Conveyor floor / tarp for trailer

[WinterDeere]

I have need to move large amounts of yard waste (tree trimmings, shrubs with root balls, tens of thousands of walnuts, etc.) from my property to a mulching facility. I have a closed-side landscape trailer (Big Tex TV70) with a 16' x 6' box. I also use this trailer for moving mulch, crushed stone, compost, logs... you name it.

For all but the logs, I'd like to find some heavy tarp-like floor with a pulling bar and ring on one end, that I can lay down in the floor of the trailer before loading it with material. That way, when I reach my destination, I can hook the ring on the end of this tarp to a tractor or loader, and draw the entire bulk of material out of the trailer in one fell-swoop.

I've seen conveyor systems for trucks, trailers, etc. But they're more complex systems which provide their own motive power to withdraw the material, whereas I'm just looking for an extremely heavy tarp (i.e. made from conveyor material) with a draw bar and ring on one end. Can anyone recommend such a product?

Thanks!

 

[MossRoad]

If you do that, won't the tarp land on the ground under the material being unloaded?

 

[2manyrocks]

Why not: 2000 lb. Capacity Truck Bed Cargo Unloader

The key is to not overload it to the point that the weight overpowers your ability to winch it out. The other key is to have a slick trailer floor. One member here put vinyl flooring down on his trailer bed for that reason.

 

[WinterDeere]

If you do that, won't the tarp land on the ground under the material being unloaded?

Yes, but with an FEL, you can simply lift the bucket and the material will roll off. With a pickup truck, you're counting more on speed and inertia, to yank the tarp out from under it.

 

[WinterDeere]

Why not: 2000 lb. Capacity Truck Bed Cargo Unloader

The key is to not overload it to the point that the weight overpowers your ability to winch it out. The other key is to have a slick trailer floor. One member here put vinyl flooring down on his trailer bed for that reason.

yeah, that's the idea, but I need a 16' long x 6' wide variant, that can handle 5000+ lb. I don't need the winch, I have machinery that can draw it out. Really, something like that material with a draw ring on the end to look to a tractor, tree, or pickup truck.

 

[2manyrocks]

This was posted in another thread, but I haven't used one. Yard Glider (Drag Mat, Stone Boat, Yard Sled)

 

[bcp]

Depending on your debris, etc., this might work.

Get conveyor material 3-4 ft longer than the trailer. Fasten it to the trailer at the rear. Put the tow ring on the front. Load it with the front end going up the front of the trailer. Unload by pulling the ring to the rear, over the top of the debris, rolling the debris off the rear of the trailer, with the conveyor material ending up on top.

Bruce

 

[bcp]

This was posted in another thread, but I haven't used one. Yard Glider (Drag Mat, Stone Boat, Yard Sled)

I've been using an old heavy plastic exercise pad, about 1/16 thick, 2 x 6 ft. It is rough on one side and very smooth on the other. Works just like the one in the link, but smaller.

Bruce

 

[ruffdog]

Get a slide in bed liner and cut it to fit your needs. Have a 2x4 bolted to it and attach eye bolts to the 2x4. They are pretty tough and will last for years.

 

[oldnslo]

May also want to consider the weight of this liner since you may have to move it by hand when placing it on the trailer floor.

Old combine or swather draper head canvas might work if you can find 6 ft wide.