Unlike other types of trucking, dry bulk grain haulers are paid by weight. That means the more you move, the more you make. This can be a very lucrative seasonal job. With a median salary of $54,000 (assuming constant work year round) dry bulk grain hauling is an excellent option to put some money in your pocket.

No, you don’t need hazmat to carry most fertilizer.

Marine vessel, rail, and motor vehicle transportation are all prominent modes for fertilizers transportation. When looking at total tons of material transported by mode, truck shipments may appear inflated. Each ton of fertilizer is moved by a motor vehicle at least once, and often several times, during its journey.

Bulk loads are exactly what they sound like: they are large freight loads. Bulk load trailers are typically hopper bottom and pneumatic trailers and are designed to carry a large quantity of dry or liquid freight, and can be unload via walking hopper bottoms, walking floors or conveyor.

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As shown in Table 1, this boils down to $1.74 per mile in over- head costs, with $0.54 per mile for repairs and tires. With a diesel price of $4.30 per gal- lon and fuel efficiency of 6 miles per gallon, the fuel cost is $0.72 per mile and the sub- total operating cost (less labor) is $3.00 per mile.

Farmers around here use grain trucks to haul rock now and then but there are reasons why grain trucks haul grain. The sides will not take a lot of force and the spreader chains can get damaged when loading rock. Most beds don’t lift very high. If the rock is sticky or wet you could have issues getting it to flow out.

Yes it works, but it isnt efficent by any means. Grain bodys are built to be light and not stand up to heavy loads of dirt or gravel. Id keep looking for another truck if i was you.

Included among the types of large trucks and trailers found now on farms are semi-trailer end-dump trucks, pup trailers, truck and grain trailers, and regular and long-bed straight trucks. All farm dump trucks and trailers use a hydraulic hoist to dump their loads.

Semi-end dump trucks and high side-end dump trucks can haul 21 tons of gravel.

On the average tandem dump truck ( two axles in the back and one steering axle) you can load 15-18 tons. Dump trucks sizes and the moisture content of the gravel are unknowns. How much does 1 cubic yard of gravel weigh?

Length in feet x Width in feet x Depth in feet (inches divided by 12). Take the total and divide by 21.6 (the amount of cubic feet in a ton). The final figure will be the estimated amount of tons required.

A truck load of gravel costs $1,350 or more with a 10-yard minimum, including delivery and spreading based on the rock type, amount, truck size (double or tri-axle), and travel distance. Most rock-fill jobs use a 3-man crew plus a tractor for $46 per hour that spread 12 cubic yards per hour.

When it comes to gravel, an ideal average is about 3,000 lbs per yard. A dump truck (pickup truck sized) can carry 1 yard and three-axle dump truck can carry about 16.5 yards of gravel.

A 50-pound bag of pea gravel is equivalent to 0.5 cubic foot, so two 50-pound bags cover 1 cubic foot.

Crush and run is one of the cheapest materials that can be used in a gravel driveway at about $0.40 per square foot. Cost per cubic yard is about $20 and per ton about $28.

A ton of gravel will cover approximately 100 square feet, 2 inches deep.

Add lime and sand to harden dirt. Hardened dirt can be used in many applications, including patios and driveways. Making dirt hard entails adding sand and lime in specific ratios. Using a wheelbarrow to mix all the elements will make your dirt hardening project go easier.