Off road dump trailer options

[Piston]

Looks great Gordon! It's interesting yours has a Cleve's style hitch. Mine is a standard ball hitch, I wonder if the brothers had discussions on which was better!

I'll be interested to see what you do for the sides. I'd like them to be a bit higher as well. Actually, I should drop mine off at your place and have you use my trailer as a test dummy, you know...to make sure you have it the way you want it before welding on your own....

 

[check]

That looks like a nice trailer to me

I am going to have a look at it today. Great features, and weighs less than 600 lbs, with a 2,000 lb. capacity. The dump is mechanical, which keeps the price down, and the ATV tires are rated for 50 mph.

Will report back after I see it.

BTW, you have to assemble it yourself, and it is designed here in Canada, but made in China. (Note to self: check out the quality of the steel, esp. the bolts.)

 

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I am going to have a look at it today. Great features, and weighs less than 600 lbs, with a 2,000 lb. capacity. The dump is mechanical, which keeps the price down, and the ATV tires are rated for 50 mph. Will report back after I see it. BTW, you have to assemble it yourself, and it is designed here in Canada, but made in China. (Note to self: check out the quality of the steel, esp. the bolts.)

Bought it! Will post pics after I put it together.

 

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Did anybody consider this trailer? Woodland ATV Trailer | Woodland Mills US

OK, picked it up yesterday, for about US$1300 before tax. Here is how far I have gotten in assembling it.





Hey, at least it made it into the bed of the pick up truck!

 

[Piston]

Looks great!

 

[Luke'sScreenName]

Not sure the cardboard will hold up...

 

[bcp]

It is also very boxy looking.

Bruce

 

[Xfaxman]

But a good looking pallet.

 

[John_Mc]

OK, picked it up yesterday, for about US$1300 before tax. Here is how far I have gotten in assembling it.

Hey, at least it made it into the bed of the pick up truck!

Please let us know how it works out for you and what you are towing it behind.

I've been considering the Woodland Mills Woodland ATV trailer fro more than a year now. The pluses are light weight, narrow for good maneuverability in the woods, walking arm suspension, convertible from a dump trailer to a log bunk, and relatively inexpensive. It's a perfect match behind a good sized ATV.

The down side for me is the 2000# load rating (and the fact that it is not street legal, but few good woods trailers are). I'm really hoping to find something that's at least 3000# (a half cord of green hardwood). I'd love to find something with good ground clearance and tough enough for use in the woods that is still street legal.

BTW, somebody mentioned it has 50mph rated ATV tires. That may be so, but the bearings will not handle that speed (unfortunately, I can't remember what Woodland mills told me about the speed it can handle when fully loaded).

 

[John_Mc]

Gordon -

Nice work on the hitch modifications. It reminds me that I really need to work on my welding skills.

I find I seldom use the drawbar on my tractor for just that reason. I end up using a draw bar that goes between the lower 3 Pt hitch arms.

I do hope you and Piston will keep us up to date on how your Provnost trailers are working out.

I'm still nosing around for a solution that will work for me. I'd love to find something that is 4' (or maybe 5' max at it's widest point) and maybe 8' long that is rugged enough and has good ground clearance for use in the woods, but is still street legal. I don't have to go far or fast (typically less than 5 miles on roads with speed limits ranging from 30-40 mph). I typically just take my unregistered, non-dumping trailer out on the back roads and hope no one stops me. (I suppose I could make the argument that I'm legal since I have the SMV triangle, and it's "ag business", since the USDA considers forestry a type of agriculture, but I doubt I'll win that argument if it comes down to it)