cabover4us
Silver Member
- Joined
- Sep 28, 2007
- Messages
- 158
- Location
- Back in Salem, New York
- Tractor
- 1987 john deere 855 sold and bought a YT235 Yanmar, love this tractor
Yesterday my wife and I decided to go get some maybe two loads of topsoil if time permits. Earlier this summer I purchased a 12' x 6' N & N
galvinized dump trailer, mostly for keeping up our private road. Debbie was tied up doing her mom's laundry so I took off for the other side of Greenwich. Now when I bought this model it's one slice down from the contractor's version, added 2" X 12" to both sides for added capacity. Found operator and he gently put on just one bucket charged me $54, not bad, my tare was 10,580lbs and this trailer is rated for 7000lb payload. Felt not bad, but due to the many dump trucks driving in I didn't weight out upon leaving.. (very large mistake)
The old 2003 Chevy 2500HD pulled it without any blood trails. Getting home we off loaded to two large raised bed gardens 12' X 4' X 12" then huge area in front where Charlie seems to keep digging to China. Also spot by the back steps where ground hog decided to dig huge cavernis hole.
So, second trip Debbie goes, we arrive and again one scoop from the loader but noticed this time it was heaping. Since the morning traffic has died down, pulled up to see what my gross was and OMGosh, it was 21,280, should of been around 17,580 max, should have had him put half a bucket in and go check it on scale. And another mistake I did, drove it 12 miles home with that load on. It did handle ok, but I wasn't driving over 45 to 50. Luckily I didn't break anything or damage trailer or cause accident, but should have used more common sense in finding the right weight for our trailer before letting him plop a big slug in the trailer, completely my fault for sure. The trailer has a 3 stage piston on the very front of the box and it lifted both loads like it was hauling a load sawdust. As I write this,
wonder how many others have done the same thing but too embarrassed to admit?
galvinized dump trailer, mostly for keeping up our private road. Debbie was tied up doing her mom's laundry so I took off for the other side of Greenwich. Now when I bought this model it's one slice down from the contractor's version, added 2" X 12" to both sides for added capacity. Found operator and he gently put on just one bucket charged me $54, not bad, my tare was 10,580lbs and this trailer is rated for 7000lb payload. Felt not bad, but due to the many dump trucks driving in I didn't weight out upon leaving.. (very large mistake)
The old 2003 Chevy 2500HD pulled it without any blood trails. Getting home we off loaded to two large raised bed gardens 12' X 4' X 12" then huge area in front where Charlie seems to keep digging to China. Also spot by the back steps where ground hog decided to dig huge cavernis hole.
So, second trip Debbie goes, we arrive and again one scoop from the loader but noticed this time it was heaping. Since the morning traffic has died down, pulled up to see what my gross was and OMGosh, it was 21,280, should of been around 17,580 max, should have had him put half a bucket in and go check it on scale. And another mistake I did, drove it 12 miles home with that load on. It did handle ok, but I wasn't driving over 45 to 50. Luckily I didn't break anything or damage trailer or cause accident, but should have used more common sense in finding the right weight for our trailer before letting him plop a big slug in the trailer, completely my fault for sure. The trailer has a 3 stage piston on the very front of the box and it lifted both loads like it was hauling a load sawdust. As I write this,
wonder how many others have done the same thing but too embarrassed to admit?
