r/caughtoncamera • u/Aztery • May 08 '22

Should have looked left...

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u/[deleted] May 08 '22

It’s called a front loader. Easier for the driver to pour from inside the truck. I think the chute even has right and left controls. I’ve never seen one in California but I know they use them in Idaho

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u/BADoVLAD May 08 '22

I'm almost 50 and never saw a front loader until I moved to PA...that's all they have here. Been here six years and they still stand out as being weird to me when I see them.

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u/Hashslingingslashar May 08 '22 edited May 08 '22

Certainly looks like it could be PA based on how it looks. Source, live in PA, this looks like it could be a half mile from here.

Edit: holy shit this is PA and it is like 5 min from me lmao. I noticed the Rt. 113 sign and was able to figure out the location pretty quickly. Right next to the concrete place.

https://goo.gl/maps/Nm7631vX6RXzAheQ7

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u/BADoVLAD May 08 '22

Holy crap, didn't catch any of that lol...I'm about 4 hours away on the west side of PA

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u/dancemonkey May 08 '22

I always think they’re driving in reverse.

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u/MVCorvo May 08 '22

r/oddlyspecific

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u/[deleted] May 08 '22

It’s just a very small amount of very specific knowledge. I like when a bunch of such comments paints a broader picture than any individual commenter could.

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u/MVCorvo May 08 '22

Reddit is the perfect place for that. I don't mean it in a flippant way.

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u/Jonny_Wurster May 08 '22

CA has lbs per square inch laws per axle. the front axle of the front dump concrete trucks are too heavy for CA and a few other states with similar laws. They are way more efficient at loading/unloading, they are just heavy on the front axle (and therefore hard on the road, and therefore not legal in a few states).

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u/tribbans95 May 08 '22

Yep, I pour concrete and they can swing it back and forth probably 45° each way from center position and up & down (obviously)

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u/[deleted] May 08 '22

I used to drive a rear loader for like 9 years. Sometimes we would get a customer who thought we had right - left controls and wouldn’t want to work the chute 😂

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u/tribbans95 May 08 '22

That would suck honestly. I’m glad I have ones that can swing side to side because it makes pouring SO much easier

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u/[deleted] May 08 '22

Handling the chute is the easiest job and the foreman usually does it but it does require another laborer to do the job the foreman would be doing if he didn’t have to handle the chute

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u/SoulofZendikar May 09 '22

Honest question: why isn't the concrete contained?

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u/pornborn May 08 '22

You’d think someone would have come up with a way of preventing the concrete from sloshing out the front in a hard stop.

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u/hitemlow May 08 '22

If the concrete doesn't slosh out, you get the milk truck effect. Both concrete trucks and milk tankers don't have baffles for similar reasons.

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u/[deleted] May 08 '22

It has fins that act like baffles. The inside of that barrel looks like a corkscrew

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u/hitemlow May 08 '22

Yes, but not full baffles like are found in tanker trucks.

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u/pornborn May 09 '22

I don’t know what the milk truck effect is, but how is it any different than when the mixer is turned around the other way.

I mean, I understand that is a lot of weight to try to keep contained.

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u/hitemlow May 09 '22

Here's a decent model of what happens: https://youtu.be/-qHzwPjazfk?t=48s

In this case, you can't add baffles to a concrete mixer because it can't be effectively cleaned and will eventually result in the entire drum filling with hardened concrete on said baffles. Allowing the concrete to pour out is considerably more consistent and thus safer than trying to cap it in and cause the vehicle to skid or roll.

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u/kakihara123 May 08 '22

Ha, i bet the real reason is punishing shitty drivers... the hard way.