Dump trailer - scissor lift or telescoping cylinder?

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I rented a couple of dump trailers recently. One was a Doolittle scissor lift and the other was a smaller Load Trail single cylinder. The scissor dumped quicker with less effort and also had a higher dump angle. It would dump easier than the single cylinder which I would have to drive forward ten feet or so to fully empty the box. I think a Load Trail with a scissor would have been fine.

OR one just designed properly. Again, the style has little to do with anything. Simple a longer stroke cylinder would have given more dump. Or moving it farther back on the trailer and upsizing diameter a little.

I suspect there would be no functional difference if each was properly sized. If one style won't lift a load that another style will, the first was undersized, not the wrong design.

Bruce

Thats what I am saying. Style dont mean much as far as power and dump angle. Its just how its designed.

You can make a single or dual cylinder easily have more dump angle and force than a scissor. Just in how it is designed.