Off Road Dump Trailers Revisted...
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dwl
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I hope those photos will help any of you who have ordered a Country Mfg trailer with ideas to modify the tailgate to work simular to the King Kutter
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jeffinsgf
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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( ... 2-ton capacity? I don’t know… I’d like some feedback from you guys who have used it so far.
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I have had the bed heaped with creek gravel. I have had the sideboards bulging and overflowing with clay. No complaints from the tires or frame yet. The rear tires squash a bit when I dump a full load, but they bounce right back. Plan on lining the bed with a piece of plywood or OSB. Those wet ACQ boards shrink right up when the sun hits them, leaving cracks you could throw a cat through.
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I have had the bed heaped with creek gravel. I have had the sideboards bulging and overflowing with clay. No complaints from the tires or frame yet. The rear tires squash a bit when I dump a full load, but they bounce right back. Plan on lining the bed with a piece of plywood or OSB. Those wet ACQ boards shrink right up when the sun hits them, leaving cracks you could throw a cat through.
JerryG
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<font color="blue">I have had the bed heaped with creek gravel. </font>
Jeff
I am glad that you said that. That is what I need to haul and have been worried that it wouldn't work or should I say be heavy built enough to work. I have spoken the Country a time or two, but it is better to hear facts from owners.
Jeff
I am glad that you said that. That is what I need to haul and have been worried that it wouldn't work or should I say be heavy built enough to work. I have spoken the Country a time or two, but it is better to hear facts from owners.
DMF
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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I have had the bed heaped with creek gravel.)</font>
I'm glad to hear that because I did have my doubts...
</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Plan on lining the bed with a piece of plywood or OSB.)</font>
I used to get a catalog that sold sheets of plastic material. Dairy farms and slaughter houses would use them to line the walls of the shop; made clean up a snap as you could hose it off. It had sheets for lining the beds of farm trucks, manure spreaders, etc. I forget how much they cost or the name of the material and/or catalog (not much help here am I?) but I wonder if these wagons would benefit having a sheet along the bottom and/or sides? Would make dumping pretty slick...
</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Those wet ACQ boards shrink right up when the sun hits them, leaving cracks you could throw a cat through. )</font>
I almost spewed my mouthful of soda when I read that last part! Too funny! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
I'm glad to hear that because I did have my doubts...
</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Plan on lining the bed with a piece of plywood or OSB.)</font>
I used to get a catalog that sold sheets of plastic material. Dairy farms and slaughter houses would use them to line the walls of the shop; made clean up a snap as you could hose it off. It had sheets for lining the beds of farm trucks, manure spreaders, etc. I forget how much they cost or the name of the material and/or catalog (not much help here am I?) but I wonder if these wagons would benefit having a sheet along the bottom and/or sides? Would make dumping pretty slick...
</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Those wet ACQ boards shrink right up when the sun hits them, leaving cracks you could throw a cat through. )</font>
I almost spewed my mouthful of soda when I read that last part! Too funny! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
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jeffinsgf
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If you're thinking of FRP, I would be hesitant. That is what a lot of dairies use, but it is quite brittle. You would crack it on the first FEL bucketful of rocks.
Now on the other hand, UHMW would be the ticket, if you could find it in a thin sheet for the right price. Might be worth investigating as high as OSB is getting. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif When I first starting using "Aspenite" it was about 2.50 a sheet -- unless it was on sale for 1.99!
Now on the other hand, UHMW would be the ticket, if you could find it in a thin sheet for the right price. Might be worth investigating as high as OSB is getting. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif When I first starting using "Aspenite" it was about 2.50 a sheet -- unless it was on sale for 1.99!
