Off road dump trailer options

[rd_macgregor]

I bought my MUTS last fall and have been using it to transport soiled bedding/manure from the horses. I really wanted a hydraulic dumper, but the MUTS isn't really all that difficult to crank up. I really like how well-matched it is to our RTV; it pulls easily, backs nicely (after some practice!) and follows through gates and such without having to swing really wide for clearance. I'm eager to get it back in the woods this summer.
I suspect any of the highway-legal dumpers would be less maneuverable in the woods than the MUTS is, so that is a reasonable trade-off for my purposes.

 

[ProjectKing]

I bought my MUTS last fall and have been using it to transport soiled bedding/manure from the horses. I really wanted a hydraulic dumper, but the MUTS isn't really all that difficult to crank up. I really like how well-matched it is to our RTV; it pulls easily, backs nicely (after some practice!) and follows through gates and such without having to swing really wide for clearance. I'm eager to get it back in the woods this summer.
I suspect any of the highway-legal dumpers would be less maneuverable in the woods than the MUTS is, so that is a reasonable trade-off for my purposes.

Yes it's a really nice trailer. Perfect size. The hand winching isn't too bad. Good exercise. If a person was gonna be dumping a lot a small 12 volt winch with synthetic line would be handy.

 

[hkbirdman]

I don't own one of these trailers. Still debating between this and a CAM Woodsman (which is no longer made).

Hi John - I know I'm replying to an old thread - but was wondering if you decided on an off road dump trailer. I think I am looking for a similar unit to what you mentioned. I'm thinking of 4' x 8' bed with overall width of appx. 5' -- and capacity of 3-4 tons -- with BRAKES. I will be using it by filling with my tractor and then hauling and dumping with same tractor to make woods roads on my property. Material to be hauled will be bank run gravel. Thanks.

 

[sea2summit]

Mike just posted a review of the RK trailer, fairly interesting and sounds like what we're talking about.

 

[BrokenTrack]

Hi John - I know I'm replying to an old thread - but was wondering if you decided on an off road dump trailer. I think I am looking for a similar unit to what you mentioned. I'm thinking of 4' x 8' bed with overall width of appx. 5' -- and capacity of 3-4 tons -- with BRAKES. I will be using it by filling with my tractor and then hauling and dumping with same tractor to make woods roads on my property. Material to be hauled will be bank run gravel. Thanks.

You should look into a Wallenstein Timber Talon. I have one and it works really well. Easy to load with a small Kubota in the pit, then I haul it with my Ford Explorer (or tractor or bulldozer depending on if the load is hauled on-road or off).

Last year I used it to build a heavy haul road on my farm. I even built a grader blade for it to get a nice smooth road after I hauled the gravel. With its walking beam suspension it really works well.

 

[John_Mc]

Hi John - I know I'm replying to an old thread - but was wondering if you decided on an off road dump trailer. I think I am looking for a similar unit to what you mentioned. I'm thinking of 4' x 8' bed with overall width of appx. 5' -- and capacity of 3-4 tons -- with BRAKES. I will be using it by filling with my tractor and then hauling and dumping with same tractor to make woods roads on my property. Material to be hauled will be bank run gravel. Thanks.

I still have not bought a trailer. I looked rather intensively for a while, but never really found anything that met my needs. I was looking for something a bit lighter than what you are looking for: Originally I was thinking 3000# minimum payload. Now I'm hoping for 4 or 5000#. I can't handle much bigger on my hilly terrain.

I'm also considering Forwarding trailers. That self-loading ability might be nice, but it's hard to justify just for personal use.

 

[John_Mc]

Resurrecting this thread. Just read back through the whole thing. There is some good reading here for folks looking for trailers to use behind their tractors.

Another Vermonter who I met through another forum decided to sell his Metavic M95 Forwarding Trailer. This is a log forwarding trailer with a hydraulic loader. (This one is the tractor version with the 13RF version of the trailer.) Boom reach is 9.5'. Lift at full reach is 600#, lift close in (4 feet) is 1500#. This one has the optional hydraulic power pack powered by a 5.5 HP Honda engine, so I can run it behind a pickup truck or larger ATV as well. It also has the 4000# winch with 100' of cable (I suspect I'll use my logging winch when I've got a lot of winching to do, but this should come in handy when loading logs.) He also added electric brakes, and mounted a brake controller on his tractor (which he operated manually). When I first spoke with him about it almost a year ago, this trailer was not for sale. I had considered ordering one set up the same way, but discarded this as too expensive to justify for my non-commercial logging use (and too small for a commercial operation). When I saw it listed last week, I was down to his place to buy it within 24 hours of hearing it was for sale.

(previous owner's photo)

As an added bonus, when I was looking at the Forwarding Trailer, what did I see sitting across the yard but the CAM Woodsman Dump Trailer. I mentioned this earlier in this thread. They are no longer made. I've been looking for a used one for about 3 or 4 years, but no one who owns one wants to sell. We agreed on a package price, and now I own both. Just need to replace the dead battery in dump trailer.

 

[John_Mc]

Gordon - I'll probably be looking at making something like the two-way clevis hitch you described in post #68 in this thread.

I'm curious how that has been working out for you. Has it caused any issues when you try to back up the trailer, or during braking while a heavy load is pushing you down a hill? I'm just wondering if the hitch "flips sideways" during these operations, and of so, whether that causes any issues for you.

 

[Rustyiron]

That sound's like a nice package John:thumbsup:
We will need some pics you know

 

[John_Mc]

That sound's like a nice package John:thumbsup:
We will need some pics you know

I'll get some. Waiting till I get a chance to actually put it to use. Pictures of it sitting in my yard are kind of boring.