Megadumper

This is how we unload a load of woodchips (pulpwood) in Western Canada. This is one of our competitors on the Megadumper, as one of our units was not in to unload at the time. Sorry about the quaility as I took this with my Blackberry Pearl.

The Megadumper can handle 90,000 kgs (198,400 lbs) but the legal weight of the unit on the dumper is 63,500 kgs (140,000 lbs) max. The driver unlatches the front door of the pup (back) trailer so the chips from the lead (front) trailer can pass through. He unlatches the drawbridge on the back of the lead and the drawbridge drops to allow the chips to pass over it to the pup. The side doors are now free to swing out and this creates a bottom (drawbridge) and sides (doors) to contain the chips as the pass from lead to pup. The driver unlatches the back door of the pup and this is where the chips call down into the hoopper bin to be conveyored out to the mill.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• woodchips
• pulpwood
• trucking
• megadumper

[ChipTruckDriver]

Domtar in Kamloops. This is the former Weyerhauser Pulp Mill.

[rottenbyron]

@korpisbosse These trucks are designed to have as low a tare weight as possible. Putting a wet kit and lift rams on one truck means 1 - 1.5 tons less payload each trip. Multiply that by a fleet of 50+ trucks, and it doesnt take long to justify setting up dumpers to unload, even if it does take 10 minutes to drop a load.

[korpisbosse]

search for "flisbil" so can you see how we unload woodchips in Sweden

[korpisbosse]

search for "flisbil" so can you see how vi unload woodchips in Sweden

[korpisbosse]

Is this 18 century,in Sweden we have hydrulics on the truck and unloading take 2 minutes

[Connykol]

But its so slooow ....

[sebofo]

Now that's a really different approach.... Cool. But what keeps the truck from sliding down the ramp? Is there some kind of hook or other device attached to the front of the truck?

[CR250R40]

Please explain the dumping procedure for B Trains...... both trailers empty at once?? If so, how does the first empty with the second still hooked up? Thank you for your time.

[CR250R40]

Great video. Thanks.