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Thanks", "thumbUrl": "", "dateAdded": "2010-11-10T04:17:08Z", "lastPost": "2010-11-10T04:17:08Z", "views": 5656, "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "messageCount": 7, "premiumOnly": 0, "isfeatured": 0, "showInDays": -100, "showDate": "", "forumLink": "", "youtubeVideoId": "", "approved": 1, "active": 1, "alias": "walking-floor-loads-any-ideas", "forumUrl": "https://www.bulkloads.com/forum/walking-floor-loads-any-ideas/", "userId": 2953, "firstName": "JIM", "lastName": "JULIUS", "companyName": "JULIUS FARMS", "email": "[email protected]", "city": "YUMA", "state": "CO", "userCommentCount": 2, "userLikes": 0, "replies": [ { "replyId": 20215, "content": "\n Where are you located?\n", "contentHtml": "<br />\r\nWhere are you located?<br />", "parentReplyId": null, "thumbUrl": "", "avatarThumbUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.bulkloads.com/user_files/profile/thumbs/default.png", "signUpDate": "2010-09-22", "dateAdded": "2010-11-10T15:03:57Z", "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "approved": 1, "userId": 2643, "firstName": "MARK ", "lastName": "GOODMAN", "companyName": "BAY TRANSFER, LLC", "email": "[email protected]", "city": "EDGEWATER", "state": "MD", "userCommentCount": 7, "userLikes": 0, "userDislikes": 0, "links": [], "files": [], "iLike": 0, "iDislike": 0 }, { "replyId": 20216, "content": "Eastern Colorado", "contentHtml": "Eastern Colorado", "parentReplyId": null, "thumbUrl": "", "avatarThumbUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.bulkloads.com/user_files/profile/thumbs/default.png", "signUpDate": "2010-10-29", "dateAdded": "2010-11-10T15:46:58Z", "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "approved": 1, "userId": 2953, "firstName": "JIM", "lastName": "JULIUS", "companyName": "JULIUS FARMS", "email": "[email protected]", "city": "YUMA", "state": "CO", "userCommentCount": 2, "userLikes": 0, "userDislikes": 0, "links": [], "files": [], "iLike": 0, "iDislike": 0 }, { "replyId": 20217, "content": "Not sure what would be available in your area but there are many uses in a floor. Can haul almost any kind of feed, mulch, and seed corn just to name a few. If trailer set up right up can haul palletized loads. I have a floor and use it 2 months a year and it more than pays for itself. Only negative I can think of is that they are pretty heavy for some products but if most people request a floor then they are usually willing to pay a little more. Hope i was able to help.", "contentHtml": "Not sure what would be available in your area but there are many uses in a floor. Can haul almost any kind of feed, mulch, and seed corn just to name a few. If trailer set up right up can haul palletized loads. I have a floor and use it 2 months a year and it more than pays for itself. Only negative I can think of is that they are pretty heavy for some products but if most people request a floor then they are usually willing to pay a little more. Hope i was able to help.", "parentReplyId": null, "thumbUrl": "", "avatarThumbUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.bulkloads.com/user_files/profile/thumbs/default.png", "signUpDate": "2010-03-11", "dateAdded": "2010-11-11T00:45:56Z", "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "approved": 1, "userId": 694, "firstName": "Adam", "lastName": "Seitz", "companyName": "SEITZ TRUCKING LLC", "email": "[email protected]", "city": "Jasper", "state": "IN", "userCommentCount": 10, "userLikes": 2, "userDislikes": 0, "links": [], "files": [], "iLike": 0, "iDislike": 0 }, { "replyId": 20218, "content": "Adam,\n I am in the quad city area in Illinois, any ideas where to look to put my walking floor to work. I did do seed corn this year now looking for something else. Is there a special tarp for the nose when hauling like DDG for example.", "contentHtml": "Adam,<br />\r\nI am in the quad city area in Illinois, any ideas where to look to put my walking floor to work. I did do seed corn this year now looking for something else. Is there a special tarp for the nose when hauling like DDG for example.", "parentReplyId": null, "thumbUrl": "", "avatarThumbUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.bulkloads.com/user_files/profile/thumbs/default.png", "signUpDate": "2010-11-09", "dateAdded": "2010-11-11T14:14:42Z", "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "approved": 1, "userId": 3043, "firstName": "JOHN", "lastName": "BRUCE", "companyName": "K & B TRUCKING LLC", "email": "[email protected]", "city": "VIOLA", "state": "IL", "userCommentCount": 1, "userLikes": 0, "userDislikes": 0, "links": [], "files": [], "iLike": 0, "iDislike": 0 }, { "replyId": 20219, "content": "Most people use a \"drag tarp\" to help clean out. If you dont use one you will be doing a lot of sweeping to get trailer cleaned out. I don't run my floor much besides seed. Think a lot of guys also use floors for green beans also but i have not personally done that. I have done some running for Midwest Ag out of Ohio. Seemed like good people but did a lot of sitting but always paid fairly quick. Think Zeeland does some freight for floors also and I'm sure there are several more out there that I don't know about or am forgetting about", "contentHtml": "Most people use a "drag tarp" to help clean out. If you dont use one you will be doing a lot of sweeping to get trailer cleaned out. I don't run my floor much besides seed. Think a lot of guys also use floors for green beans also but i have not personally done that. I have done some running for Midwest Ag out of Ohio. Seemed like good people but did a lot of sitting but always paid fairly quick. Think Zeeland does some freight for floors also and I'm sure there are several more out there that I don't know about or am forgetting about", "parentReplyId": null, "thumbUrl": "", "avatarThumbUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.bulkloads.com/user_files/profile/thumbs/default.png", "signUpDate": "2010-03-11", "dateAdded": "2010-11-12T02:20:25Z", "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "approved": 1, "userId": 694, "firstName": "Adam", "lastName": "Seitz", "companyName": "SEITZ TRUCKING LLC", "email": "[email protected]", "city": "Jasper", "state": "IN", "userCommentCount": 10, "userLikes": 2, "userDislikes": 0, "links": [], "files": [], "iLike": 0, "iDislike": 0 }, { "replyId": 20220, "content": "I have loads evryday, wood chips, western Mass to Ulysses, PA, weekly pay!", "contentHtml": "I have loads evryday, wood chips, western Mass to Ulysses, PA, weekly pay!", "parentReplyId": null, "thumbUrl": "", "avatarThumbUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.bulkloads.com/user_files/profile/thumbs/default.png", "signUpDate": "2010-12-29", "dateAdded": "2010-12-29T23:28:34Z", "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "approved": 1, "userId": 3477, "firstName": "PAT", "lastName": "HANNON", "companyName": "ABC&D RECYCLING", "email": "[email protected]", "city": "WARE", "state": "MA", "userCommentCount": 3, "userLikes": 0, "userDislikes": 0, "links": [], "files": [], "iLike": 0, "iDislike": 0 } ], "userDislikes": 0, "signUpDate": "2010-10-29", "avatarThumbUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.bulkloads.com/user_files/profile/thumbs/default.png", "links": [], "files": [], "iLike": 0, "iDislike": 0, "iSubscribe": 0 }

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WALKING FLOOR LOADS, ANY IDEAS?

Posted on Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 11:17 PM CST in YUMA, CO