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Hopper cars
Using railroad hopper cars as bulk storage has been around for quite some
time. It's quick, strong and cost effective way to store bulk commodities. It
works especially well if you are currently receiving grain via railroad as we
can send you one of our grain cars directly to your siding. Then all you need to
do is make a platform for the railroad car to sit on and hire a crane to move it
for you. You now will be able to move grain from one railroad car to another
with little effort.
Prices vary greatly depending on your location and what is available at the time
of your inquiry. The trend that we have seen is that most railroad served grain
customers are very large corporations who are not interested in saving money by
using our equipment. We suppose the smaller grain customers are using trucks as
a primary means of moving their product.
Either way, the market for this type of storage is slow enough were we do not
stock these type of cars any longer. Any hopper cars that we get in are scraped
out within a matter weeks. If the timing is right, you may be able to catch us
when we have a few of these in stock.
Please send us an e-mail with the following information:
- Your contact information
- Your location
- Any specific information you need
Key Benefits
- Low cost storage solution
- Covered top and set above ground to prevent water damage
- Lockable gates and covers to prevent theft
- Keeps vermin out
Pricing
As a general rule, plan on paying about $6,000 for each hopper car. You
will then need to factor shipping on top of that, FOB Pueblo, CO.
Railroad hopper cars typically have:
- Bottom outlet gates
- Top trough type hatch covers or sometimes they have round hatch covers
- Most likely you will be buying the entire car (wheels, brakes, couplers,
etc.) unless you are near one of our storage yards.
- We do not have drawings for the hopper stands/stilts. You
will need to come up with something yourself. Pictures should help you
but that's all we can provide.
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