Big V small: (Satellite)
Big V big: (Satellite)
(Update: just a few days later, I saw another covered hopper mounted high to load feed trucks.)
Scott Latoski posted two photos with the comment: "Discovered this at a feed mill in McAlester, OK. Interesting use of a hopper car to fill trailers."
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| Dennis DeBruler commented on Scott's post That is fascinating. That would significantly reduce the dwell time of the truck at the mill allowing it to make more trips during a day. |
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| Dennis DeBruler commented on Scott's post There must be a lot of big feedlots in the area. Using a hopper trailer would also reduce the dwell time at the farm and allow the truck to haul even more feed in a day. This photo shows the type of feed truck used in the Midwest. A feed truck takes a while to unload at a farm because it is using an augur instead of a hopper. But it delivers the feed directly into a bin, thus saving the farmer the cost of an elevator. July 23, 2016 |
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| Dennis DeBruler commented on Scott's post The mill is no longer rail served. But it looks like they may still receive some sort of fertilizer by rail. The railroad was the Rock Island. It is now the Arkansas-Oklahoma Railroad. (AOK) |
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| Dennis DeBruler commented on Scott's post While looking for this feed mill, I discovered Big V Feeds, which is huge. Their "small" mill is larger than most Midwest mills. |
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| Dennis DeBruler commented on Scott's post Their new mill is the largest that I have seen, and it is rail served. In this case it is served by a remnant of the MKT branch that went to Wilburton. Even though UP now owns the MKT mainline, AOK has trackage rights on this remnant. That makes sense since UP doesn't want carload business. In the Midwest, feed mills are not rail served because they are generally grain elevators that became just feed mills when they lost their rail service. |
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