My New Used Dump

[Ductape]

I have to show off my new toy....ahem, i mean tool. I have been keeping my eyes open for a decent used Dump trailer for months. I found this one on Craigslist. Original owner went into the lawn care business, only to find out he could not make a profit competing with illegal aliens willing to work for $5/hr. He had ten foot sides on it.... part of which are still on the trailer. He had a large leaf vac and used the trailer to haul the leaves away. He claimed to have used the trailer for only seven loads of leaves before calling it quits, which sounds close to the truth by looking at the condition of the trailer. The paint on the inside of the bed is barely scratched. I had my heart set on a 10,000 GVW trailer, but settled for this 7,000lb unit since the condition was so close to new. My main use will be hauling firewood home... so i feel the lighter duty unit will be fine for me. The pics were taken the day i brought it home. I have since replaced the plywood sides with 16" PT side boards (two 2X8s). I'm looking forward to a day that is warm enough to give it a good wash.... it came with half a load of leaves frozen in the back at no extra charge !! And my Momma told me there was no such thing as a free lunch !!

 

[BTDT]

Well I would say you did real good. That looks nice. Where will the firewood come from? Do you have country property where your cutting?

 

[HomeBrew2]

Very nice! I have a locally made white copy of it. Have not stalled it yet loaded pretty full with damp clay. FYI, I was able to download a manual for the pump online. (May depend on mfgr). Also, when I checked the fluid initially, it was very low (brand new) ... It worked but started to suck air at full up position
Enjoy!

 

[workinallthetime]

looks like a heck of a deal !!! now build a roller belt to move fire wood to wood rack and vacuume system that will select and send the wood straight to your fire place. lol
I have been looking at those trailers and am hoping to make enough money with my set up this summer to buy some more toys. Money made through the business acounts goes for more tools (shhh toys). Lets see the pics of the new sides when you get a chance

happy wood dumpin

 

[JMP1320]

Looks like a great deal. . congradulations. I have a 10' Pequea dumptrailer with 18" pt ply wood sides on it and can put about 4 face cords in it. I just stack against the front of the trailer and along the back gate, the rest we just throw in. Works great.

 

[Ductape]

BTDT, a friend of a friend gave me a pile of log length hardwood from a piece of commercial property he bought. A tree service was a tennant, but flew the coop leaving behind a pile logs. I also scrounge anywhere i can. We don't have a rural piece of property yet, but i've been looking for the right piece in northern Maine since last summer.

A friend who owns a dump trailer insisted i borrow his for a couple days last fall (he is just that kind of guy!). Using his for two days did me in ! A dump trailer was something i could no longer do without. I browsed at new trailers, but since this isn't really going to make me money, i knew Whats-Her-Name would not be as enthusiastic about buying a new one. Similar new trailers i looked into started around $4600..... i paid $2200 for my lightly used 04 model. Now i just need to modify the tailgate into a rampgate so i can drive my tractor into it.

 

[BTDT]

You did good all around, free wood, cheep trailer, intelligent friend, etc. Good luck on future property.

 

[scesnick]

I have been looking at them very hard also. I just pulled the trigger on a 12K 7x12 2 days ago. I already hauled 2 cords of wood with it. I would be interested in seeing pics of the new sides also..

 

[Thomas]

That's sure sharp looking and nice setup...we'll get your $$'s back in now time from the use.

 

[Ductape]

I have been looking at them very hard also. I just pulled the trigger on a 12K 7x12 2 days ago. I already hauled 2 cords of wood with it. I would be interested in seeing pics of the new sides also..

I stopped at a trailer dealer last week and picked up a set of the corner brackets like they use on rack body trucks..... the ones that inter-lock when you slide the front end into the pockets after the sides go in (or vise versa). Other than installing them, my PT side boards are done. I'm hoping the sides are rugged enough to stand up to loading firewood into the trailer with my FEL. I'll get some pictures posted after i take her on her maiden voyage.

I scored a nice silver maple yesterday that a former neighbor is having taken down.... looks like it'll be a good couple cord. I should be able to try out my trailer in the next couple weeks..... just need enough snow to melt to get into the guys back yard. At some point i'd like to have it weighed (perhaps at a local sand pit) when full of firewood to see how much wood i can haul versus my 7000 GVW.

 

[sandman2234]

Nice trailer.
Buying one is a lot easier than the chore I have in front of me, which is building one.
David from jax

 

[gemini5362]

Sandman I am very curious what your steel is going to cost you to build one. I have some information about the trailer i bought last weekend in another post but I will repeat it here. Please forgive me for double posting. I bought what I believe was a dump bed from a dump truck mounted on a trailer. The bed has a tag that says made by HEIL manufacturing and shows it to be a three yard bed. the trailer is single axle but has dual wheels on each side. The axle seems to be a heavy duty axle with the plate over the bearings ( like an axle on a one ton truck. It is a scissor type lift and has the ram and hydraulic pump on it. The pump did not have a motor so I did not get to see the hydraulics work although I was told that they did work. The reason that I am so curious what you are going to have in your steel for your trailer is that I paid 950.00 for the trailer. I believe that I could not buy the steel to build just the trailer and bed for that amount of money. I am curious to see if I was correct on my assumption.

 

[sandman2234]

I sure hope I don't have $950 in the trailer when I am done.
The reason... I already have all the materials, collected from various places over the years. I am a packrat kind of guy and tend to find used or drops of steel and save them till I need them.
Current project, building a set of adapters to allow me to run dual rear wheels on my JD 2555. So far, money out of pocket, none, and they are almost done. I still have to cut some flatbar to add to the center, because I didn't have a piece with a thick enough wall for the center pipe.
For the trailer I plan on using 5" channel, picked up from a local business to build the part of the deck that raises. Since I am planning on only dumping the last 13' of bed, and the rest of the 20' will be stationary, I will have to use it all the way to keep the deck at one height.
I have 3 pieces of 1/4" aluminum that are 13'x3' that will cover the dumping part of the bed, and some of the stationary part, to make it a little lighter. I haven't checked to see if I have enough other stuff to finish the deck off in aluminum, but hopefully I have enough of it, as I really want it to be reasonably light.
The 5" channel was a bonus when I purchased the roller bed from a 53' trailer they were stripping out. The guy put all of it in the scrap bin, and rather than trying to separate it out, I just bought the whole bin's contents.
If I ever post any pictures of my projects, you should notice that all of them carry the same rust color due to me using stuff I have sitting around. Too cheap to pay todays steel prices, but one day I am going to run out of my stash, and then I will be in trouble!
David from jax

 

[Lynkage]

I am not sure what you have all paid but I found this dump trailer for $3900 on craigslist. It was also new!! I went and met this very nice man and found out he was the owner of this trailer buis. He said it was a demo from the show room. I think I got a pretty god deal.

 

[gemini5362]

I am not sure what you have all paid but I found this dump trailer for $3900 on craigslist. It was also new!! I went and met this very nice man and found out he was the owner of this trailer buis. He said it was a demo from the show room. I think I got a pretty god deal.

That sounds like a good price for a dump trailer how big is it?
The one that I bought is an old one. Would be nice to have a new one that I did not have to work on.

 

[gemini5362]

I sure hope I don't have $950 in the trailer when I am done.
The reason... I already have all the materials, collected from various places over the years. I am a packrat kind of guy and tend to find used or drops of steel and save them till I need them.
Current project, building a set of adapters to allow me to run dual rear wheels on my JD 2555. So far, money out of pocket, none, and they are almost done. I still have to cut some flatbar to add to the center, because I didn't have a piece with a thick enough wall for the center pipe.
For the trailer I plan on using 5" channel, picked up from a local business to build the part of the deck that raises. Since I am planning on only dumping the last 13' of bed, and the rest of the 20' will be stationary, I will have to use it all the way to keep the deck at one height.
I have 3 pieces of 1/4" aluminum that are 13'x3' that will cover the dumping part of the bed, and some of the stationary part, to make it a little lighter. I haven't checked to see if I have enough other stuff to finish the deck off in aluminum, but hopefully I have enough of it, as I really want it to be reasonably light.
The 5" channel was a bonus when I purchased the roller bed from a 53' trailer they were stripping out. The guy put all of it in the scrap bin, and rather than trying to separate it out, I just bought the whole bin's contents.
If I ever post any pictures of my projects, you should notice that all of them carry the same rust color due to me using stuff I have sitting around. Too cheap to pay todays steel prices, but one day I am going to run out of my stash, and then I will be in trouble!
David from jax

Sandman I understand that philosophy. i will have something go wrong with a car or motorcycle and my wife will say what is it going to cost to fix and I will say not much I have a spare one of those. We have started buying new cars the last couple of years so I dont have spares for them. They are under warranty though so it dont matter.

I am going to get the trailer saturday and I will try to post some pics of it. I am going to see just how much steel is in the trailer and bed and see what it would cost to buy enough to build that. I will mention one thing David that I am sure you are aware of. Be glad that you dont have to buy steel at todays prices. It is very very expensive.

 

[Lynkage]

That sounds like a good price for a dump trailer how big is it?
The one that I bought is an old one. Would be nice to have a new one that I did not have to work on.

It is 10'X6' @10'000lbs. 5 cu yds. Although I have had 16,900 -3,000 for the trailer. Axles are 6,000lbs per. More then the rating but I did not realize the weight until I got to the dump and was weighed.
I Weighed 24,900lbs going in to the dump.!!

 

[gemini5362]

It is 10'X6' @10'000lbs. 5 cu yds. Although I have had 16,900 -3,000 for the trailer. Axles are 6,000lbs per. More then the rating but I did not realize the weight until I got to the dump and was weighed.
I Weighed 24,900lbs going in to the dump.!!

From what I have read if you got a trailer that big you got a very good price. I have read some of the other posts on TBN that talk about commercial licenses when you get to a certain weight with your truck and trailer. You might want to look into that because you are getting pretty close I think. In arkansas is not a big deal I do not see the polic checking trailers that much. In some states, I have read, They get pretty serious about checking those things. I am curious what kind of vehicle you pull it with

 

[Lynkage]

I am not sure of the weight but I do know here in CO. if you have a single rear drive axel you do not need a CDL. My truck is an 06' F350 Powerstroke w/toqureshift crewcab long bed w/factory heavy springs front and rear.

 

[sandman2234]

I don't think being in Colorado has much to do with it. Bust the magical number(25,900 and some change) and get caught, you better hope the officer is in a good mood. Doesn't matter if you have a single axle drive, or three drive axles. Once you are over that weight your state's DOT has authority over you, so watch your weight.
David from jax