Heavy dump trailer

[Treezybreez]

Here's my 16' Kaufman today. It has two 8 thousand lbs axles. It handled this Silver Maple stump and some of the wood no problem. It won't dump though, if the weight is too far forward.

 

[Treezybreez]

Oh yeah, and it cost a little over $8,000 new.

 

[Reach]

Here's my 16' Kaufman today. It has two 8 thousand lbs axles. It handled this Silver Maple stump and some of the wood no problem. It won't dump though, if the weight is too far forward.
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What style hoist is under that? Scissor? Twin ram, telescopic ram?

 

[Treezybreez]

What style hoist is under that? Scissor? Twin ram, telescopic ram?

Scissor

 

[Reach]

Scissor

That’s what I figured. I prefer those because they’re fast, but nothing lifts serious weight like the twin rams. A friend of mine has a 12k Belmont with twin rams that has dumped more than 14k of soil without a problem. The only time it wouldn’t dump was the time my (much) younger self loaded 20k in it... Oops.

 

[Treezybreez]

That’s what I figured. I prefer those because they’re fast, but nothing lifts serious weight like the twin rams. A friend of mine has a 12k Belmont with twin rams that has dumped more than 14k of soil without a problem. The only time it wouldn’t dump was the time my (much) younger self loaded 20k in it... Oops.

If a dump trailer is rated for a particular weight, then it ought to be able to dump it. It's probably the most disappointing aspect of the trailer for me.

 

[Reach]

If a dump trailer is rated for a particular weight, then it ought to be able to dump it. It's probably the most disappointing aspect of the trailer for me.

Yes, for sure, it should be able to dump at least it’s rated capacity plus a little in my opinion. Some can do far more than that, which is nice, but not really necessary.