"Do Not Push" the dump truck

Yes, on most highway hi boys, one can not push. My driver was pulled when fully loaded with Super B clams instead of being pushed.

$7200 in repairs...bumper, front crossmember, 5th wheel plate on lead trailer were the main items. It's very common to push on the pup with a dozen or loader as there is a Push Block on the pup right from factory instead of stretching your truck.

 

I know all to we'll about those push bumps on the back. Years ago I was backing into a parking spot and BAM I hit something. I knew I wasn't close to the trailer behind me. Didn't see the dang push bump block. My purty alum flat bed didn't look so purty after that!!

 

You should see some of the stuff they do in the bush when its close to spring breakup. Mud is usually diff deep. Got the skidder or a dozer pulling on the front, diffs fully locked up, possibly the loader pushing on the back as well.

 

Oh yes, have been there. Sometimes "diff deep" is considered high grade...lol

 

In my case I have a tow hook pintle mounted in the front of my truck hooked to both sides of the frame and plated for reinforcement.

The main and obvious reason is damage to the tailgate as it is not designed to be pushed on once it is bent then the the tailgate leaks and everyone gets chipped or broken windshields.

If I need a pull hook to the front. If the site is so bad that bad that my truck needs to be pulled out then it is too rough of conditions and the equipment operator needs to fix it or they need off road dumps.

Trucks cost to much to fix to go mudding for about $100 a load

 

I just talked with a buddy he is getting $3 a ton hauling asphalt 10 miles so that's actually 20 miles round trip. He pays his drivers $22 an hour so if he is hauling 25 tons that is $75 per load and takes about 1.5 hours to load run get into the paver and return.

Not much room in that to rebuild a tailgate or fix a broken axle or power divider.

BTW those rates are the main reason I dont do asphalt. Most of the time the asphalt guys over book trucks so you may only haul 4 or 5 loads if I don't get an hourly rate I stay at home.

 

Ive done dump. Best time of life as far as Im concerned. (RIP Snowball) anyhow...

Get a little bit stuck in a sandy spot? Backhoe will shove on you well enough. If it's raining and you are laying stone in the woods building someone's two mile driveway through swamp ground on his property, and the stone sticks together into one lump to the rain? Flop over backwards and sit on the ### gate staring at the sky straight up. No worries, backhoe will be by soon enough to haul your steers back down. Just lay off the scared screaming.

Do not push? Those are with the airride bags. It would break them. We rode on steel.