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<p>[quote user="BaltACD"]</p> <p><span style="color:#0000ff;">In severe weather - think 100 ton black ice cube that won't release from the tray.</span></p> <p><span style="color:#0000ff;"></span> <blockquote> <div><img src="/TRCCS/Themes/trc/images/icon-quote.gif" /> <strong>Bucyrus:</strong></div> <div></div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size:small;">Here is what I wonder about:<span style="mso-spacerun:yes;"> </span>Does coal freeze up into large masses during shipment?<span style="mso-spacerun:yes;"> </span>What affect does this have on dumping from conventional, non-covered cars when dumped through the bottom of the hoppers?<span style="mso-spacerun:yes;"> </span>Does that ever pose a problem with frozen chunks being too big to fall through the openings? </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></span></p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <p> </p> </blockquote> </p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <p>[/quote]</p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">It seems to me that these clamshell car covers would be subject to damage easily if the car was emptying in a rotary dumper; and after the top of the load poured out freely, some multi-ton frozen chunks broke loose and tumbled down against the hinged covers. </span></span></p>
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