<font color="blue"> Be careful with that trailer when its full and that TC18. My TN70 slows down a bit going up a steep hill with a full dump trailer in tow and its alot heavier.
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Thanks - but, no hills! The greatest elevation change on my property is the 30" high grading for our house after the pond was built. I am concerned with the TC18 having the "oomph" to pull it when it gets nearly full -- we loaded my 16' x 6' flat trailer with dirt-laden roots and brush earlier this year, and the TC18 wouldn't pull it when it was heaped full. But, I suspect we had more weight than this trailer is rated for, and the flat trailer was not balanced for that type of work. Guess I'll find out...if I have to take half loads, I'm still better off than I am when trying to carry stuff bucket by bucket. Not sure what my 4' FEL bucket holds, but it's got to be 1/3 yard or less.
As for color, I already posted in another thread about color that I really don't care what it looks like - but if it has to be repainted, it will probbly be black, which is one of the cheapest colors to buy (red is one of the most expensive, and blue is up there, too). Unless the automotive paint supply store has some mis-mixed color at a bargain, then that's what color it will be.
From the pictures, it looks like this trailer has only a single swing-open tailgate, which is not the most desirable, but beggars can't be choosers. I'll be happy if it is a bi-fold. Probably picking it up Sunday or Monday...
As for the smaller ones, I really want this one to haul some shell rock for my road. It appears it will carry as much as a small dump truck (at least 5 yards, limited by the weight, probably more like 4 yards in the real world). The pit where fill and shell rock is dug is less than 3 miles from my house, with only 1/4 mile of it on an highway -- the pit is at the end of the next road parallel to mine. I need at least 300 yards; looks like I'll be making that trip 75 to 100 times! But, the savings as compared to paying a commercial hauling company to deliver the shell rock will pay for the trailer before the road is complete, and after that, it's essentially free, or saving even more money!
Also, I don't have auxilliary hydraulics (yet).
I've got some demolition to do as part of the remodeling of my commercial property prior to selling it, and hauling off the debris will likely be my first use of it. Later, when my barn is built and I get back into fabrication work on a smaller scael, I'll use it as my dumpster for fabrication scrap.
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Thanks - but, no hills! The greatest elevation change on my property is the 30" high grading for our house after the pond was built. I am concerned with the TC18 having the "oomph" to pull it when it gets nearly full -- we loaded my 16' x 6' flat trailer with dirt-laden roots and brush earlier this year, and the TC18 wouldn't pull it when it was heaped full. But, I suspect we had more weight than this trailer is rated for, and the flat trailer was not balanced for that type of work. Guess I'll find out...if I have to take half loads, I'm still better off than I am when trying to carry stuff bucket by bucket. Not sure what my 4' FEL bucket holds, but it's got to be 1/3 yard or less.
As for color, I already posted in another thread about color that I really don't care what it looks like - but if it has to be repainted, it will probbly be black, which is one of the cheapest colors to buy (red is one of the most expensive, and blue is up there, too). Unless the automotive paint supply store has some mis-mixed color at a bargain, then that's what color it will be.
From the pictures, it looks like this trailer has only a single swing-open tailgate, which is not the most desirable, but beggars can't be choosers. I'll be happy if it is a bi-fold. Probably picking it up Sunday or Monday...
As for the smaller ones, I really want this one to haul some shell rock for my road. It appears it will carry as much as a small dump truck (at least 5 yards, limited by the weight, probably more like 4 yards in the real world). The pit where fill and shell rock is dug is less than 3 miles from my house, with only 1/4 mile of it on an highway -- the pit is at the end of the next road parallel to mine. I need at least 300 yards; looks like I'll be making that trip 75 to 100 times! But, the savings as compared to paying a commercial hauling company to deliver the shell rock will pay for the trailer before the road is complete, and after that, it's essentially free, or saving even more money!
Also, I don't have auxilliary hydraulics (yet).
I've got some demolition to do as part of the remodeling of my commercial property prior to selling it, and hauling off the debris will likely be my first use of it. Later, when my barn is built and I get back into fabrication work on a smaller scael, I'll use it as my dumpster for fabrication scrap.
