Goes with the territory, trucking that is, you hate when it happens unexpectedly or in inclement weather.
Few years back I was helping a long time friend and farmer with his trucking, old DM Mack is one rough riding truck and he could not drive it at the time due to this.
Sawdust can be a pain to get, well 35 yards + per load at least it can be, so when them mill says yes the truck immediately goes over, and sometimes it may be later in the day, leave the load on and take in the morning, not a big fan of dumping at this large dairy, in the dark, as the you have to dump perpendicular to the shed and the apron slopes, pucker factor increases 10x at night, when you are trying to find that sweet spot where you dumped before and it did not turn over LOL ! You have to be careful and usually someone will spot you as they have to push the sawdust into the shed anyway, really hated that shed arrangement, theres no room to back in, well its so tight, I did it once just about lined up and the slope is not against you.
Well it was one of those clear nights, got to 0 or so in the morning, I got there, and raised the box, and we usually load so its peaked up high and just about spilling over, when you open that tail gate, theres usually a lot more on the ground then in the photo. Not today, and somewhere in the back of our minds, myself, farmer etc., we know sawdust freezes, but let the truck sit over night, not a good move !!! Now if I loaded it, then left it for his son to deliver, which he sometimes did.... glad that did not happen, hate to do that to the next guy !
2 hours later and it was in the teens, was toasty warm in no time, feet included LOL, even at the end, chipping out the corners, and all I had was that grain shovel, glad I kept it on the box ! What a place for a load to hang up too, not very level like I mentioned.
Plenty warm by now, getting there, but a ways to go, and you are working with the box up fighting the slope.
Can see light at the end of the tunnel now, guy who takes care of the calves receives this for bedding, he was still glad to get it, earned my pay for this one, and I still charged the farmer the usual rate (when it just falls out into a pile, no hand unloading LOL !) as what he made on these loads was a joke, he eventually stopped hauling it, no money in it at all, dairy would not pay a dime more.
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