Trucker Explains Pneumatic Trailer Unloading
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- čas přidán 7. 04. 2016
- I've often been asked how "that funny looking trailer" I pull works. Thought it'd be handy to have a video explanation to point folks to. So here it is. Don't know that it's the best explanation ever, but it's mine. The sound drops off right at the end, sorry. But you'll get the gist anyway.
Thanks for watching!
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What a simple and easy to understand explanation of how these trailers work. No flare or annoying music. Thank you!
I am a simple, easy kinda guy! Thanks! 😉
Thank you gobbstopper... It would be my pleasure to come across you some day on the road. I'm starting a new job next week hauling salt and found your video very educational. I've been out here 23 years and new to the pneumatic, but not very often do I come across a fellow trucker that is as respectable and articulated as yourself. Very appreciative of your video and the respect you add to the industry.
Appreciate the kind words driver. I haven't checked this account on years... Forgot I'd even made this video honestly! Hope your an old pro at this by now!
@@gobbstopper71 Honestly, I forgot about that also. Yeah I spent a year and a half on that pneumatic and got pretty good at it but there was too much downtime with the Morton salt in Grand Saline TX so I had to give it up. Just got me a 2021 389 last week back to pulling the reefer. Grocery warehouses suck but it’s better than the refineries in Houston and dragging those stainless steel hoses and breathing salt dust. Thanks for responding. Brought back an unexpected memory there.
Great job of explaining what a lot of us had no clue about! Thanks much for the education! I wish I had a job like yours!
Minimum 12 hours a day.Long days
Thank You For Showing And Explaining In This Great Educational Video What None Of The Arrogant Super Truckers That I Have Asked To Show Me How These Trailers Operate, Acted Like They Were To Above Taking The Time To Show Someone Who Is Serious About Working In The Oil Fields Operating One Of These Pneumatic Trailers, The World Needs More People Like You, Who Are Not So Arrogant And Who Don't Think That They Are Gods Gift To Heaven !!!!!
I know the type brother... Appreciate the kind words.
This was so helpful! Looking to get into pneumatics. Nervous but I love learning new skills!
Did you get into it?
Thanks for sharing..I've done cement power and slag and it was a hell of dirt. I had to quit cuz if lack of equipment, but it was really a good experience. I added it resume. Good luck and keep an eye on those pressure gauges
Thanks for breaking this down for me I’m new to dry bulk and wanted a good understanding of how it worked
Stratocast83 are you currently looking for work? I have a huge contract for pneumatic o/o long term
Monique Davis : hi, I’m an engineer retired, looking forward to this work. How can I reach you?
I have wondered those trailers very informative i was just wondering thanks for vid..💯
Appreciate it!
Great video. I've hauled a lot of 110 to 120 barrel water trucks in the oil field. I start a new job Monday pulling a pneumatic trailer. Seems very similar to the water tankers, but also very different lol. Thanks for the great vid! Hope my trainer is as knowledgeable as you!
Brilliant video,well explained!I have always wondered how they worked,as I have lived near a cement works all my life and saw those type of trailers all the time. 👍🙂❤
Very interesting! Thank you for this great explanation, from a young engineer that recently joined the workforce :)
Thank you for the information driver! Have safe trips, keep makin that $ & #StayBlessed
thank you very much for all the information, be very carefull out there on the road.
Great video man
Great video! Thank you.
Enjoyed the video. Nice looking truck.
Loved pulling them. I hauled pebble lime, cement, soda ash, fly ash and plastic. The cement destroyed the seals and always leaked really bad and if you blow plastic off too fast it melts. Other than that, the rest was easy.
I've gotta good buddy who does that products. Easy peasy of you get the hang of it.
Thanks for the Heads up on this Trailer. Of all Types of Trailers, I've Hauled in 20 yrs Plus. This is one I wasn't familiar with. Take Care out there..."Peace Out"
Mj Aguilar did you ever get experience ?
Glad to help brother ✌
Great video brother thank u
this is a really good video im newer to dry dulk i usually haul lime and coal the biggest lime stones ive hauled was 3/4"
Appreciate it brother! Hope all is still well
Nice rig long hours.Good luck.cheers
A few more details needed but very good video👍
This was so cool very well explained.
Thank you. Appreciate the appreciatin!
little confusing for a first timer but very instructional, thanks. I might be hauling sand soon.
i damaged one of these trailers my first week alone on the job,thank god i didnt get fired, any how i love my job
central cal 👋🏽 Hi I’m seeking someone with your expertise pneumatic o/o are you interested in an ongoing job?
How did it get damaged
@@moniquedavis6125 Hi Monique.Are you still looking for an o/o?
My company hauls food grade Amino acid and plastic pvc powder and pellets. We vacuum load and unload though in the same process
I been hauling fuel and thought it would be nice to learn pppppneumatics
Good video it was very helpful
Just got a offer to run pneumatic trailer for the oil field ..
Pretty cool i had no idea about these trailers
I’ll do it. Will they throw in a couple bags of sugar at the end of the week? 😂
Great video man. Thx
Thanks! I posted this and then totally forgot about it till I just tripped across it tonight uploading a different video.
How long does it take to unload flower out of one of those? I'm switching over from dry van to dry bulb and they do flower
Cool👍
MrBigR 504 hey! Are you currently on the market for a long term gig ??
It's rocket science developed in the bat cave
Man stop in York Nebraska and see me them tanks need tightened up :P
Is that your Pete or company truck? Also is it hard to scale a full load? I mean do you have to be fully fueled before you get loaded or is there a maximum weight limit of product they can put on? Good video 👍
Sorry for the late response... I almost never check this account. Forgot I'd made this video actually. Most of the time your loaded on a scale actually so there are no issues that way. Just tell them to leave yah 1000 light and your good. I always know my approx empty weight anyway. Also it was a company truck. Never had my own.
I do nothing but bulk sugar are hoses are stainless steel, we have tried those hoses your using the one right now the sugar eats up the plastic and within a week it has a hole in the hose
Question how do you bleed out your hose. Do you use the same bleeder valve on the trailer? I been hauling fuel and I been to some customers where I filled there storage tanks and once I’m done I reverse my pump and crack one of the ears on the hose so that air flow goes into the hose and that’s how I clean up my hose.... how do you guys do it to clear your hose from product and depressurizing your hose without getting injured?
Just blow until their empty is all. I've done plenty of fuel and other liquids tanker... No need to crack the ears... Just blow them clear is all. Easy peasy.
these dry bulk tanks are not hard to use it is a matter of watching and understanding pressure regulation and product control it works like a giant fire extinguisher
All fun until you plug the line feeding the silos. I run powdered cement to various plants and you need to be on the ball so not to plug your line. It can be nightmare.
Try vacuum loading plastic pellets off a railcar .....
@@2665916 I've been hauling cement, flyash and slag for over 2 years now and in a single tank like in the video. I'm trying to see how to unload California doubles, as I might take a job where I have to use them
@@FirebirdCamaro1220 Not sure what a California double is but I haul powder in 4 hopper trailers. trick to these is to keep your tank and line pressure between 10 and 12 Lbs. I find that once you have your PSI under control it stays the same for all 4 hoppers. Hope this answers your questions. For more I'd have to get in to fine details and this would take a lot of time. I wrote up a procedure for my company.
It's like a gigantic sand blaster.
Purdy much yup! 🤣
Thanks for the video are you still doing dry bulk??
LOLz... Sorry for the late response... Haven't checked this account in years and no. I'm not. Moved on to a better paying road construction gig with winters off. Hope all is well driver! ✌
This is a good decent video. I have to train new franc sand drivers once in a while that know nothing at all and this will be helpful. The biggest problem is when they clog up for having pressure to high. I’d like to see a video showing how to unclog a hose without wasting product because (not me) clear the hoses by spilling onto the ground. I see it happen all the time and it’s actually illegal.
Well, I no longer run pneumatics or I'd do it for yah! I have not checked this account in years, forgot all about this video.
@un1cos there is a video of how to clean a clog , depressurize tank, pressure bottom load tube, then open 1 empty hopper valve and product is supposed to flow backwards to unclog.
15psi... Don't think I've gotten that far yet. I go to 11psi right now. I keep hearing if you go that fast the chance of plugging up goes way up.
Ryan Gilbert not necessarily...
no matter what pressure just keep your line pressure at or below your tank psi especially with heavy products. Light weight product your hose psi can exceed your tank with no issues. but good practice is do it the same everytime...line psi at or below tank. most tanks recommend a max tank psi of 14.5 but you are usually limited to what the receiver wants you to unload at ref how good or bad their bag house is...i have had to unload at 4psi at certain places and in my younger stupider days i unloaded at 19psi....DONT UNLOAD AT 19...
@@strpped379 What happens then? It's interesting to see how this differs in the States. I drive a powder tanker and here most of the time (site dependent) we deliver around about 22PSI, going up to around about 32 before the PRV (pressure relief valves) go off. It takes us around 30 minutes to discharge roughly 68,000lbs worth of product (we can gross out at 97,000lbs in Europe if we have six axles). Time we pressure up the tank, and dump the air out after delivery and disconnect the pipes we're usually on site for around 45-50 minutes. I've yet to see a video online of a tanker delivering in Europe. If you Google Feldbinder cement tanker you'd see the sort of tankers that we use here.
All depends on the product and the system your blowing into, this one went strait into a well vented tower, no filters Unloaded at full speed / pressure there several times.
@@SuperFIFTHGEAR Holy shit that's high pressure! It averages around 2 hours to unload sugar (which was mostly what I hauled for this company in the video I made) sometimes add little as an hour and 15, and as long as 4 hours at general mills in cedar Rapids IA where we could only unload at 3 to 4 lbs or they'd plug.
Dang a lot of valves but looks easy just need to make sure the air is pushing I guess
How do I get experienced
Where do you load your sugar out of?
Mostly North Dakota. Occasionally Iowa
how much is big money?
about 60 to 70k, depends on who you work for and how much you are willing to work.
I was making 70ish there. But running 3k/week 50 weeks a year. Now I'm doing local road construction running asphalt tanker and bellys as needed. Work my nuts off 7 months and fake the winter off. Make enough to live off unemployment and supplement with savings that I sock away. Ice fishing time!