Trailers for transporting commodities

A trailer for transporting a commodity, the trailer longitudinally extends between a front end and a rear end, the trailer comprising:

• a tank defining a chamber that is configured to receive the commodity;
• a discharge hopper located vertically below the chamber and configured to receive the commodity from the chamber, the discharge hopper includes a trough wall that at least partially defines a channel and the trough wall has a middle wall section and a side wall section on each lateral side of the middle wall section, wherein each side wall section is located vertically above the middle wall section;
• a floor auger extending in the channel and configured to convey the commodity in a direction from the front end to the rear end;
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• a hanger that suspends the floor auger in the channel, the hanger includes:
• a first hanger arm that couples to one of the side wall sections;
• a second hanger arm that couples to the other of the side wall sections;
• a body located between the first hanger arm and the second hanger arm;
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• a bearing for rotatably coupling the floor auger relative to the channel, the bearing coupled to the body and located vertically below the body.

A trailer for transporting a commodity, the trailer longitudinally extends between a front end and a rear end, the trailer comprising:

• a tank defining a chamber that is configured to receive the commodity;
• a discharge hopper located vertically below the chamber and configured to receive the commodity from the chamber, the discharge hopper includes a trough and a trough wall, the trough wall that at least partially defines a channel and the trough wall has a middle wall section and a side wall section on each lateral side of the middle wall section, wherein each side wall section is located vertically above the middle wall section;
• a floor auger extending in the channel and configured to convey the commodity in a direction from the front end to the rear end;
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• a hanger that suspends the floor auger in the channel, the hanger having a first hanger arm that couples to one of the side wall sections and a second hanger arm that couples to the other of the side wall sections;
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• wherein the trough has a vertically sloped second trough section located between two longitudinally extending first trough sections.

A trailer for transporting a commodity, the trailer longitudinally extends between a front end and a rear end, the trailer comprising:

• a tank defining a chamber that is configured to receive the commodity;
• a discharge hopper located vertically below the chamber and configured to receive the commodity from the chamber, the discharge hopper includes a trough wall that at least partially defines a channel and the trough wall has a middle wall section and a side wall section on each lateral side of the middle wall section, wherein each side wall section is located vertically above the middle wall section;
• a floor auger extending in the channel and configured to convey the commodity in a direction from the front end to the rear end;
• a pot configured to receive the commodity from the channel;
• a riser auger configured to convey the commodity from the pot;
• a boom arm configured to receive the commodity from the riser auger, the boom arm having a plurality of boom sections;
• a boom auger in the boom arm and configured to convey the commodity along the boom arm to a discharge hood from which the commodity is dispensed, the boom auger includes a plurality of boom auger sections;
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• a boom connection assembly located between adjacent boom sections in the plurality of boom sections and adjacent boom auger sections in the boom auger sections, wherein the boom connection assembly couples the adjacent boom sections and the boom auger sections together;
• wherein the boom connection assembly includes a center ring that encircles the boom auger and to which the adjacent boom sections are coupled.

A trailer for transporting a commodity, the trailer longitudinally extends between a front end and a rear end, the trailer comprising:

• a tank defining a chamber that is configured to receive the commodity;
• a discharge hopper located vertically below the chamber and configured to receive the commodity from the chamber, the discharge hopper includes a trough wall that at least partially defines a channel and the trough wall has a middle wall section and a side wall section on each lateral side of the middle wall section, wherein each side wall section is located vertically above the middle wall section;
• a floor auger extending in the channel and configured to convey the commodity in a direction from the front end to the rear end;
• a hanger that suspends the floor auger in the channel, the hanger having a first hanger arm that couples to one of the side wall sections and a second hanger arm that couples to the other of the side wall sections;
• a door that is for closing an opening into the chamber of the tank;
• a first door arm coupled between the door and the tank;
• a second door arm coupled between the door and the tank, the second door arm spaced apart from the first door arm;
• a rod coupled to and extending between the first door arm and the second door arm;
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• an actuator that rotates the rod in a first direction to thereby move the first door arm and the second door arm together in a first direction such that the door uncovers the opening and a second direction to thereby move the first door arm and the second door arm together in a second direction such that the door covers the opening.

A trailer for transporting a commodity, the trailer comprising:

• a front end and a rear end;
• a tank defining a chamber that is configured to receive the commodity;
• a discharge hopper located below the chamber and configured to receive the commodity from the chamber, the discharge hopper defines a channel and includes a trough with a plurality of trough sections, wherein at least one trough section in the plurality of trough sections is sloped and extends transverse to another adjacent trough section in the plurality of trough sections;
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• a floor auger extending along the plurality of trough sections and in the channel and configured to convey the commodity in a direction from the front end to the rear end.