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I am thinking about getting a 10 or 12 foot dump trailer.... not a farm type but a street legal deal.
I have narrowed it down to a 7000 pound GVW/dual axle.
Anything to watch out for? Any words of advice?
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Anybody have a dump trailer
My biggest problem was I kept trying to figure out how to combine the features of a 16 foot flatbed and a dump trailer.
It can be done..... but not with a 7200 pound towing capacity. The only option was to have two trailers.
I got a locally made 6x10 deck-over yesterday for $4200 plus all the taxes and such. The first load was 4000+ pounds of old concrete foundation chunks.
It dumped that load with no problem what-so-ever. That would have been a serious pain in the a$$ to unload by hand. Geez, I am glad those days are over.
My wallet is feeling guilty but my back is feeling fine.
Thanks to all for the input.
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So Murf........ you really got me thinking.
It is a bit late to get the pintle hitch/lunette ring set-up you so wisely recommend. What do you think of the ball hitches with the pintle goodies over the top?
Is it a worthwhile alternative?
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I use jack stands on the flatbed when I haul the tractor and it is real easy to do so because the end of the trailer frame is so accessible.
The dumper is another issue. I am NOT crawling under that thing at the same landfill where people dump tons of animal poop to set up a jack stand.
I don't weld, and around here the average welding shop will not touch a trailer or a hitch unless they are certified and carry special liability insurance. You wouldn't believe how much it costs to get a small job done under such circumstances.
I have found some combo hitches that fit in a 2 inch receiver on the internet that are rated for a 3000 pound vertical load. My truck weighs 5000 pounds with me in it and the rear end is lighter than the front so it would appear on paper to be strong enough.
I will probably never actually tow something that has a lunette ring. What do you think?
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It just occurred to me that I am making a huge assumption here...... that these things are designed to lock down over the top of a regular trailer hitch.
Now I wonder........
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