H.D. Dump Trailers?

[R.E. Miller]

Anybody have a dump/utility trailer? I've heard that there are dump trailers out there that can not only dump but haul equipment too (i. e. skidloader-small size) Just looking for opinions from anyone who has one or knows anything about them.

Thanks

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1992 W-350 Club Cab Dually 3. 5" Jardine, Swiss cheese air box
1992 W-350 8' contractors dump with 3. 5"BD exhaust, 16cm^2 housing, DI pyro&boost
Russell

 

[abdiver]

Yes I am looking to I found a site for Appalachian Mfg they make a dump with removable sides and Tailgate and there is a PH trailer company too



Sorry it is late and tomorrow I will try to post the web sites

 

[NIsaacs]

I have a "96" Parker 6x10x2 rated 10,000 lbs gvw, with a 16,000 lbs hoist. It is a bumper pull w/6-bolt wheels and 5,200 lbs tandem axles. At the time I mainly wanted to use my "91" Dodge D-250 to pull it so figured 10,000 lbs was all I wanted for a bumper pull. However if I had it to do over, I would get a bigger one. It is too easy to over load this one and 10 foot is too short to get the weight right on the hitch. A 12 or 14 foot would be more user friendly with at least 6,000 lb axles, but it would be super easy to over load the pickup. Get one with the 3-way tail gate and load ramps, also mine is too narrow at times. They make wider ones now, around 80 inches. In the gooseneck type, they make some big ones, nice for hauling light, bulky loads. Be careful hauling dirt or gravel, that stuff is heavy. My 6x10x2 water level is 4-yards.





"NICK"

 

[TPCDrafting]

my BIL had a Big Tex 4 yard dump BP trailer for several years. It had ramps and he hauled his skid steer around with it. I wished I'd known he was going to sell it, I would have bought it up. Very handy trailer. It had 7k axles. Problems with it were the wheel wells were too handy for standing on to strap on the load, but were so wimpy a 200 lb man bent them down bad. The other was the paint job, which was pitted and the metal was rusting within a year. It was handy for going to the landfill. Ya never had to even put gloves on to unload.

 

[TPCDrafting]

check them out HERE

 

[TX Gooseneck]

We build them. From everything I have seen or heard, our prices are to cheap

 

[NevadaBadBoy]

You might also want to consider a PJ Dump Trailer. I have a DT614 (14 feet) with dual 7K axles. I welded 4 6" D-rings to the bed and use it to tow my S130 Bobcat. Bought some longer ramps from Landsport out of Florida. Those made the ascent and descent not so steep. The DT-614 came with a 3-way dump gate, so you can spread gravel as you pull ahead or open the gates all the way and let everything slide out at once. The added 20" of metal siding can be removed from the stake pockets for smaller loads. I spent another $1000 and added on a PullTarp system. Sure beats having to tie down all 6 sides with rope and throwing on a manual tarp. The hydraulic dump has a ram that activates a scissor lift, not a straight-thru ram. The chassis is heavy duty, as are the sides and I just recently hauled 4 tons of coal from UT to NV. I also have a 20 foot dovetail by PJ, as well as a Big Tex 14 foot utility tailer.



NVBadBoy

 

[Bloomy]

I have a Bri-Mar 10k HD 6x12 Low-profile. It is a nice trailer will dump anything I can fill it with. The reason for the HD badge is twin hydraulic cylinders. That is why I can dump anything. It comes with ramps (heavy 6ft) that lock in place underneath and four tie down points in the bed. They make them with lots of options. The only mistake I made was getting surge brakes. They just never worked as well as I would have liked. Paid extra and everything for them. Swapped in some electric brakes for 7k axles. Much better. I use a deepcell battery that trickle charges through the charge wire in the wiring harness. All in all not a bad trailer. Not sure how the price competes with other makes. Paid $6k back in 01. I will post a pic with my Lx565.



Thomas



You can't see the trailer much, but if you want a better picture with more specifics let me know.

 

[Cooker]

Check out this thread:

https://www.turbodieselregister.com/forums/showthread.php?t=18200&page=1&pp=15



FWIW - Although BriMar is the #1 manufacturer of dump trailers I think there are better built trailers out there. Personally I would not have had a problem buying a BriMar if the price was more reasonable than what I consider some of the better built trailers but in my neck of the woods they were priced pretty close to the same.



I think one important thing to remember when talking about "tag" dump trailers is that most hitches are only rated for 10k lbs, unless you go aftermarket then I think you can get 12k and 14k pounds. A 14' dump is going to weigh 4000+ empty this gives you less than a 6k legal payload if your hitch is rated for 10k. It is very, very easy to overload a dump trailer.

 

[Bloomy]

Continuing with what cooker said my trailer weighs 3300. Legal payload is 6700. I go to the quarry and ask for three tons or sometimes 4 ton. One day I left with 4. 9 ton which to me was a lot of weight. I was traveling 4 miles on 35 mph roads so I hauled it anyway. 3 cu yds of topsoil fills the trailer and puts it at a good weight. Very easy to overload.



The Bri-mar is a decent trailer, but I didn't shop around to much. I am sure if I had I would have found something equivalent or better for less. So shop around and look at them all.



Thomas

 

[abdiver]

Continuing with what cooker said my trailer weighs 3300. Legal payload is 6700. I go to the quarry and ask for three tons or sometimes 4 ton. One day I left with 4. 9 ton which to me was a lot of weight. I was traveling 4 miles on 35 mph roads so I hauled it anyway. 3 cu yds of topsoil fills the trailer and puts it at a good weight. Very easy to overload.



The Bri-mar is a decent trailer, but I didn't shop around to much. I am sure if I had I would have found something equivalent or better for less. So shop around and look at them all.



Thomas

I would be using the trailer to haul gravel and soil etc. My consideration is the type of roads I drive from town to home Loaded (the trailer not me) The Road is a mostly 45 to 35 mph two lane country road with lots of winding road and going up hills and then down the other side.



My Question is how much weight should I be able to tow comfortably on these kinds of roads?