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Post by sswt on Apr 22, 2009 7:54:19 GMT -5
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Post by sswt on Apr 22, 2009 7:56:08 GMT -5
we moved up about 1-1.5 feet per hour on average
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Post by Mixer Driver 69 on Apr 22, 2009 19:31:24 GMT -5
How many yards was that pour?
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Post by concretejoe on Apr 22, 2009 21:51:18 GMT -5
70 miles! They probably should have put a portable up for that. It looks like they had plenty of room for one. Although, I kinda like those long hauls.
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Post by gant on Apr 22, 2009 22:11:00 GMT -5
I would have ran out of fuel on the way back lol
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Post by Crazy Mudder Trucker on Apr 23, 2009 0:40:52 GMT -5
that looks pretty tight...id love to haul one load 70 miles.. i'd leave piss wet though
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Post by sswt on Apr 23, 2009 8:10:18 GMT -5
we have a plant about 4-5 miles from there, but its not setup for winter pouring at all.......it was bid and origionally supposed to come out of there, but they moved the job up and we went with it
as far as the fuel goes we fueled every round, i'd take between 21-25 gallons per round, close enough to make it 2 rounds, but i wasnt about to run out of fuel in the middle of north dakota
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Post by sswt on Apr 23, 2009 8:11:24 GMT -5
oh, and we did have a portable on site 2 years ago, building the wind farms; but then things went sour real quick with the owner of the elevator, and thats how we ended up buying the plant just up the road
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Post by BillyCement on Apr 23, 2009 16:05:52 GMT -5
Being from the Northeast I'm just guessing here...........are those grain elevators? We've got nothing like that around here. Except the skyscrapers in NYC.
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Post by Mort on Apr 23, 2009 16:51:55 GMT -5
Could be, Billy. I've seen some of them down on the Chehalis River in Washington, farm country. I always thought it was where they put the grain into ships for transport. And as far as I know, grain is the only thing in North Dakota.
And my longest haul (with concrete in the truck) was 64 miles, up the Cascade Mountains, to Stevens Pass. That was an awesome haul, lemme tell you, took all the fuel I had almost.
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Post by sswt on Apr 23, 2009 21:48:50 GMT -5
wow its wierd thinking of not having grain elevators all over the place......its where the grain is stockpiled before its rail-cared out of there
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Post by herslip98 on Apr 24, 2009 7:11:40 GMT -5
SSWT where in north dakota GrandForks ? Im in Bismarck I dont Work for strata though.
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Post by herslip98 on Apr 24, 2009 7:13:24 GMT -5
We have another slip form again this year at on of the many power plants around here. They are saying 6 weeeks at 27 yards an hour. I would say thats one tall stack.
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Post by sswt on Apr 24, 2009 7:16:19 GMT -5
the slip was in nekoma, hauling it out of devil's lake...it was origionally supposed to come out of langdon
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Post by sswt on Apr 24, 2009 7:17:27 GMT -5
who do you drive for in bismarck?
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Post by herslip98 on Apr 24, 2009 7:19:31 GMT -5
Kniferiver.
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Post by sswt on Apr 24, 2009 15:49:29 GMT -5
oh ok - i used to drive for them back home....well it was bauerly's at the time, knife river now
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Post by herslip98 on Apr 24, 2009 17:21:24 GMT -5
Oh we had some of them guys up here two summers ago we were super busy they were and still are slow.
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Post by Mort on Apr 24, 2009 23:10:58 GMT -5
Why do they call it an elevator? Does it go up and down?
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