WOW!

14 here... That is cold... Going to haul dirt today... Have to drive my Ford 4400 Hoe/Loader up to the neighbors (2 1/2 miles) Open station... THEN I have to go home and get my newly acquired dump truck, and go start getting loads and bring it home... I can haul 5 yards in a go. The positive here? The dump truck doesn't have windows in the doors, so I will get plenty of fresh air. C O L D!!

Bundle up!

Be careful - you'll have to heap it pretty high to get five yards on a 1 ton.

(quoted from post at 12:20:47 11/11/14) Be careful - you'll have to heap it pretty high to get five yards on a 1 ton.

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And 2 yard will be over weight on a 1 ton, I thought he had a bigger truck???

I think it's an F600. That would be a '2 ton'.
Bryce??????

Yes sir, it is a F600, with a 14 foot bed. Calculations say that it will hold 7.7 yards, but that would just make the truck cry. I am going with 5 yards, maybe not even that much... Loader bucket is 1/2 yard, so I can moniter my load by counting bucket loads! I'll try to get a picture of the dump truck today.. It is special, real special....

Ahhh - my mistake.

We used to average 6 cubic yards per tandem load hauling from a borrow pit.

(quoted from post at 12:40:48 11/11/14) Yes sir, it is a F600, with a 14 foot bed. Calculations say that it will hold 7.7 yards, but that would just make the truck cry. I am going with 5 yards, maybe not even that much... Loader bucket is 1/2 yard, so I can moniter my load by counting bucket loads! I'll try to get a picture of the dump truck today.. It is special, real special....

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I am thinking 4 yards would be better but I do not know the weight of the stuff you are hauling.

5 yards of feathers is whole lot lighter than gravel or pig iron.

I'd go lighter than 5 yards, on a single axle F600- watch as you load it as to when it goes down onto the overload springs, then maybe a yard beyond that. Be a shame to bust something on your "new" truck. And besides, then you get more seat time, with the Ozark Air Conditioning system.

Was the last bucket full number six, or seven. I hope your memory is better than mine, or you will have less, or more dirt in the truck. I am ok up to two, then I better write it down. Stay warm. Stan

I seen a guy get a load of to much sand (there was room for more) in a Chevy C60. The frame broke right behind the cab. The bed tilted the back of the seat forward when it happened.

Start less, you can always do more the next trip if it works easy.

If you start more, you will either be shoveling off or bust something when you go to hoist....... Dirt is -heavy- per yard.

Experience talking here.

Paul

Dad got a load of sand with his International 14 foot grain truck - about the same size truck as talked about here. He asked for so and so much. The fella put one pay loader scoop on, said that should be more than we are billing for.

There were scrape marks on the underside of the floor where the wheels touched as he drove -slowly- the 5 miles home.....

Paul

Well, I just got back from my 3rd load.

It is going well, am actually making some good time of it. I am doing 8 scoops, so 4 yards, and then I look at the tires and see what they are telling me, then I do 1 or 2 scoops more, and that is really all it wants. Sooo, I think that 4 yards is a safe load!

I remember many years ago a buddy of mine (we were 17 at the time) had a 1976 Ford F250 with 8' pickup box. He thought he had the toughest truck around. One day his dad sends us after a load of sand, we went to the pit, backed up to the pile and started shoveling on sand. after shoveling for a while, I asked him how much more you wanna put on? He looks at the side of the truck, says "its barely squatting, lets give it some more" ok, we kept shoveling, a little while later he goes to look again, "its still barely squatting, lets give it some more to save another trip", ok, we kept shoveling. It wasn't much longer and we were tuckered out, I said lets take this load back, we can come back for more if needed. He agreed, even though he was sure the truck could hold more because it really wasn't squatting all that bad. We jumped in the truck, he pulled away from the pile and the rear end dropped a lot, felt like a foot or more. That's when we realized the back bumper had been sitting on the sand pile!! We made it home but didn't break any speed records. And only needed to come back for a 1/2 load, which is all we should of put on in the first place.

Seems like this operation should have generated some pics by now.................. :roll:

What are you using the dirt for. Are you getting topsoil or fill?