Unloading a chip van

The process of unloading a wood chip trailer using a tipper

[@R.Tafolla]

This may sound kind of silly but i am playing a video game called American Truck Simulator and now i am fascinated by trucks and truckers and have gained a whole new level of respect for what you do! Thank you for the video!

[@theoregontruckerT880]

Not silly man I love that game haha

[@cruzinsweetsntreats]

J.C. Fishing Pond in your view as you exited SB to Betline. And Im guessing that was Lane Forest Products, which has grown quickly in just 4-5 years.

[@wbrucefehr2832]

How far away is your reload ? How many trips per day ?

[@theoregontruckerT880]

Klamath falls Oregon to Junction City Oregon 1 round per day. Dump then go reload ready for the next day

[@cruzinsweetsntreats]

J.C. to K-Falls is what, about a 4-5 hour drive for you, depending on snow level across 58?

[@theoregontruckerT880]

@@cruzinsweetsntreats 4-5 with no snow then about an hour to load then 4-5 back to the barn

[@cruzinsweetsntreats]

@@theoregontruckerT880 not too awful for the travel.

[@MtGoat1016]

Need to step up your game there boy's, try a B-double (x2 40 foot trailers) +prime mover lifted all together, doing this task in Australia drive on drive off no unhitching.

[@cruzinsweetsntreats]

You passed through my neck of the Whilamut Valley... Springfield.

[@theoregontruckerT880]

Our yard is on 28th by Rosboro saw mill

[@cruzinsweetsntreats]

To watch the trailer and semi get tilted at Kingsford on Marcola Rd at 28th/31st in Springfield, looks weird, but that's how they do it.

[@theoregontruckerT880]

I dump there and at Seneca a lot also at Seneca they tilt the truck and trailer both

[@profitswithsam1466]

Did they pay the company to buy the sawdust ?

[@r0ckworthy]

What the hell??? I didn't know this was a thing at all. I guess that's one way to unload a semi trailer... How does the machine keep the trailer from rolling backwards? Those must be some serious wheel chocks!!!

[@theoregontruckerT880]

There’s a big steel bump stop at the back kind of like the end of a train track you just back up the bumper of the trailer right up to it and it holds it. You should see the ones that lift the truck up as well as the trailer haha

[@r0ckworthy]

@@theoregontruckerT880 WHAT??? There's one that lifts the truck too? lol that's insane.

[@theoregontruckerT880]

I’ll get a video up on here next time I do it

[@seabulls69]

Interesting. All this time I thought the dump lifted the front of the trailer by the landing gear. I guess the lower frame rails are reinforced where the dump contacts them. Have to look next time I see one of our (Western) chip trailers up close.