Drive tractor up into dump trailer to fill bucket

[MossRoad]

Probably no trouble filling the bucket with garden mix in a big pile that you can lift & curl. But a 2 yd pile... maybe 1 full bucket & the rest would be floggin’ it. .

I was working in the yard too, would have to scrape it off the grass. This was FAR superior - theres no question that overfilling the bucket with every scoop, the first try, to the last bucket, was the superior method. Pretty sure I’ll do it again.

I moved 60 yards of moon dust (granulated limestone) from three 20 yard dump trucks, in a centrally located pile, spread over 4 ball diamonds at a little league park one year, in two days with my little PT425 and 1/3 yard bucket with straight cutting edge. If you've ever moved that stuff... it's a tightly packed granulated limestone that is extremely heavy and dense. It was close to 800# per heaping bucketload.

 

[Sodo]

Vehicle brakes don't work if the back end gets lifted up. I chock the trailer tires if I'm loading on a hill. If I've got help I have them hold the vehicle breaks and the trailer brake controller. I probably should keep a rubber band to lock down the trailer brake controller.

Remembering to park in 4WD too.

But the only time it could lift on the trailer ball is when the bucket is rearward of the trailer wheels. And it's only rearward of the wheels, when there's a lot of the pile ---->forward of the wheels. So logically this won't happen.

I wonder if the trailer brakes electromagnet would get hot (rubber-banded for some time).

 

[4570Man]

Remembering to park in 4WD too.

But the only time it could lift on the trailer ball is when the bucket is rearward of the trailer wheels. And it's only rearward of the wheels, when there's a lot of the pile ---->forward of the wheels. So logically this won't happen.

I wonder if the trailer brakes electromagnet would get hot (rubber-banded for some time).

It's probably not a problem in what you're doing, but it's a problem trying to load a 6 ton skid steer. Especially if the ramp supports don't touch the ground due to a low spot. I doubt rubber banding the brakes is a good plan for the time frame you'd need, but it's not going to hurt anything in the 2 minutes you'd need load the machine for transport.

 

[Sodo]

2 minutes is probably OK. I'd forget, and it would be a lot longer than 2 minutes.
Some sort of jackstands at the rear corners is the certain method to eliminate all concerns of lifting up on the trailer ball.

 

[4570Man]

2 minutes is probably OK. I'd forget, and it would be a lot longer than 2 minutes.
Some sort of jackstands at the rear corners is the certain method to eliminate all concerns of lifting up on the trailer ball.

My trailer has supports in the ramps that catch before disaster strikes. I just feel safer loading the skid steer without the trailer rolling back and forth.

 

[flingwing1969]

Probably no trouble filling the bucket with garden mix in a big pile that you can lift & curl. But a 2 yd pile... maybe 1 full bucket & the rest would be floggin it. .

I was working in the yard too, would have to scrape it off the grass. This was FAR superior - theres no question that overfilling the bucket with every scoop, the first try, to the last bucket, was the superior method. Pretty sure I値l do it again.

Go for it. Can't hurt a thing. What works, works.