turning a 3/4 ton truck into a dump truck??

[tessiers]

I am doing the same thing you are talking about. Mine is an older truck with the heavy suspension. I haul a fair amount of manure into fields with my dump trailer. I have a dump trailer and as far as on the road goes they are real nice, in fields they suck. If the ground is soft in the least bit you will tear up the fields. If you put a yard of material on the back of a truck you aren't going to spin much. I usually end up loading the truck just for the weight and shovel it off at the end of the day. Just my 2 cents.

 

[jmc]

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[bdog]

We move a lot of dirt. We have a tandem axle full size dump truck now but have had a smaller single axle non CDL dump truck and a 14k dump trailer. If you have any significant amount to move it will take forever with anything less than a full size dump truck. Dirt weighs around a ton a yard.

I have had people who wanted dirt come with their pickups and have be load it in the bed. One full scoop from the backhoe and their trucks looked like they were hurting from the weight. My point is a 3/4 ton once you account for the weight of the dump bed isn't going to be able to haul much more than a yard without being overloaded. I don't know what size your tractor is but a 7' bucket can hold almost a yard. Unless going very far might as well haul it in the bucket. You won't gain much hauling capacity with a 3/4 ton.