Pulling trailer with dozer
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EddieWalker
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Pull the pin and put a ball through the top opening, or change the type of hitch in the trailer so it will go through the pin
TugHillDog
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your dump trailer uses a ball hitch?
hslogger
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You could make yourself an adapter to firmly attach to your pin mount on the Cat. What ever you do, you don't want to create two inline moveable points.It hard for me to explain but...... having a flex mount at the cat and at the trailer ball mount would be two swivel points. BUT, if you had only one solid attachment point you could make that attachment point a couple like a U joint in a driveline. Explanation..... When they used to use pull behind wheel or track logging arches behind tracked dozers, the connection point was usually a pin mount on the Cat. On the arch tongue was a pin point that was attached to a U joint like assembly that as attached to the arch. This allowed for rough terrain use so the attachment, meaning the arch could go up and down side to side and not but the set up in a bind, or bend the rat.... out of the tongue assembly.
Also, you might consider putting some kind of extension to lengthen the distance in the tongue length. When you get in some spots and start to back up you will see that having the longer tongue is easier to manipulate and lessens your chance of contact between the Cat and the trailer when turning.
Maybe you can find some closeup of a rubber tired or tracked logging arch of yesteryear.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Dp79PfFYq0
Also, you might consider putting some kind of extension to lengthen the distance in the tongue length. When you get in some spots and start to back up you will see that having the longer tongue is easier to manipulate and lessens your chance of contact between the Cat and the trailer when turning.
Maybe you can find some closeup of a rubber tired or tracked logging arch of yesteryear.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Dp79PfFYq0
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Sawyer Rob
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This is what I do, it works perfectly...
I bought a ball that is the "right size" for the hole in my dozers draw bar, so I don't have to worry about the ball working loose or breaking off...
SR
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On the trailer hitch - It might not be practical or necessary for your setup and terrain but my going here is pretty rough and would prefer a pintle hitch if I trailered with my dozer. Would take some fab work though.
gg
Thank you all so much!
So ideally a single U-joint between the dozer and the trailer would be best?
Second best would be a single horizontal joint (like the pin OR ball)?
And I definitely don't want 2 horizontal joints?
And a long bar so I don't have to replace the trailer (;-).
Do I understand correctly?
So ideally a single U-joint between the dozer and the trailer would be best?
Second best would be a single horizontal joint (like the pin OR ball)?
And I definitely don't want 2 horizontal joints?
And a long bar so I don't have to replace the trailer (;-).
Do I understand correctly?
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When I was shopping for mine, I don't think I saw one on a lot that wasn't a ball hitch aside from the gooseneck models. Switching from a ball hitch to a pintle ring isn't a big deal...just a couple of bolts really. Mine is a 16' long 14K dump trailer and it uses a standard 2 5/8" ball hitch. I sometimes hook mine up to the draw bar on my Massey and it works out perfectly.
Catchad81
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My opinion is use a pintle if you plan to keep it behind the dozer and use it often. Either would work, but sometimes we tend to push the limits more when there is a machine more capable to move the trailer and the pintle keeps it secured to the dozer as long as the pin stays.
PILOON
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LOL, I was once requested to haul a loaded trailer with my dozer on a roadway in progress.
It was a large hay wagon type with a prefab cottage loaded on it.
Well the dozer had no trouble it simply plodded along to the site but when we arrived the wagon had lost all its tires and rolled on the rims.
Since i was doing a favor after much urging (and cautioned the risks) I merely shrugged my shoulders, un hitched and went back to dozing.
It was a large hay wagon type with a prefab cottage loaded on it.
Well the dozer had no trouble it simply plodded along to the site but when we arrived the wagon had lost all its tires and rolled on the rims.
Since i was doing a favor after much urging (and cautioned the risks) I merely shrugged my shoulders, un hitched and went back to dozing.
hslogger
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Reckon the pintle would be ok but I think the comments here speak well. Not all pintle hitches are created equal. If your present tongue on the trailer is solid mount, I would suggest cutting it off. Weld a flat plate with holes on it. Then the flat plate can be the mount for either a pintle on flat plate, or your ball on a flat plate, making it convertible. The trailer even with a load will pull like a dixie cup in a stream behind your cat. Grousers are way unforgiving and there is a lot to backing a combination like this up, easy once you get the hang of it, but you wanna get the hang of it without screwing up your trailer, tongue and connection point. I am sure you have local sources for this stuff put I will put up a link of a local outfit, for me, that has a great catalog that might help you out with the visuals.Coyote Steel & Co. | Eugene, Oregon
I am sure most the readers on this board will like this link to their catalog. On their website, some stuff is a little strange on different browsers, but they offer really swell tables, descriptions and drawings and applications. enjoy. CoyoteSteel is in Eugene Oregon
I am sure most the readers on this board will like this link to their catalog. On their website, some stuff is a little strange on different browsers, but they offer really swell tables, descriptions and drawings and applications. enjoy. CoyoteSteel is in Eugene Oregon
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Todd727
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Sawyer Rob
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You guys sure like to complicate thinks!
NONE of my trailers know if it's a truck, tractor or dozer in front of them...
Buy the PROPER ball, install it on the dozer draw bar, and pull the trailer!
SR
NONE of my trailers know if it's a truck, tractor or dozer in front of them...
Buy the PROPER ball, install it on the dozer draw bar, and pull the trailer!
SR
groundcover
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Check out the Cam superline three way dump trailer.
Dutch445
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Cam Superline makes a 3 way dump that would work, but it's a little bigger than you are asking about.
not sure who makes a similar one smaller.
Dump Trailer - 3-Way Dump (5 Ton Model)
kevin37b
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How are you going to load 3 ATV on that ? Excuse me , I did not notice the sides fold down .
Actually, I just discovered they don't come any longer than 10' which is not enough for 3 ATVs.
I've been looking around and can't find a 14' dump with removable or folding down sides.
Anyone?
Egon
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And that is how simple it is!
