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Participation in the Environmental Protection Agency’s SmartWay program includes outfitting tractors and trailers with widebase tires.

Participation in the Environmental Protection Agency’s SmartWay program includes outfitting tractors and trailers with widebase tires.

A specialist in liquid sweetener hauling, D F Hammonds Inc runs a lean operation based on Presidents Island in Memphis TN. The regional carrier operates 28 tractors and 31 foodgrade tank trailers. Facilities include a two wash rack and a small maintenanceD F Hammonds features a lean management team consisting of [from left] H L “Hank” Hammonds, Mardell Davis, and Denny F Hammonds.About 18 tank trailers a day are cleaned in the two-bay D F Hammonds wash rack in Memphis TN. Only sweeteners are cleaned, and the typical washout takes 35 to 45 minutes.
A wash worker lowers a Spraying Systems spinner into a tank trailer.Tank trailers with this sticker can haul multiple loads of the same sweetener product without recleaning during a 72-hour window.D F Hammonds relies on this 2.5-million Btu Peacock high-pressure, low-volume wash unit for tank cleaning.
One two-stage pressure washer for exterior cleaning serves both bays at the D F Hammonds wash rack. Biodegradable detergent is used for exterior cleaning.Ben Kelley helped design the mezzanines and other fixtures in the wash rack.Participation in the Environmental Protection Agency’s SmartWay program includes outfitting tractors and trailers with widebase tires.
D F Hammonds’ newest International ProStar tractors were specified with the new Maxxforce 13 engine.Most trailers in the fleet have product pumping systems powered by hydraulics systems with Drum Hydrapak cooling units.

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