Old Hand Newbie, calling all meal haulers
I last hauled bulk hopper 20 years ago. I'm returning to it after picking up a nice Wilson Pacesetter Tri Axle. Why am I returning? For a change after burning out on reefer, and other areas of trucking. When I hauled hopper before most of my outbound lanes was either soy meal or safflower meal. Sometimes hulls outbound, DDG thrown in for a change, and my return loads were wheat. I never hauled blood meal, fish meal or other types of meals. What can you tell me about them, good bad and ugly about the different types. How bad do they tear up a trailer (ie salt and fertilizer), difficulty in unloading and problems in hauling. I know the opportunity to haul them will pop up from time to time, and I need to understand them better in order to decide if I want to haul them. Are they worth hauling for what them pay in general? I appreciate your honest reponses and look forward to the helpful and educational responses, and will ignore the ignorant flaming responses. It is trucking after all. LOL