Roadway for Roadway, 18 yrs .

I really want to know how they’ll clean the taters stuck on the floor if you’re hauling this with reefer trailer???

@Grainexpress

4 жыл бұрын

Muhamed Memedi it’s a flat floor reefer. Pretty much stays clean. If the weather is cool they just open the vents.

@turboteknika

4 жыл бұрын

Totally understand that but the reason why I was asking is because I just hauled potatoes on my reefer trailer and I have lots of potatoes stuck on the floor

@Grainexpress

4 жыл бұрын

@@turboteknika some guys take a scoop shovel and bolt wood strips to it that fit in the grooves and run it down the floor to clean them out. Others just have a stick of some sort and run down each groove in the floor. Whew! ;) Or pay out the nose to get it cleaned at a truck wash.

@LibbyRal

3 жыл бұрын

@@Grainexpress , when I worked for Dick Simon, they covered the cost of washing out the trailer. They might not have paid the highest rate per mile but all those extra expenses were covered; tolls, lumpers, truck wash. It was great!

This shipper do this so that way it be more profitable to them they are avoiding wood pallets less weight more product

@scottbryant1261

6 жыл бұрын

They do this cause some places that make potato chip have dumps that dump the trailer, so unless you like wood in your chips they need to do this. Some places have a convary belt that go in and scoop them up. Nothing about more payload just where they haul into. You can get the same amount on pellet to

Those loose potatoes make the weight of load alternate on hills and cause me unsafe and very slow trips.. hate em

@LibbyRal

3 жыл бұрын

Wanna know what's worse. Ping pong balls. On icy roads. Bwah!

How inefficient lol

why am i watching this?

@nlo114

5 жыл бұрын

Pure unadulterated excitement; anticipation of parts 2 and 3, when they complete the rest of the loading!