Tag Archive for: Bulk Trucks

Tread’s ability to be fast & flexible for our customers: The Treadbed MP700 Story

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At Tread, all our truck bodies are built in house, from the ground up. This process can take anywhere from 6 to 10 weeks. A consistently full shop schedule makes it challenging to always be flexible and reactive for our customers, but that is exactly what we did for a company that reached out in […]

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The Treadbed ANFO Bulk Truck… Where it all started.

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In the 1960s, the use of bulk ANFO (Ammonium Nitrate Fuel Oil) was becoming widespread across the mining industry. Made of 94% porous prilled ammonium nitrate (AN) and 6% diesel fuel (FO), the AN acts as an oxidizing agent and absorbent for the FO. This produced a safer and more cost-effective high explosive compared to previously used […]

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