Posted by The tractor vet on October 31, 2017 at 10:28:32 from (104.179.81.68):
In Reply to: Re: A little heavy posted by ss55 on October 31, 2017 at 08:03:02:
Ya know it does not take much to put a load on a truck , and with ag equipment always getting bigger and the bushel per acre keep going up removing the crop from the field can become a problem . The days of using a signal axle grain truck is about dead and gone . Even with them you load a 16 foot grain bed full and you have 320-365 bushel on and lets say that load of corn is runniing 67 lbs per bushel that is 24455lbs , now add that onto the truck light weight of say 12000 lbs that is 36455 lbs gross and most times the truck is only rated for 25-26000 so that truck is 10000 over . When i had my semi dump it was not hard to end up with 65-68000 in the trailer . out of the field , even when the corn was dry if you filled to the brim ya had 56-58000 on . First time a friend came down to help me haul corn off one farm he had a brand new 89 dodge W250 with a first out Cummins and a brand new Moritz grain trailer tri axle with the same bed as the 77 International 1600 Vernon's first load that crossed the scales was a gross of yep you gusseted it 36000 and change and the grain truck was just a shade under . Have any of you ever weighed a silage wagon ?? there is another one that will open your eyes . we live in and area that is NOT pool table flat and lots of small back roads with steep hills and light weigh bridges . A lot of you on here are sorta new comers to the farming thing and do not have any idea about what really happens in the real world . Loads move every day that are not the text book fairy tale load , you see on here guys usen 1/2 ton pick ups to pull trailers that over loads the hauling of the truck . Yes i am as guilty as the rest but i never used less then a 3/4 ton . Ran semi for years and you loaded the wagon if you wanted a pay check . Today it si get the most done in a day with the least amount of labor involved . In my massive HOBBY farming if i could shell 28 acres in a day with one person helping i had a good day , Two means of hauling but each load going out was over weight , no scales in the field to check .
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