{"id":640,"date":"2010-09-01T20:20:51","date_gmt":"2010-09-01T17:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/?p=640"},"modified":"2023-11-14T21:19:17","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T03:19:17","slug":"choosing-the-right-self-dumping-hopper-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/material-handling\/choosing-the-right-self-dumping-hopper-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Choosing the Right Self Dumping Hopper &#8211; Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Steel Self Dumping Hoppers<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_641\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-641\" style=\"width: 140px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/WRIGHT-Extra-Heavy-Duty-Self-Dumping-Hopper.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-641\" title=\"WRIGHT Extra Heavy-Duty Self-Dumping Hopper\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/WRIGHT-Extra-Heavy-Duty-Self-Dumping-Hopper-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"WRIGHT Extra Heavy-Duty Self-Dumping Hopper\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/WRIGHT-Extra-Heavy-Duty-Self-Dumping-Hopper-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/WRIGHT-Extra-Heavy-Duty-Self-Dumping-Hopper.jpg 246w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-641\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WRIGHT Extra Heavy-Duty Self-Dumping Hopper holds the load.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Basically, steel self dumping hoppers are classified as light, medium or heavy duty.\u00a0A quality light duty hopper will be made from 12 gauge steel and be able to handle up to 2000 pounds of materials.<\/p>\n<p>A good medium duty hopper will be made from high quality 7 gauge steel, with 3\/16&#8243; thick sides and a 1\/4&#8243; base. The sides of the <a title=\"Steel Self Dumping Hopper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/WRIGHT-Extra-Heavy-Duty-Self-Dumping-Hoppers-id8329.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">steel self dumping hopper<\/a> and base will feature continuous welding for leak prevention and extra strength. A medium duty hopper will hold up to 4000 lbs of materials.<\/p>\n<p>Heavy duty models come in many sizes and weight capacities &#8211; up to 6000 lbs. These are ideal for quick disposal of broken concrete, for instance. A heavy duty hopper will have double welded seams for extra strength and durability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steel Self Dumping Hoppers Basically, steel self dumping hoppers are classified as light, medium or heavy duty.\u00a0A quality light duty hopper will be made from 12 gauge steel and be able to handle up to 2000 pounds of materials. A good medium duty hopper will be made from high quality 7 gauge steel, with 3\/16&#8243; &#8230; <a title=\"Choosing the Right Self Dumping Hopper &#8211; Part 2\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/material-handling\/choosing-the-right-self-dumping-hopper-part-2\/\" aria-label=\"More on Choosing the Right Self Dumping Hopper &#8211; Part 2\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[188,1079,34,41,187],"class_list":["post-640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-material-handling","tag-bulk-storage","tag-material-handling","tag-materials-handling","tag-self-dumping-hoppers","tag-steel-self-dumping-hoppers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=640"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13294,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640\/revisions\/13294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}