As well as biscuitmeal and the aforementioned sugar beet pellets, Ive just remembered tipping a load of dark grain distillers from North British Distillers in Edinburgh that had been forgotten about and left in the yard for about a month in July a few years back.
Wouldnt come out at the mill no matter what we tried, so it had to go “to the farm” (used for storage of raw materials).
Had the tailgate open and the body of the trailer lifted high…still no movement.
In the end we had to use the loadall with the 20’ long pusher on to jab at the load. eventually the whole lot slid out the back like a 29t brick.
Cotton cake!!! Tried to to tip it at a feed mill in Burton on Trent, tailboard open tipped it up Nothing!!! had to push every bit of the load through the intake grid with a shovel because it won,t flow. There should be a thread Worst place to load. My vote WINSFORD SALT!!! Two load cells snapped!!! The shovel driver had a attitude problem ?with Tarmac trucks loading a couple of winters ago, 10 tons full height wham!! straight down, complained to weighbridge cctv caught it on tape,but guess what got f all!!
I dont know Sy - I would have gladly swapped loads with you. Picked up Oats in france yesterday, not a good collection… Firstly they went on a 2 1/2 hour lunch, then got me to reverse under a 5inch auger to load, only the trailer was longer than the gap between the auger and the back of the shed, so lots of spade work to fill the front, and 2hrs to load. Then had to weigh out on a bridge where using weights to counterbalance the truck’s weight on a bridge from the 1800’s. Add to that a 4hr wait to get back on the chunnel last night!!! Tipped at Masham this morning - sweet as a nut. Went to Roy Hatfield at Rotherham to load Gypsum for a farm in herefordshire. Result = 3hr wait, more shovelling to get enough weight on and no one to weigh me out… as the bridge man had gone home, and the women in the office couldnt work the bridge!
I think I ll get a gun and move to Toulouse…
I forgot about biscuitmeal aswell.We used to load at sugarich at Brackley quite often.Used to hate tipping at H.J.Leas at Aston always ■■■■ loads of shovelling.Tipping chippings at Grenwick quarry near Fridaythorpe used to be impossible to tip on the level
Very rare I fall out with anyone, went to the place once in years gone by, and had the misfortune of going again a fortnight back. Straight away I got off on this miserable ■■■■■■■■ better foot, everything wrong, why have you loaded it like this blah blah. Pricks starting to annoy me by this point.
I have now found out today that Euroline are now barred from Ballachree steels, because last time we delivered there, Eurolines driver came into the yard and ‘leant on the forktruck like he owned it!’
That is certainly one miserable ■■■■■■■■ bet his wife had a blinding honeymoon
lightning:
I dont know Sy - I would have gladly swapped loads with you. Picked up Oats in france yesterday, not a good collection… Firstly they went on a 2 1/2 hour lunch, then got me to reverse under a 5inch auger to load, only the trailer was longer than the gap between the auger and the back of the shed, so lots of spade work to fill the front, and 2hrs to load. Then had to weigh out on a bridge where using weights to counterbalance the truck’s weight on a bridge from the 1800’s. Add to that a 4hr wait to get back on the chunnel last night!!! Tipped at Masham this morning - sweet as a nut. Went to Roy Hatfield at Rotherham to load Gypsum for a farm in herefordshire. Result = 3hr wait, more shovelling to get enough weight on and no one to weigh me out… as the bridge man had gone home, and the women in the office couldnt work the bridge!
I think I ll get a gun and move to Toulouse…
Lightning…that don’t sound like fun!! Did u tip in Limoge again?
Yup biscuit meal isn’t particularly nice.
Or trafford gold, especially when its been on over night and the farmer hasn’t got a wash (he has just can’t be bothered to get it out)
Another one is Dough…comes out quick enough if you get the body up quick. But if you have a knackered pump…get shovelling!!
Sugar beet pulp is a shocker. Tipped some a while ago and ended up having to shovel 8 tonne out…before that was grass seed, so light that it has to be pushed down by the shovel just to get over 20 tonne, then when you come to tip it the stuff won’t move…prodding with shovel follows!!
i hate tipping soya, it coates everything in dust, also hate loading clinker, if the box is wet the dust just turns too cement n you have too hammer it off.
