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They can also haul sugar in bulk, liquid food products with a giant inner liner (like a mcdonald's ketchup bag) such as salad dressing, oils etc. I also assign some to run salt, hops, pellets (discarded sugar refinery product) to cattle feeds etc Keep in mind that cement is way heavy. Small 2 bays are good for these. Anything that water will destroy but yet "pours" as a powder or granules are shipped in covered hoppers. If you ever saw farmers carrying giant "totes" to and from a grainery those couldve been delivered by covered hoppers. Or shipped in bulk in Boxcars. There are several threads one of which I started was called "Operation Ideas" there are some posts related to covered hoppers and thier use in industry such as at a brewery etc. Good Luck! I hope that others step forward because I am looking also for novel ways to use a covered hopper. Lee
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