How Do They Load You at the Mine?

hotblast1357 · Post by **hotblast1357** » Wed. Mar. 16, 2016 8:34 pm

swyman wrote:
Richard S. wrote:

High lift truck can load you easy, perhaps they can set you up with one if you pay them. Not sure what someone would charge for it but for meit would have to be about $40. If the truck isn't moving you aren't making money.
I'm in SE Michigan so any hauling would be out of the question since I have the means to do it myself. I just don't think I could find someone to do it as cheap as I could haul it. I'm looking at around $200 in fuel and a full day which I don't mind at all.

I believe he means a hi lift truck can load you at the mine...

McGiever · Post by **McGiever** » Wed. Mar. 16, 2016 9:39 pm

Yeah, coordinate to have someone who owns a hi-lift coal truck to be there at the breaker when you are and have the hi-lift truck loaded under the big chute or with a large FEL there at the "breaker" and then have hi-lift truck to do the transfer into your IBCs .

I have done exactly that with my IBCs at a local suppliers coal yard with the suppliers hi-lift truck.

Here's a picture for illustrative purposes:

PJT · Post by **PJT** » Wed. Mar. 16, 2016 9:54 pm

Pretty cool looking old coal truck there McGiever...but I get more loaded at home than I ever did at any old mine...

Post by **Richard S.** » Wed. Mar. 16, 2016 11:33 pm

PJT wrote:Pretty cool looking old coal truck there McGiever...but I get more loaded at home than I ever did at any old mine...

Actually it wasn't that old, about 15 years old when that picture was taken., It's an 86 Mercedes Benz. If someone that has a truck like that is at the breaker they can pretty much fill the bags anywhere they are. Most breakers don't have their own high lifts... they are all independent.

lzaharis · Post by **lzaharis** » Sun. Mar. 20, 2016 10:28 am

swyman wrote:
Scottscoaled wrote:Don't forget to drill holes in the bottom of your IBC's to let the water drain out. You are purchasing freshly washed rocks at a breaker. Let the load drain for 15-20 minutes before weighing out. Don't want to pay for the extra water weight
Didn't think of that either.....would add up for sure!

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It might be simpler to just put some mosquito screen in the valve ports
before all it said and done and you can simply let the water drain out
that way and for that matter leave the valves slightly open to to continue
draining the water from the coal. You have to be sure you do not have
any coal on the trailer that is loose as you will be ticketed for spillage.

If you can bring along a leaf blower you will get any loose coal off the
trailer before you exit the property and have zero issues as long as
the load is tarped and the tarp and loads are secured making sure
the totes are strapped or chained down through the pallet fork holes
and stopping to make sure the loads have not shifted.

You need to buy a good tarp for the load as they do not tolerate open loads
no matter how small due to material being pulled out by the wind or by
simply driving down the road so be sure to buy a good tarp and tie downs
for the tarp.

manders · Post by **manders** » Mon. Mar. 21, 2016 9:49 am

I have been using IBC totes for 3 years now.
Direnzo can load them directly from their chute. None issue.

Last season I bought from Lehigh.
I put two totes in the back of my truck. Placed them close together and made a small sheet metal shield that covered the small opening between the two totes.
They loaded me with their skid steer, no problems.

After fighting with tarps for years I decided to try something different.
I cut some plywood that would fit down tightly over the top of the cutout in the totes.
Now all I have to do is strap the plywood down. Only takes one strap per tote and everything is covered.

swyman · Post by **swyman** » Tue. Mar. 22, 2016 12:07 am

manders wrote:I have been using IBC totes for 3 years now.
Direnzo can load them directly from their chute. None issue.

Last season I bought from Lehigh.
I put two totes in the back of my truck. Placed them close together and made a small sheet metal shield that covered the small opening between the two totes.
They loaded me with their skid steer, no problems.

After fighting with tarps for years I decided to try something different.
I cut some plywood that would fit down tightly over the top of the cutout in the totes.
Now all I have to do is strap the plywood down. Only takes one strap per tote and everything is covered.

The top of the totes have 2 bars that run through the plastic and are bolted to the top of the frame. I am going to take the bolts out and cut with a thin bladed jigsaw around the top. Once loaded I can bolt the tops back on and will be securely covered.