Opinions On This Dump Trailer?

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#21  
I couldn't say it better but will add that as trailers go,demand and resale is less than most trailers. IMO a 5x10 w/two 3500Lb axles and brakes is the lightest dump trailer in hiogh demand. New one's go for $4k and used for $3k+. Single axle dump want's to lift tongue while dumping or the slightest off center loaded. Faced with $3k max budget I'd opt for a homemade truck bed trailer and one of these and have over $2k left to buy other toys. Error | DNS Resolution | Northern Tool + Equipment

Can you point me to a 5x10 dump w/two 3500Lb axles and brakes and new and $4k? I don't think so.
Edit: At least not anywhere in Kansas
 
   / Opinions On This Dump Trailer? #22  
Not sure what’s in your area, check out bestchoicetrailers.com in PA for comparisons. Sure Trac builds a quality trailer, and a 10’ 7k lb dump is $5000. I have a ST 14k dump that I’m super happy with , and just picked up this week a ST 18’ 10k utility trailer from them that I had custom built. You will quickly forget about the extra $1000, but will remember/regret buying a smaller, lesser quality trailer. Sure Trac is only an example of a quality trailer, there are many others, but buying once is always cheaper than
buying, not being happy, and buying again.
Good luck..,
 
   / Opinions On This Dump Trailer? #23  
Not sure what’s in your area, check out bestchoicetrailers.com in PA for comparisons. Sure Trac builds a quality trailer, and a 10’ 7k lb dump is $5000. I have a ST 14k dump that I’m super happy with , and just picked up this week a ST 18’ 10k utility trailer from them that I had custom built. You will quickly forget about the extra $1000, but will remember/regret buying a smaller, lesser quality trailer. Sure Trac is only an example of a quality trailer, there are many others, but buying once is always cheaper than
buying, not being happy, and buying again.
Good luck..,

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   / Opinions On This Dump Trailer? #24  
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I’d personally never buy a tandem 3500 pound axel dump trailer. It’s too big for the capacity. 2 tractor buckets of gravel and it’s loaded. The 5x8 with a 5200 pound or ideally a 7k axel would be much better IMO. I briefly considered a tandem 5200 pound but pretty much came to the same conclusion.
 
   / Opinions On This Dump Trailer? #25  
^^ I guess it depends on what’s being hauled, I move logs, brush, branches, scrap, yard waste, and general stuff to the landfill on occasion and prefer a larger capacity/volume dump trailer for those times......
 
   / Opinions On This Dump Trailer? #26  
It depends on what you want to do with the trailer I use mine for yard work and hauling on my property. When I do big jobs I have it hauled in last job was 200 ton so it was hauled in one day. Now if I need more I just get a load tri-axle or trailer dump last year I got a load of sand so good for a year or two..A lot cheaper than a trailer....
 
   / Opinions On This Dump Trailer? #27  
It depends on what you want to do with the trailer I use mine for yard work and hauling on my property. When I do big jobs I have it hauled in last job was 200 ton so it was hauled in one day. Now if I need more I just get a load tri-axle or trailer dump last year I got a load of sand so good for a year or two..A lot cheaper than a trailer....

I think my trailer system is even better.
My younger son stores his tandem dump trailer in one of my barns.
I can use it whenever he is not using it (roofing).
Works for me!
 
   / Opinions On This Dump Trailer? #28  
It depends on what you want to do with the trailer I use mine for yard work and hauling on my property. When I do big jobs I have it hauled in last job was 200 ton so it was hauled in one day. Now if I need more I just get a load tri-axle or trailer dump last year I got a load of sand so good for a year or two..A lot cheaper than a trailer....

Trucks are far superior in load carrying ability than trailers but a dump trailer with only 3500 pound axes isn’t worth much. Maybe I’m a tool snob but a truck that’s not minimum a 2500 and a trailer that’s not got minimum 7k axels isn’t much use. I do like a little 5x8 trailer for hauling appliances and stuff but a dump trailer with a 1 ton payload isn’t much good.
 
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#29  
What would grass clippings off of a 20,000 sq ft lawn of fescue weigh? Not much, but I still don't want to unload them with a pitchfork on a hot, muggy, smelly Saturday morning at the landfill. :)
 
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#30  
Might mention that one reason for looking at lighter trailers is my Dodge Dakota and it's limited towing capacity.
 
 

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