SacandagaBrad
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Anyone have any experience hauling and dumping loads out of box trailers using their CUTs? I have a TC-24D (about 2700 lbs with the FEL on and rear turfs loaded) and can borrow a 10,000 lb tandem box trailer with electric dump. I need to move about 50 tons of dirt down to the neighbors property over our flat private road. I have the Bad River hitch with chain to make a rigid connection with the 3PH, but wonder if the load would try to lift the rear end of the tractor during the dump.
I'm thinking of keeping the loads to about half, 2 or 3 ton, pick up a bucket full for front ballast, back up to the loaded trailer and raise the ball to connect. Move on down the road in 4WD, set the bucket down to raise the front wheels slightly for stability, and dump. That way if it did try to lift the rear, it would have to lift the entire tractor, not just pivot on the front wheels. The trailer is a tandem and it looks like the wheels are back far enough that the front of the trailer shouldn't lift, but I'm moving clayey soil that could stick until the dump angle is steep. Will also need to rig a line to the switch as a remote control for dumping as it is on the tongue of the trailer and the last place I want to be during the dump is between the tractor and the trailer.
I think it will work fine, but just wanted to check. Things can and do go wrong in a fast hurry!
Thanks for any feedback - Brad
I'm thinking of keeping the loads to about half, 2 or 3 ton, pick up a bucket full for front ballast, back up to the loaded trailer and raise the ball to connect. Move on down the road in 4WD, set the bucket down to raise the front wheels slightly for stability, and dump. That way if it did try to lift the rear, it would have to lift the entire tractor, not just pivot on the front wheels. The trailer is a tandem and it looks like the wheels are back far enough that the front of the trailer shouldn't lift, but I'm moving clayey soil that could stick until the dump angle is steep. Will also need to rig a line to the switch as a remote control for dumping as it is on the tongue of the trailer and the last place I want to be during the dump is between the tractor and the trailer.
I think it will work fine, but just wanted to check. Things can and do go wrong in a fast hurry!
Thanks for any feedback - Brad