Steve_a_reno
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This is goes with the post below " Broke the law....a lot". Last month I shopped around for a dump trailer, biggest one I could find as I have a lot to haul. Last Jan. we had a wildland fire that took out our 40 acres, my Dad's 200 acres and burned his house to the ground. Thanks goodness we were well insured, but non the less, I have 40 acres of Ponderosa to clear, and last July we suffered 2 major floods as the burn scar won't hold water. The trailer I purchased was a 8x20 ft. tandem dually gooseneck with 4 ft. sides....nice cuz it would haul 5 cords of firewood! I had it delivered and the very next day, a friend say, hey, you need a class "A" CDL to pull that around. Are you kidding me? I already have a class "B" and drove a school bus for a while to help our school from time to time. I remember how tough it was to get that. Now, thinking how many times I would use this trailer later on, I don't need to go though all this, and it not like I'm going to use this at a full time job. Problem is the GVWR on the trailer is 20,000 and my Dodge 1 ton dually is 11,000 for a CGVW
of 31,000 and the limit in Colorado is 26,001. So, here's what I did, call the local trailer sales and traded it in for a 14,000 dump trailer made by Texas Bragg. I am very please with the new unit. It even seems to be built tougher, and as far as the empty weight, the 20 footer was 5900, and the 14 footer weighs 5600, so I know it must be pretty tough. It's not going to haul the 5 cords, but it will carry 3 if I build up the sides a foot. Sides and gate are built better and this one has a scissor lift which I like better. I brought home 5.5 ton of rotomill the other day and it hauled like a dream....and it didn't take a CDL to do that either. LOL That monster trailer can stay put and I couldn't be happier with this one. I can say I made the right move and now weigh in at 25,000 CGVW. In a nutshell, I would have kept the other if I was in the business or used it all the time, but for me, thats not the case.
Steve
of 31,000 and the limit in Colorado is 26,001. So, here's what I did, call the local trailer sales and traded it in for a 14,000 dump trailer made by Texas Bragg. I am very please with the new unit. It even seems to be built tougher, and as far as the empty weight, the 20 footer was 5900, and the 14 footer weighs 5600, so I know it must be pretty tough. It's not going to haul the 5 cords, but it will carry 3 if I build up the sides a foot. Sides and gate are built better and this one has a scissor lift which I like better. I brought home 5.5 ton of rotomill the other day and it hauled like a dream....and it didn't take a CDL to do that either. LOL That monster trailer can stay put and I couldn't be happier with this one. I can say I made the right move and now weigh in at 25,000 CGVW. In a nutshell, I would have kept the other if I was in the business or used it all the time, but for me, thats not the case.
Steve