making trip to uae harmony

sweeperman wrote:For what it's worth, the 6X12 U-Haul utility trailer has 2 4500 lbs. axels and hubs. The tires are rated 2040 lbs. ea. at 65 psi. The axel and frame of that trailer is the same as their largest car carrier trailer. Me personaly, I feel ore then comfortable puttin a 3.5 ton load on that trailer with the proper tow vehicle and care of driving.

Knowing this information, I feel more comfortable in that the trailer will hold the 3.5 tons of coal. When you read the trailer specs on u-haul's site it makes you think the trailer is built with light duty components simply due to the low weight capacities.

6 gallon buckets are killers when bucketing out basement coal, right John ?

Yep.

Wood'nCoal wrote:

6 gallon buckets are killers when bucketing out basement coal, right John ?

Yep.

Aww, quit crying, you guys... I got 2 tons out of a neighbor's basement, with buckets, by myself, just cuz it was free, THEN I gave it away to friends

And we appreciated it!

yes we did,twas very nice.

went to harmony today for coal , bins are full ,I called first they said open m-f 7-5 sat 7-12

Made the run to Harnony today.I was hesitant due to an imagined line, being as this is a Saturday.There were no lines,only a steady stream of folks getting coal but no backup.All bins held an ample supply.I saw everything from robust dump trucks to small pickup trucks with their mudflaps dragging the ground, to the guy that had two industrial sized trash cans strapped to his dead deer platform which was poked in his hitch receiver on his SUV.Thats what is so great about it all,everybody can do their own thing and it all seems to work.The coal looks beautiful. The trees are showing nice color and the air was crisp. How can you possibly beat a day like this? Took a bunch of pictures but when I got here to post them the camera held no pictures.I hate electronic things with a passion. My numbers look like this: Gross 12200 Tare 8600 Net 3600 Tons 1.8 Total $270. Can't wait to do it again!! Regards, Mike

It is a sickness we all share!!

Ok list, I pull out of UAE today loaded with 2240 lbs of nut. (I could of squeezed an additional 300 lbs but I don't like to overload the equipment). A little ways down the road I get slowed by a hugh truck loaded with coal. Single lane twisty stuff. Then I realized I was just behind this guy at the scale house. His tags, ME on the trailer & CT on the tractor.
I passed him on the long uphill approach to Rt81. I was in 2nd gear, he was in...? But it was slow! He hopped on Rt81N

So, who ordered a hugh load destined for CT or thereabouts