Dump Trailer

[linus6948]

I got to use a Buddie`s dump trailer for a little over a day and used it to move 40 tons of 2B modified gravel from the quarry that is a couple of miles from my house. It gave me a good opportunity to test my trucks towing capability to it`s full potential and it did quite well. I`m using the gravel to groom my access road and fill in around the barn to give me more area I can use for vehicles and storage. I know the guy that runs the quarry for years now and he sells it to me for $6.50 a ton.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is the trailer, the C2500 model

http://www.pequea.com/images/stories/manuals/trailer/dump/DumpTrailers_SS_lo.pdf

Edited August 25, 2015 by linus6948

[linus6948]

The Red Rock Quarry

 

 

 

 

 

Edited August 24, 2015 by linus6948

[linus6948]

My nearest neighbor was so impressed with that borrowed dump trailer I used to haul the gravel from the quarry that he went and ordered one brand new from a trailer dealer. He wants me to "break him in" on it`s use when he gets it in 4 weeks and take him to the coal breaker to pickup 3 tons of rice coal for his stoker stove. He is also insisting that I treat the not yet here trailer as my own when it comes and to take it anytime I need it. So I figured it was time to finally hookup the electric brake function that came with my trucks factory tow package.I had to install a relay, a 30amp fuse and a harness under the dash, all this had come in a plastic bag in the glove box. What I had to supply was the electronic control to make it all work, I opted for a decent one with a good reputation that worked with my model truck.

 

 

The neighbor`s ordered trailer, it is a 6x12ft box with the optional 2-way tailgate, roller tarp and built in equipment ramps.

 

http://www.pjtrailers.com/detail.cfm?ID=D2

Edited August 27, 2015 by linus6948

[linus6948]

My neighbor`s new dump trailer finally arrived and after the trailer dealer replaced the defective hydraulic dump cylinder the factory in Texas sent it out with it was ready to go. I used it to pick up a load of rice coal for both my neighbor and myself. It worked very well and the neighbor loves it, I love that he had a set of "trailer-keys" made for me to keep and he insists that I take it anytime I need it.

For the maiden voyage I hauled a little over 2 3/4 tons of coal, aprox 1 1/2 tons in my 330gal IBC container for me and 1 1/4 tons in the dump box behind the container for my neighbor.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited October 28, 2015 by linus6948

[Eneto-55]

After I saw the first pictures, I was wondering what the size of that trailer is.  6 x 12 - that's a big load.  I've been looking for a smaller dump trailer, like about just 4 x 8, but I don't think anyone makes one that size.  (5 x 10 is about as small as I've seen.)  

 

Your brake controller - I know that your PU is a Ford, but was there a connector already there, or did you need to run a wire from the battery?

[linus6948]

 Your brake controller - I know that your PU is a Ford, but was there a connector already there, or did you need to run a wire from the battery?

No my truck had the "tow  package" so there was a connector waiting under the dash and the electronic brake control I got was set up for the F150 so all I had to do was plug it into the trucks connector.

[Bobacuda]

Word of caution.

 

Friend of mine in the construction business has several dump trailers.  His advice is "Don't use them on a hill!" 

 

On a slope with the trailer dumping downhill, the center of gravity shifts as the load is lifted and starts to slide out.  This lifts the rear of the truck and even though the brakes are holding, everything starts sliding down the slope.  His crew experienced this more than once, so they finally quit using the dump trailers on slopes.  Everywhere else, they really like them.

[linus6948]

Word of caution.

 

Friend of mine in the construction business has several dump trailers.  His advice is "Don't use them on a hill!" 

 

On a slope with the trailer dumping downhill, the center of gravity shifts as the load is lifted and starts to slide out.  This lifts the rear of the truck and even though the brakes are holding, everything starts sliding down the slope.  His crew experienced this more than once, so they finally quit using the dump trailers on slopes.  Everywhere else, they really like them.

I was wondering why the trailer dealer gave my neighbor two huge heavy rubber truck tire chocks with he picked up the trailer, the same ones that you see fuel oil tank trucks using when they park to make a delivery. I did one up-hill dump with that 7x14 commercial grade dump trailer and remember a few uncomfortable moments when I saw my truck rear rise a little while I was dumping the load of gravel. Luckily once again God looked after a drunk and an idiot.

[Niel Hoback]

_{". Luckily once again God looked after a drunk and an idiot."  The reason I'm alive.  No kidding.}

[linus6948]

We have been having some Indian Summer weather in my neck of the woods so taking advantage of the opportunity I borrowed the dump trailer and picked up 5yds of natural ground bark mulch for the garden beds. The Bride has a fetish for mulched garden beds so I was happy to do it for her and the dump trailer made the job a heck of a lot easier than it had been in the past for me.

 

 

 

 

[linus6948]

My neighbor sized his new dump trailer at 6`x12` in hopes he could use it to occasionally transport his tractor. We spent a couple of hours yesterday working that problem out. He was very hard-headed and insisted that pulling it in forward and letting the bucket hang over the front of the dump-box was the only way to do it.

So we did it his way a couple of times and it was bad, even hanging the FEL bucket over the front to the point of it being too close to his trucks bed for comfort would not even out the trailers suspension. It sat up at the front and had too way much weight on the rear trailer axle and too little on the front axle.

Finally he agreed to my suggestion of one try at backing it in and it was immediately apparent that this was the way to do it.

The trailer leveled off perfectly and the dual-axle suspension also leveled off nicely, it fit in the box like a glove and we were able to close the "barn-door" gates and lock them. I don`t think there was a half inch to spare but it fit.

We tied it down and took it for a test drive for a few miles and it trailered perfectly, smooth and stable even at high speeds.So I won the argument and my neighbor finally agreed that backing the tractor in is the only practical way to do it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited November 15, 2015 by linus6948