Dump bed Pick Ups

LBrown59 · Jul 30, 2006

Anybody here have one?

deerechas · Jul 30, 2006

When i was in charge of our schools grounds dept. I got one for one of our 1 ton pickup trucks. All of the guys love to use it for small jobs. We also had a 5 yard and a 10 yard dump trucks. P.S. Retired now

Lindblom Lawn Care · Jul 31, 2006

The ones I used were on 1 ton trucks. They had an electric over hydraulic for the lift. They were really handy for smaller projects. If you overloaded it, it was shoeveled out by hand. If it was a bigger project we used a single axle straight truck or a tandem dump truck.

Seon · Jul 31, 2006

LBrown59 said:
Anybody here have one?

I bought an insert some 5 years ago for my truck. I've since sold my truck but kept the insert, built a tandum trailer and mounted it. If I ever decide to buy another work truck, I'll just remove it from the trailer and mount in in the bed.

Pic: http://www.ez-dumper.com/images/products/upload/Pro Pic.jpg

JimR · Jul 31, 2006

I had a Uni-Hoist setup years ago in my old Ford F250 4X4. It worked great for what it was. It is better to dump dowhill than to try and dump uphill just so you know in advance. Shoveling is required for overloaded pickups. An 8 foot bed filled flat with washed crushed cement sand weights 6000 pounds. Be aware of this should you try it sometime. Going through the scales at 11,200 pounds made the weight guy run out to warn me. I did have 13 leaf springs on the rear and was not dead axled. It was a scary ride home.

LBrown59 · Aug 26, 2006

JimR said:
I had a Uni-Hoist setup years ago in my old Ford F250 4X4. It worked great for what it was. It is better to dump dowhill than to try and dump uphill just so you know in advance. Shoveling is required for overloaded pickups. An 8 foot bed filled flat with washed crushed cement sand weights 6000 pounds. Be aware of this should you try it sometime. Going through the scales at 11,200 pounds made the weight guy run out to warn me. I did have 13 leaf springs on the rear and was not dead axled. It was a scary ride home.

1971 I had a new Ford 250 camper special.
I hauled 6000 pounds of gravel on it one time which was a bit much,but it would handle 4 or5 K pounds easly.

Ford960 · Sep 4, 2006

The closest quarry to me will not load a pick-up truck or single axle trailer. It would really burn my butt if I paid $2500 for a Dump Pro insert and then find that I couldn't get it loaded with crushed stone.
I would suggest checking with the local quarry before buying one.

LBrown59 · Sep 4, 2006

Ford960 said:
The closest quarry to me will not load a pick-up truck or single axle trailer. It would really burn my butt if I paid $2500 for a Dump Pro insert and then find that I couldn't get it loaded with crushed stone.
I would suggest checking with the local quarry before buying one.

The closest quarry to me will not load a pick-up truck ~~~~~ This is just plain STEW PED
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Why won't they?????????
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I found a couple of places where you can buy a dump kit for 900 bucks.
I think a kit only weighs about 300 pounds.
I hauled slag from one place and sand from another / never encountered any problem with them loading my little ole import dodge d 50.

George2615 · Sep 4, 2006

I think the local quarry won't load a pickup because of the liability of breaking the trucks suspension by dumping a load of whatever into the bed. That happened at a local quarry by me a few years ago. A loader dropped a load of crushed stone too fast into a pickup and the truck axle broke (snapped) from the sudden weight. In order to save a delivery charge the guy took his 1 ton pickup to get it filled. Ended up costing him 20 times the delivery charge he tried to avoid to fix his truck. The quarry took pics of the guys broken truck and have them posted in the office. Im asked to borrow them to post here but they wouldn't let them go. If you towed your own tractor loader and did your own loading then they might consider it. They will not be responsible for any damages caused to your truck or equipment.

LBrown59 · Sep 4, 2006

George2615 said:
I think the local quarry won't load a pickup because of the liability of breaking the trucks suspension by dumping a load of whatever into the bed. That happened at a local quarry by me a few years ago. A loader dropped a load of crushed stone too fast into a pickup and the truck axle broke (snapped) from the sudden weight. In order to save a delivery charge the guy took his 1 ton pickup to get it filled. Ended up costing him 20 times the delivery charge he tried to avoid to fix his truck. The quarry took pics of the guys broken truck and have them posted in the office. Im asked to borrow them to post here but they wouldn't let them go. If you towed your own tractor loader and did your own loading then they might consider it. They will not be responsible for any damages caused to your truck or equipment.

Seems to me the quarry needs to hire competent equipment operators rather than taking it out on Joe Customer.

czechsonofagun · Sep 8, 2006

Always an interesting situation when I wait for the loader. That thing is huge, the top of the wheel is eye to eye with the top of my Jeep and my Jeep is not exactly low rider

But they dump it nice and easy and never hurt the trailer.

Once or twice when I needed big rocks, they actually let me down the quary to hand pick what I wanted; blue vulcan stone they call it I think. I was limited only by what I could lift by myself.

It is an interesting moon landscape on the bottom of this huge quarry, my dog was running around but there is no life and nothing interesting to sniff for him.

LBrown59 · Sep 10, 2006

czechsonofagun said:
Always an interesting situation when I wait for the loader. That thing is huge, the top of the wheel is eye to eye with the top of my Jeep and my Jeep is not exactly low rider

But they dump it nice and easy and never hurt the trailer.

I hauled 2 loads of slag in my little dodge d 50
They loaded it nice and easy with a big loader like this.
Like I said before don't ban the customer - get rid of the inept operator.

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biffnh · Sep 10, 2006

I have an EZ-Dump on a 1995 F250 and it works great. We have had it for 8 years. We love it. It can handle a yard of 3/4 stone. And I haul a yard of sand in it all winter for ballast while plowing and to sand ice. It is a light dump truck, but for moving small loads of bark, chips, loam and stone it is tough.

JimWalch · Sep 20, 2006

LBrown59 said:
Anybody here have one?

I put a hoist on my old beater "77" chevy 3/4 PU a few years back. Best $800 I spent on her. Looked every where on line for a kit and the best price i could find was at Northern Tools.

1. great to get rid of your junk
2. And yes it will dump it!

gemini5362 · Oct 12, 2006

There are several saw mills around where I live in arkansas that will not load slab wood onto a 1/2 ton truck . The problem is some people that do not know the capacity of their vehicle. When anything is loaded onto the truck it has to be dropped because of the pickup bed sides. If you drop a load that is considerably over the capacity of the truck into something from a height of three or four feet something can break sometimes. If you break an axle the driver a lot of times is going to blame the operator. The operator will usually win in court but that involves lawyers fees and time spent in a courtroom. I personally dont blame anyone for not dropping items into a 1/2 ton or less pickup. The solution is a bigger truck or perhaps a trailer.

Dirthog · Oct 12, 2006

One of the main reasons they will not load pickups and small trailers is liability issues ie you take it out on the road and hurt some one and they will also try and come back on the quarry with a hoist on a small pickup you are going to be close to its rated weight without anything in the bed you will be lucky if you can hall much more than a half a yard of stone with out being over weight

philshel · Oct 13, 2006

I have an old D350 flatbed/dump that I got at auction from our state road department. Best $2600.00 I ever spent. I commonly carry two yards of ¾ crushed granite in it. It could carry more, but I live in a hilly area and I’d be pulling the hills at 5mph with any more weight. I also use it for hauling firewood around the property and have stacked it well above the cab without any problems at all. I would never be without one now.

LBrown59 · Oct 13, 2006

gemini5362 said:
1*I personally dont blame anyone for not dropping items into a 1/2 ton or less pickup.
2*The solution is a bigger truck or perhaps a trailer.

I sorta can't find myself agreeing with a 1 & 2.
1* I sure can blame them for hiring an operator that can't operate the equipment.
2*Why hire a big dump truck to deliver several tons of something you only need 1000 to 3000 pounds of?
Why pay for 5 to 10 tons of something that you only need .5 to 1.5 tons of?
The solution is hire operators that know how to operate the equipment at the loading site.
I see pick ups all the time hauling full loads of sand gravel dirt slag etc so why not at least be able to unload the dang thing without having to shovel it all off.
Considering this point your argument makes no sense at all.
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StealthDump · Nov 13, 2006

A dumping bed on a pick-up will spoil you rotten. The first truck I ever bought in 1983 was a '78 Chevy Big 10 with an underbody dump kit. Guy kept it clean, but had a camper shell on it, didn't use the dump much. Pretty soon I had my own house and I worked the dump almost daily.

LBrown59 · Nov 14, 2006

StealthDump said:
A dumping bed on a pick-up will spoil you rotten. The first truck I ever bought in 1983 was a '78 Chevy Big 10 with an underbody dump kit. Guy kept it clean, but had a camper shell on it, didn't use the dump much. Pretty soon I had my own house and I worked the dump almost daily.

The only way to fly with a pick up.
Even a little Toyota or Nissan would be nice.