Unloading a trailer that don't dump.

[LBrown59]

Here's one way.

 

[RedDirt]

What a good photo documentation! It took me a minute to realize it's best viewed in sequence from the bottom up.
That's a nice system you've got there. Looks like it works so well I'm going to try it myself next time I have a dirt moving job.
What is the slide sheet made of? In the thumbnail it looked like carpet as it "S" curved off the trailer. When enlarged it looks like OSB. Odd that OSB could take such a double bend and stay together. How much use do you get from a sheet before it fails? If OSB or plywood, what thickness?

 

[LBrown59]

1*What a good photo documentation!
It took me a minute to realize it's best viewed in sequence from the bottom up.
2*That's a nice system you've got there.
Looks like it works so well I'm going to try it myself next time I have a dirt moving job.
3*What is the slide sheet made of? In the thumbnail it looked like carpet as it "S" curved off the trailer. When enlarged it looks like OSB. Odd that OSB could take such a double bend and stay together.
4*How much use do you get from a sheet before it fails?

1* Glad you liked it.
2* Thanks.
3*1/4 inch OSB.
4*Cant say as that was the first time I used it.
It's pretty weak at the 2 places it bent.
I'm thinking about trying 1/4, 3/8 and 1/2 plywood and 7/16 OASB.
Also wondering how a piece of rubber horse mat or a piece of a rubber pick up bed mat would work.

 

[LBrown59]

Some info about the trailer.
My brother and some of his coworkers built it for me [complements of the plant where they worked] back in 1966 just after I bought my first tractor
a new Bolens 850 which I still have today.
I bought the wheels for about 12 bucks.
12 bucks for a trailer that has lasted for 42 years and still going strong hain't bad!

The floor of the trailer is just a piece of quarter inch plywood that lays on the frame unfastened with anything.it's the same pice i put on it in 66.

 

[RedDirt]

4*Cant say as that was the first time I used it.
It's pretty weak at the 2 places it bent.
I'm thinking about trying 1/4, 3/8 and 1/2 plywood and 7/16 OASB.
Also wondering how a piece of rubber horse mat or a piece of a rubber pick up bed mat would work.

Well keep us updated, ie how many dumps you get from the 1/4" OBS before it disintegrates. And the results of other materials you try next.

It is a good simple design and very much within reach of anyone with a no-dump trailer and at a very reasonable expenditure of time and money.

My little box trailer tilts so I think I might try 1/2" CDX ply to do some ditch cleaning/hauling that I'm likely to do this fall. If it comes to pass I'll let you know how it goes.

Thanks for the good idea.

 

[LBrown59]

Well keep us updated, ie how many dumps you get from the 1/4" OBS before it disintegrates. And the results of other materials you try next.

It is a good simple design and very much within reach of anyone with a no-dump trailer and at a very reasonable expenditure of time and money.

My little box trailer tilts so I think
* I might try 1/2" CDX ply to do some ditch cleaning/hauling that I'm likely to do this fall. If it comes to pass I'll let you know how it goes.

**Thanks for the good idea.

*The only problem I see with a stiffer board that won't bend is it's going to come off the trailer with a thud.
To remedy that you could make a couple of small short ramps between 18 and 24 inches long and hook them to the rear of the trailer for the board to slide down as you're dragging it off the trailer.
2 short pices of 2x4 or 2x6 should work.
** You're welcome.
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