Isn't that what you get when you cremate a fly. Seriously flyash is a by product of a coal burning plant.Used in cement,fertilizer,and oilfield production.Just be careful that you don't breath in the dust.It isn't good on your lungs.I would suggest to wear a mask if around any of the dust. If you are dumping it,shouldn't be a problem.If it is being blown off from a Pnuematic trailer,watch the dust.

 

Thanks Steel, yep got a couple of good mask if needed ( done paint and body for years for hobby) . Hope this job works out. I went to maverick ( I believe you are with them ? ) and really liked them but during orientation when Curt ( training manager) told about seeing his Daughter
being raised on a camcorder I started getting cold feet . I still sorta regret leaving because maverick seemed like a great company .
Now that I think about the time away , I probably should have given it a shot. I feel really bad because I have never in my life started something without seeing it thru. Anyway I hope the best for you Maverick drivers , I met a bunch of nice guys there all seemed to be helpful. BTW , do you know of a driver in the MAV IC division that goes by the handle "BIG COUNTRY" Man he is the funniest guy , He's a black dude but talks like a hillbilly ( like myself) . He's about 5'10" and weighs about 340 but solid as a rock .

 

Do you have a walking floor for your trailer or do you ramp it?

 

Avoid it if it ends up being a tanker. Fly ash sucks to load and unload. Real pain in the arse if the hoses plug up.

 

the fastest i could unload a fly ash with a dry bulk tanker was 1hr 25mins. The hose dont plug up that much just dont try to unload 2 hoppers at once. By the way for a dry bulk tanker you dont need a tanker endorsement. Loading is a pice of cake as long as there is no line.

 

Thanks all, I am confident it is a dump , heres why! The owner said I needed to make 4 runs in a 12 hour period. the drive time on each load will be 1 hour 15 minute eachway for a total of 2hours 30 minutes. This alone will take 10 hours not including loading or unloading ( 2.5 hours multiplied by 4) . If it takes even an hour to unload a tanker , this would put the time up to 14 hours, not including loading. Add just 15 minutes for each load time and now I would be at 15 total hours. He said that he had a few drivers doing the 4 loads in 10 or so hours but said he really didnt like that because he knew they had to be speeding . I assumed it would be dumps and never thought to ask but as I said it would be pretty much impossible to haul 4 loads in 12 hours and spend all the extra time unloading a tanker.

 

This summer I hauled fly ash for my neighbour for a few days. He gets it from a coal fired electrical plant and takes it to a cement plant. They loaded us from overhead silos and it took about 20 min to load because it came out of a single tube and you had to creep the truck ahead to load it equally. Really dusty when you load and unload. We sprayed down the box first thing in the morning with diesel and didn't have any problem with it sticking for the rest of the day. The thing you have to watch is that the higher the moisture content is the heavier it is. In the morning the flyash is much heavier than the afternoon. I was always heavy the first load of the day and light the second and third loads. They put water in the flyash to keep the dust down in the plant but if you're box has too much moisture on it or they wet it too much you get to do a lot of shoveling to empty your box after you dump. We had liners in ours so it wasn't too bad for sticking. Our trips were almost the same as yours but 3 a day was enough for me. I guess I'm getting lazy in my old age LOL

 

Thanks for the heads up , How heavy did you actually haul ? These are suppose to gross out at 60 tons.

 

I was pulling a 4 axle which is legal for around 44 tons payload. In the morning we'd be around 46 or so and in the afternoon we'd be around 38. You could compensate by loading less but it's pretty hard to be exact.

 

Thanks again SK, I will keep that in mind if I get this job. I was driving down HWY 431 in KY today and an ambulance passed me, a few miles down the road I saw a coal truck rolled on its side. He had just made a right hand turn , probably too fast but not sure could have been something else. Been looking at other options like getting a ton truck and hauling cars , seems like there is some money in that but will see what happens.