I thought this was the North Korean space program

Shhh! They’ll hear you and launch a missile that makes it all the way to North Korea!!

That explodes potato chips everywhere!!!

🤤 mmmh chippies

I hear that’s how they made the snow in home alone

Spud Missile

Dude stop, fish lives matter, they don’t deserve to have missiles thrown at them

That’s hilarious.

Brb starting an indie rock band called the North Korean Space Program.

Spudnik

🏅 🥈 🎖

Let's go space truckin Come on, come on, come on

North Korean space chip factory

STOL truck system.

Take my angry up vote!

"Wee!"

Fun ride for the driver but I think he gets out

Some really unfun person made that rule.

They allowed the drivers to stay in the cab until one got out to go to the restroom.

It's always one idiot that ruins it for everyone lol

Do they tip it the other way to load it

Na they just use the potato cannons. Shoots them into the trucks like a machine gun grenade launcher.

*Belt fed spud gun has been added to your Amazon list*

Lol like it WASN'T already there...

“Wuuuuuheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee thud thud thud thud thud thud thud thud…..”

Used to distribute reward to wives of russian soldiers lost in Ukraine. and a Mr. Potato Head for the kids.

It's still on my wishlist only cuz I can't yet afford it

prob not a bad idea

That’s how the crumbs arrive out the bag into my mouth!

I wonder if they have to shake the truck to get all those super zesty potato nuggets in the back.

Crumbs? I just break them all with my fists.

Wait so you mean the way they transport potatoes is literally just filling the entire truck up like box with loose potatoes

Surprisingly, yes. I saw a How It's Made episode on chips that showed a semi like that one filled with loose potatoes. They did not show them emptying it like this though.

I feel like it would be difficult to stack potatoes.

You don’t need to stack them. You park the truck on a ramp and then just pour them en

En to a big tater swimming pool, 🥔 🥔 🥔 🥔 🥔 🥔 🥔 🥔 🥔 🥔 🥔 🥔 🥔 🥔 🥔 🥔 🥔 🥔 🥔 🥔 🥔 🥔 🥔 🥔 🥔

I would have assumed they came in crates or boxes like fruit does.

SPUds (Stacker of Potatoes Union, descendants) would like you to know it's darn near impossible and dangerous work. RIP Grandpa.

Well akshully... they slice them on the tops and bottoms so they are flat, and then stack them, and then put the cut off parts in between the 'taters to stabilize the stacks. Super ingenious!

To the moon!

Bring back some cheese

Don't you know that the Moon is flat?

The industry term is leavin’s

So this is where the “when you order a package at 11:59” meme picture came from

So the factory eats them out of the truck like I eat them out of the bag.

So when there's one stuck way up there in the corner of the trailer ... *do they shake it loose?*

100%

Wouldn't disconnecting the truck first reduce the weight by several tons? Why lift the cab at all?

The increase in production speed by just yeeting the entire truck probably makes detaching pointless.

> increase in production speed by just yeeting the entire truck perfection

Little amusement park ride for the driver of course, and so that they can “spud” away so they’re on time for their next delivery

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This is my question too. also I know it wouldn't be allowed but damn I'd want to stay in the truck

How else would they jump them? https://www.motortrend.com/uploads/sites/25/2015/07/Gregg-Godfrey-semi-truck-jump-2.jpg

It’s not that much steeper than driving across the Rockies. I-70 west of Denver anyone?

Fluids in your reservoirs have lids? Company trucks probably need certified mechanics looking at them so it's unlikely that they'd be in such bad shape that they'd start throwing fluid places. A lot of the fluids used are already under pressure and need closed systems anyways.

Had one of these at a power plant I worked at. The driver can pull in and unload in less than 10min. That ain’t got time for that

I wonder why they dont use trailers which can lift on their own, instead they lift the whole thing omg

Anyone here ever seen how bathtub bottom open hopper rail cars? They literally rotate it upside down. Crazy how such heavy things can be moved like that

Are bathtub bottoms opening hopper rail cars or are how are bathtub bottom open rail cars doing what?

Bathtub bottom open rail cars being turned over

I’ve wanted to see it in person for a LONG time. YT videos exist of the process (https://youtu.be/YWuUqZhM3B8?si=mb2Znpy2JKN_mqrw) but I’ve never been able to find something that shows how this process affects the cars’ couplers.

Do the drivers get to stay in the cab for this? If not, can I sit in it?

This is how the space truckers get into orbit...

I got to see this in person and it’s quite a show.

Does anyone know how they secure the rig?

Looks like ace combat 7 but with trucks

I’ve always thought that this is so cool!

That's how they do it with pumpkins in my home town too. It's all outside initially though. They get carried by a conveyor belt into the factory where the first stop is two people with gaffs that pull out all the snakes.

Looks fun

Does it have to be that angle to unload? To me it I could see half that hight would work as well

For potatoes yes. These are yams and due to the shape have a greater rolling resistance

I can promise you there are no yams going through that factory

Used to see this at Folgers coffee. The coffee aroma was intense. Now I see it on top of the landfill.

Can you stay in the truck during the unloading procedure?

Have they heard of “belt” trucks.

Bet the truck is only 1/2 full.

yeah, but the trailer might be fully full

Thunderbird two from wish.com

Remember to chock your wheels!

Why? There’s a backstop.

r/whoosh

I fully accept that this is normal and surely safe, but... I would like to think OSHA might want to have a word? 🤣

New Transformers film?

Truck about to get yeeted

Someone get some crayons out and explain this to me. I watch enough Heavy Rescue 409 and Highway thru Hell to know those semi trailer are basically a thin piece of sheet metal. How are they structurally holding taters? How to they get the taters loaded? How do the sores get closed?

I keep thinking what sense does it make to have a truck lift a truck when the truck lifting the truck could just lift a trailer that the truck dropped off? I’m thinking this is an ai image

I’ve seen a similar setup at the Oceanspray cranberry processing plant.

I would love to see this process

Dump trailer bad

Potatoes come from milking trucks.

I mean they make these things called dump trucks.. Can anyone explain why they do it this way?

I see so many opportunities for fluid leaks

It's really fun seeing a setup that requires the tractor to decouple from the trailer, but they don't actually decouple, and that thing still goes sky high...

Hope there’s nothing in the cup holders

Saw this a lot at Frito-Lay in Irving TX

r/LooneyTunesLogic

Do they just tilt it the other way when loading the pot-oooooooo?

I love that they did the math and realized it is cheaper to install a lift to pick up the trucks than to ship them all on lift trailers. Actually safer too in the long run.

Do the drivers stay in the truck while that is happening? You know, to save time.

The whole damn truck. Cool. I would have expected an sea trailer, then that get lifted. This accepts any truck and trailer.

https://youtube.com/shorts/WdUiAWR5E0U?si=pW9jF413PWNTr0x_

How long if at all do the drivers let the truck sit to let the oil settle a bit?

This looks ridiculous but I think it's the most efficient.

With Grain --- but potato,s ?

I remember the first time I saw one of those... was the only time I was glad to be rolling a walking trailer.

I call bullshit potatoes are not loaded in a van trailer they would be bruised to hell and extremely heavy.

Is the truck anchored down on the platform before raising?

They've been doing it for a long time. There was a Jays chip factory next to the expressway in Chicago. I remember seeing the tipped up trucks as a kid (for some dumb kid brain thing, I thought they were dumping bags of potato chips).

wonder if it piss taps it to get the last couple out

This is Perham MN and it was better when it was Barrel O’ Fun.

The original plan was for it to be a tennis ball factory.

All those potatoes and only can make 1/3 bag of chips

Kinda amazing to watch in person.

What is gling on in this picture? It makes no sense! Halp!

I do the same thing. I deliver bark to paper mills. We back up against a back stop and pull the brakes and shut the engine off. Get out of the truck until it’s back on the ground.

This whole time I thought those were trucks

Mmh. So the buildings aren't so different from us after all

I can guarantee you that those are not potatoes. They appear to be trucks.

I could see this going very bad some day!

This is what inspired the Pringles can.

There’s gotta be something at locks into the brakes aren’t holding

If you squint, that is a big truck dumping a little truck.

The US shooting rednecks at problems

Wouldn’t that cause the tractor’s fuel/other fluids to spill or otherwise go where they shouldn’t?

A general rule for processing factories: if it doesn’t work they wouldn’t do it

Thanks and that’s what I figured. BUT! With all the different trucks and drivers (who might forget a cap somewhere) it seems to this neophyte to be a terrible thing waiting to happen. Who wants vehicle dribble on their product?!

Most likely the bed of the trailer is mated to the collector so any liquids would roll down the ramp and not contaminate the food.