jjeff
Elite Member
as long as the 2 safety chains are hooked in place it won't dump. When unhooking the safety chains and using the dump feature it can be pretty dangerous i concur as it will slam down when unloaded, and rapidly dump when loaded if you can get enough slack to unhook the chains. I can't imagine some of the perils this trailer caused the previous owner and builder using an uncontrolled unregulated dumping mechanism. That is partially my original reasoning for using the old long arm hydraulic jack to regulate the dumping speed, and either keep the current safety chains or replace with a pin bracket setup when loaded.Is there any chance or concern with the load going over center and suddenly dumping? Reason for asking is that I had a small flat bed utility trailer that was tilt bed and would slam over center when dumping and then slam down when load came off.
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