RodInNS said: (quoted from post at 15:37:56 02/07/13) I'm more inclined to think someone was loading out and walked away while loading and forgot it... If it is a dump (and I'm not convinced it is given the proximity of the stacks to the box), it's certainly low enough to drive out of the building. That's why I tend to think it was unattended at the time.
Freightshaker would probably drive out afterwards anyway. Just clean the corn out from under it and go. Lots heavier loads been placed on them around here than that. I had 30 ton net on the back of a COE one time. Brand new 30 tonne scope wouldn't dump the load off...
Rod
Having upgraded a bunch of these setups to handle modern yields and transport methods usually from 5,000bph to 12,000bph, I agree this is definitely a loadout mistake. If this truck had a dump box on it you would be able to see it in the doorway. Judging by the position of the cab they were loading the front hopper of a trailer. The gate may have broken but I don't see where the truck could have done it. And by looking at the picture there is no overhead bin directly above. there would be a loadout spout with a gate, probably cable and chainwheel operated. A broken cable on a open ceiling height gate would do this in a heartbeat. No way to get to it to shut it until the grain stops flowing.
This post was edited by 36F30 at 15:59:51 02/07/13.
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