Am looking for pictures of how some of u are keeping your bulk salt.I need to keep about 60 tons at a time dry.We have been using a tarp but this is getting old.
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Am looking for pictures of how some of u are keeping your bulk salt.I need to keep about 60 tons at a time dry.We have been using a tarp but this is getting old.
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well there is alot you can do if you have land build a salt shed, for a more portable idea use a shelterlogic building and put it on a paved area. now probably the other question for year round storage will your town allow it? . mafia blocks can be used to contain slat inside those portable buildings.
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what kind of equipment are you using to load it? if your using a skid steer try a storage container. i use a 40' and it works perfectly my 873 fits in there along with about 35-40 tonscowboysfan said:
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Heres mine. I can hold about 30 ton but if you went 1 more block higher you should be able to hold around 50 ton. You can also go longer or wider. My friends is 24' long and 12' wide.
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Bulk Salt Storage
This is what our salt transfer station looks like. We have concrete floor and lights. With the cost of workers compensation and wanting to send our employees home in good health we have done all we can to make it safe to load in the dark. You have to keep the mud away so we have a good gravel parking and loading area. In our area you must have industrail property to have a salt storage area. We can store over 100 tons of salt in bin and keep it dry.
This is what our salt transfer station looks like. We have concrete floor and lights. With the cost of workers compensation and wanting to send our employees home in good health we have done all we can to make it safe to load in the dark. You have to keep the mud away so we have a good gravel parking and loading area. In our area you must have industrail property to have a salt storage area. We can store over 100 tons of salt in bin and keep it dry.
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Here is pic of inside. I am almost out of salt. I use to load with a backhoe loader. I could not see to load very well. With this loader I can see inside the trucks better. Went from a 1 yard bucket to a 1.6 yard bucket. The old hoe didnt have heat either. What a wonderful thing heat is in middle of winter.
Hope this gives you an idea of what works good for us. The best part of this set up is the lighting for nite operations. Seeing is great while loading in the night.
Here is pic of inside. I am almost out of salt. I use to load with a backhoe loader. I could not see to load very well. With this loader I can see inside the trucks better. Went from a 1 yard bucket to a 1.6 yard bucket. The old hoe didnt have heat either. What a wonderful thing heat is in middle of winter.
Hope this gives you an idea of what works good for us. The best part of this set up is the lighting for nite operations. Seeing is great while loading in the night.
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Here is ours 12'H x 26'W x 48'L, also out of salt. We will bring all the salt that is at satellite locations back for the summer as soon as we are sure winter is done.
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If youe have the means($) and have the area to do something permenant you may want to consider staying away from the mafia block/tent set ups.
I originally started off with a set-up like that and it worked good for about 5 years then the cover-it tarp was starting to wear out and the mafia blocks had started to deteriorate from the salt but it still worked. One day when we were cleaning everything up from a storm one of the newer guys put up the body on the large six wheeler to dump the ballast back into the shelter and when he came out he turned too soon with the body up in the air and ripped the whole thing down. When I looked at the cost to replace the tarp set up I also had somebody quote me on a "stick" building. The stick building was 75% more than the tent set up but it would have a lifespan of 10 times the tent set-up. So when I decided on the stick building I didn't want to put it on the mafia blocks because they would fail before the building so I wanted to do something different that would ast longer. My layout at the shop had already had the bin recessed into a small banking on site and I figured why not utilize that to my advantage and built the foundation out of PT timbers. They would be plenty sturdy and if I used the good timbers(6X8X8 incised Hemlock) longevity wouldn't be a problem. Once the building was up we paved the floor with asphalt so that it too would resist attack from the salt.
I originally started off with a set-up like that and it worked good for about 5 years then the cover-it tarp was starting to wear out and the mafia blocks had started to deteriorate from the salt but it still worked. One day when we were cleaning everything up from a storm one of the newer guys put up the body on the large six wheeler to dump the ballast back into the shelter and when he came out he turned too soon with the body up in the air and ripped the whole thing down. When I looked at the cost to replace the tarp set up I also had somebody quote me on a "stick" building. The stick building was 75% more than the tent set up but it would have a lifespan of 10 times the tent set-up. So when I decided on the stick building I didn't want to put it on the mafia blocks because they would fail before the building so I wanted to do something different that would ast longer. My layout at the shop had already had the bin recessed into a small banking on site and I figured why not utilize that to my advantage and built the foundation out of PT timbers. They would be plenty sturdy and if I used the good timbers(6X8X8 incised Hemlock) longevity wouldn't be a problem. Once the building was up we paved the floor with asphalt so that it too would resist attack from the salt.
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nice set up Big Dog
That is a very nice set up Big Dog. One to be proud of. I would like to build our business to that size that could support a building like that. With us not in the snow belt of Ohio it would take many "great" years to support a building like that.
I like the translucient pannels you have on the back to let in the light.
That is a very nice set up Big Dog. One to be proud of. I would like to build our business to that size that could support a building like that. With us not in the snow belt of Ohio it would take many "great" years to support a building like that.
I like the translucient pannels you have on the back to let in the light.
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Thanks,
I just wanted to make sure that I didn't continue throwing good money away with something that doesn't make sense. We use it year round, salt in the colder months then screened loam in the warmer months. Nothing nicer than having dry loam when everybody else only has mud.
I just wanted to make sure that I didn't continue throwing good money away with something that doesn't make sense. We use it year round, salt in the colder months then screened loam in the warmer months. Nothing nicer than having dry loam when everybody else only has mud.
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Nice setup DJ. Would love something like that, but getting a permit would be a pain. No permit needed for a tent type building.
MAybe should've done that instead of a Toolcat.
MAybe should've done that instead of a Toolcat.
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That's quite alright Jeff, I'm more than likely awake. No need to check.
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Where you been, we threw some salt last Thurs AM. They're threatening again tomorrow and possibly even Sunday.dssxxxx said:There's no need for any of us to be awake with this weather.....
It's the winter that wouldn't start and now it won't quit.
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We been doing paper work.....end of season.Mark Oomkes said:Where you been. It's the winter that wouldn't start and now it won't quit.
But, believe it or not, took 2 orders for mag chloride in VA and 1 in Canada....today.........
I can see up north, but in VA??We start our first meetings for next season on Monday, the 16th. It's becoming a all year event.........
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Hope the VA orders aren't using it on any concrete. :grinzdssxxxx said:We been doing paper work.....end of season.
But, believe it or not, took 2 orders for mag chloride in VA and 1 in Canada....today.........
We start our first meetings for next season on Monday, the 16th. It's becoming a all year event.........
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