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To: David Jones who wrote (9130)	2/20/2003 2:43:21 PM
From: Jack of All Trades	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

OT, "dirty dirt" is contaminated soil that needs to be processed. Typically it is petroleum based, so they would burn the soil in a large furnace to remove the contaminates. I have heard stories where some of the dirty dirt would actually burn itself once heated, that is how contaminated it was. He would haul as many as 150 miles from site to proccessing. Money was much better than hauling for a construction co, or for a town to haul, say salt for the winter. A 22 wheel dump, is a tractor trailer dump truck, typically runs 50-60 ton GVW. He sold his rig last summer due to rising insurance and fuel costs. He saw the hand writing on the wall...