Equipment trailer for moving material?

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BobQ

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I have an 18' equipment trailer and want to use it to move some process and stone, anyone ever try this and how did it work? I am thinking I will put some sides up and use my loader to unload it? any help would be apprecialed!

I had to sell the dump:(

Thanks Bob
 
   / Equipment trailer for moving material? #2  
I end up shoveling off most of it. Mulch and light stuff is fine but for gravel and such just hire a dump truck.

Chris
 
   / Equipment trailer for moving material? #3  
I bought 6 tons of gravel and hauled it in my Deuce and a half with no hoist. I had to shovel it out. Since then I have bought 115 tons of gravel and hired a dump truck every time.
 
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So I take it using the loader will not work?
 
   / Equipment trailer for moving material? #5  
A dump truck can roughly spread the gravel and my loader will not reach into my Deuce bed very far (bottom of bed is 5 feet off the ground).
 
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I have used a utility/equipment trailer to haul gravel and dirt. I had 2x10"'s around the front and both sides and held it it place with 2x4's through the stake pockets. If your wood floor is not very tight, I have used a either a sheet of heavy plastic or a cheap blue tarp placed on the floor to keep the material from falling through the cracks. (You will be sacrificing the tarp/plastic when you unload.) Now drive the CUT onto the rear ramps to unload. You will be able to remove 90% of the load fairly easily with this method. Try to unload using the FEL bucket just raised up over the tarp/plastic as you do this. You may be able to reuse the tarp/plastic once or twice, if you are careful.

Last year I hauled by tractor to BIL and removed some dirt near his house to get better drainage. Hauled my tractor and few attachments on my 24', 14,000 lb tilt bed trailer. Used the tilt bed to haul the dirt away. It worked really well. The floor is very tight on that trailer and the tilt bed made it very easy to unload with the tractor. I could haul about 5-6 yards with each load but was probably overloaded. Driving up ramps and using a FEL takes a little more skill but worked ok. Much easier and faster than unloading by a shovel. A utility trailer with low wood sides can hold a lot more material than the trailer is rated for, so don't over load the trailer.
 
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I end up shoveling off most of it. Mulch and light stuff is fine but for gravel and such just hire a dump truck.

Chris

Agreed. I had 10 yds of washed rock delivered today. I was able to have the rock delivered from a local pit cheaper than I could have picked it up from the local landscape place. Sometimes its easier and cheaper to hire things out.
 
   / Equipment trailer for moving material? #8  
haul dirt from dads place this way all the time
1 park in a wide open area
2 block trailer wheels front and back
3 block front and rear of trailer
4 pull sides but leave front gate on
5 start pushing and pullin the material off the trailer
6 remove trailer and claen up the mess
*note, I park on the driveway to do this, makes clean up much easier and my sides on the traielr are 3 2x6's high.
 
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