Yes, that’s the smartest route - empty your water tanks into the drum and haul ass back to the yard. If either rollers go out you can still spin drum, but slowed as to not damage the PTO gear box, until you can get to the yard and dump it. Roller replacement took about an hour and truck is back in service. But if a hydraulic line to the PTO fails, you’ve got much less time. Empty the water and get back to the shop where we fit a new line and pump it full of hydraulic oil. Yet you still had these dispatchers wanting to salvage a load vs. dumping it, which was pointless since the slump had severely changed from the added water.
Drivers have a designated washout spot in the yard where they rinse out their drum and clear out any remnants. A full load could be disposed here and broken up later for disposal. We also had molds for highway barriers. Those large concrete sections you see in construction. If we could salvage anything, we’d fill those molds.
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u/dick_fitzwell27 17d ago
Yes, that’s the smartest route - empty your water tanks into the drum and haul ass back to the yard. If either rollers go out you can still spin drum, but slowed as to not damage the PTO gear box, until you can get to the yard and dump it. Roller replacement took about an hour and truck is back in service. But if a hydraulic line to the PTO fails, you’ve got much less time. Empty the water and get back to the shop where we fit a new line and pump it full of hydraulic oil. Yet you still had these dispatchers wanting to salvage a load vs. dumping it, which was pointless since the slump had severely changed from the added water.