75% of truck owners tow 1/year or less?

[Hay Dude]

Cool. Yeah, definitely a different world. I only know one local place here that will do less than full yards, and their selection and stock is more limited. Their smallest bucket is 1 yard, but they will "eyeball" a fraction of that, if you ask.

Most other places here will only do 1 yard or 3 yard increments, and those 3 yard buckets must be something like 10 - 12 feet wide. Even the 1 yard buckets are almost 8 feet wide, meaning loading against the front wall of your bed is going to be a challenge, as the bucket is too wide to dump from the rear of the truck and get more than half the product in the bed.

Delivery is usually the best option for stone, since it beats the hell out anything you're hauling it in. But short of that, a $3k trailer beats a $45k truck on capacity, volume, and cost of damage, specifically when hauling stone.

What quarry are you running to? I usually go to the local quarry in my IH dump truck and found they no longer will load small trucks or dump trailers. They tried a skid loader but I guess it wasn’t profitable.
Large trucks only.

 

[Jstpssng]

These aren't what I mean by trashed; looks like these are the two cheapest currently available near me (by near I mean like 100 miles). I assume any of the really rough ones got snagged up by storm debris guys.View attachment 1398265View attachment 1398278

That's a lot of money for a homemade or rusty trailer

 

[kozal01]

That's a lot of money for a homemade or rusty trailer

Its like that around here, its laughable for what some want for a POS trailer, especially dump trailers. I bought my rusty but solid 14' dump trailer for $3,000 from a buddy, most like it people are asking 4-5K for and most in worse condition.

 

[Hay Dude]

Used trailers are scam prices, but used air braked trailers sell cheap because only air braked trucks can pull them.
I gave $5,000 for a little 2022 Pequea 20’ 10,000LB equipment trailer in mint condition. Thought that was an excellent deal. New was $10,000.

But you can get a used 20’ air braked equipment trailer with 24,000 GVWR for under $5,000.

 

[Too many Kubotas]

Speaking of dump trailers, there are times when a 5/4-ton tow vehicle is better than a 1/2-ton, even without the 8' bed.

Today was such a day.

 

[LittleBill21]

I drive about 50k miles per year. There is no way I'm going to drag a trailer around just because somebody else doesn't think I should have a truck.

who is telling you to haul a trailer around for 50k miles? 99% of people use a trailer maybe once a month. if your a person that uses the bed of their truck every single day, obviously the comment doesn't apply to you and the other 1%

 

[LittleBill21]

Speaking of dump trailers, there are times when a 5/4-ton tow vehicle is better than a 1/2-ton, even without the 8' bed.

Today was such a day.
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what the hell is a 5/4 ton. I think people are just making stuff up now.

 

[Too many Kubotas]

what the hell is a 5/4 ton. I think people are just making stuff up now.

I've noticed that some do have a hard time believing things here.

Anyway, does 1-1/4-ton sound better? You can look up M715s, for example, or in this case an M1008. It's pretty much standard that the military counterpart of a civilian vehicle gets an extra 1/4-ton added to its designation.

 

[LittleBill21]

I've noticed that some do have a hard time believing things here.

Anyway, does 1-1/4-ton sound better? You can look up M715s, for example, or in this case an M1008. It's pretty much standard that the military counterpart of a civilian vehicle gets an extra 1/4-ton added to its designation.

I wasn't in the military, I have literally never heard this term before in my life. I looked it up, learned something new.

 

[Too many Kubotas]

I wasn't in the military, I have literally never heard this term before in my life. I looked it up, learned something new.

I'm glad you did, but that doesn't make me feel better about being called a liar, if only indirectly.

I've never served either, but do know enough about vehicles in general to know about details like that. Easy for me maybe, since I've been interested (very much so) pretty much all of my life. Well, except the first year and a half or so.

I've owned a crap load of them, and learned a bit from every one. Including, but not limited to, what I feel they're good for...and more importantly not.