Built myself a dumping flatbed trailer.

[Spitzair]

Hello all, thought I’d share the trailer I spent the last year building. I wanted a dumping deckover flatbed trailer, but it seems nobody makes them, you can either get a tilting deckover trailer, a dedicated dump trailer with fold down sides or a deckover trailer that doesn’t dump. So I set about building one. I never built anything like this before so it was a learning experience. I built everything including the hoist! Here’s some photos I took along the way.

 

[Spitzair]

Next batch of pictures…

 

[scootr]

Looks real nice. I built a simple single axle trailer once. This is quite an undertaking.

 

[Spitzair]

A few more… I wanted this trailer to be sturdy so I built the main frame rails out of 5/16” 2x6 box section steel and the rest is 3/16” except the drawbar which is 3/8” thick. The axles are 7000lb and I made it so I could easily add a 3rd axle if I need to, and I may yet end up doing that since the trailer as it sits finished weighs 5560 lbs, so it’s a bit heavy… My dad told me it looks flimsy so I got a personalized license plate that says FLIMSY and my wife and I refer to it as the flimsy trailer!

 

[Spitzair]

Looks real nice. I built a simple single axle trailer once. This is quite an undertaking.

Thank you! I’m real pleased with how it turned out.

 

[LouNY]

Nice looking trailer, should be quite usable.
Good looking build.

 

[Rustyiron]

Thank you! I’m real pleased with how it turned out.

You should be
Welcome to TBN.

 

[Gordon Gould]

^^^^ Ditto

Very nice indeed !!

gg

 

[Carl_NH]

Very nice work and quite an intro to TBN!

I see you have the ramp plate storage - how are the ramps attached to load the Bobcat? As you have a tall trailer are they extra long?

 

[Spitzair]

Thanks for the welcome fellas!

Carl, the ramps are about 8 feet long and have hooks on the ends, they're made out of 1" thick steel and I made them so I can hook them anywhere on the rub rail that goes all around the trailer. They are secured in the storage pocket with a lynch pin. I just wish I would have made them wider, they're almost exactly the same width as the tires on my bobcat so I have to be pretty precise driving up or down.