New Orleans Levee rebuilds

[milling_drum]

The locals tell me the haul road we are using is one of the best ever....I'd really hate to see the bad ones...whewwww. They say in the rain they can completely disappear in under 2 hours if being used during the rain. I cannot count how many loads of fill they use on it per day but its no less than 100 CUBIC tons....triaxles and belly dumps.

Looks like they are getting a little something done

 

[mtb345]

what they waste here is not even a drop in the bucket campared to the pork in washinton its good to see some come our way no matter what people are working

 

[Buckethead]

its no less than 100 CUBIC tons....

Do you mean cubic yards?

 

[RonG]

What is a cubic ton?Ron G

 

[jimmyjack]

not to bust balls but a 100 tons is only like 4 to 5 loads usless guys are hauling really really light

 

[Turbo21835]

not to bust balls but a 100 tons is only like 4 to 5 loads usless guys are hauling really really light

And in other parts of the country, thats only 1 and 3/4 quarter loads

 

[jimmyjack]

And in other parts of the country, thats only 1 and 3/4 quarter loads

michigan is its own part of the world , with what you guys can haul up there

 

[milling_drum]

Theres a bridge from the pit to the site that has a set of scales a mile and a half before the approach. Twin Span its called. They have a limit of 80,000 pounds and NO permitted loads are allowed across it atall. We are really light...and it sucks.

At 78,000 I'm still getting over axle tickets on either the trailer or the drive axles. I've blown past them a number of times at 90,000 plus anyways. I DID get capped for a scale house blowby but had only 79,000 on the trailer and got a $500 ticket for that.

I was just being an idiot above with the cubic thing to see how many would bite down on it. The fill for the road comes from pits inside New Orleans city limits and they have a slim chance of seeing any DOT enforcement atall.

 

[milling_drum]

They started Levee three now.

 

[milling_drum]

My stint as a truck driver has ended. Therefore I am not able to post anymore pictures of this particular job.

Nobody noticed the tarp on the sidedump? It just got torn off because the driver dumped while the load was still covered. The fella walking up next to the truck is the owner....