Dadnatron
Veteran Member
I have been trying to get by without a dump trailer for about 6 months, making due and doubling trips, and it is taking much more time than I have available to get jobs completed.
I've been looking for one for a while, and rented a bumper pull a few weeks ago. I think the bed was either 10 or 12', but regardless, it was essentially useless for my farm purposes. It would be great for gravel etc. But I have too many needs which are lighter in weight and bigger in volume and it just didn't cut it at all. I had planned on keeping it for a weekend, but took it back the same day after the battery went dead on the 5th dump.
So, now, I've found a few that I 'think' would be good, but I have become mired in options/alternatives. And I'd like some opinions.
It will be pulled with a 2006 F350 CC diesel. Gooseneck, bumper, or pintle. I currently have an older but certainly serviceable 22' GN deck over flat bed I use for hauling equipment.
I have a predilection for gooseneck, simply because I've always like the convenience of control and ease of pull. Obviously they have many of both types. I have a 2006 Sequoia and a 2003 Tahoe both with bumper hitches, but they would not be a primary puller, if ever. But obviously they are completely out with a GN. I'm not really putting them in the equation, but I've never had a dump trailer, and you would know how important it is to have the ability to use different vehicles at different times.
Use will be for the farm. I have dirt to move, trash/trees/fence to move, gravel (at times, big stuff such as roads I order delivered), basically, anything and everything you can think of, I have on this farm. Might be used to move hay in/out of the field. It will primarily be used on the farm itself, but obviously will, at times, be taken on road. The farm is in the process of being built, it has some hills, but not huge or too steep. I'm not really worried about being able to pull it loaded up/down the hills, but I do think about Center of Gravity on the side hills. That will become more apparent in a moment. Gravel roads and just plain old dirt.
I am drawn to the deckover drop side dump trailers. They seem very useful to me, allowing access from the side. But, they have a higher Center of Gravity by about 7-8". With the side dropped, the height of the bed is less than that of the Low boy style regular dumps, so tossing things in won't/shouldn't be much if any, harder.
But, I don't know whether they are useful enough to take a constantly higher COG. Or whether it really makes a difference at all.
A dealer 3hrs away has a very gently used Load Trail 8x16' deckover about $800 less than a new one. He has both on the lot. He also has Diamond C trailers, which were intriguing. These were 7gu sheet and looked to be built very well. I was intrigued by the 'low pro' style trailer sitting right next to the Load Trail deckover. Both looked very well built. Welds were good, both were Powder Coated (which is a minus), Dexter, Interstate battery. The Diamond C was a little more $.
I've read here, that the LowPro can be nice, but gets stuck/high centered easily, which would make it difficult in the pastures/etc.
My question is, what is your opinion on:
1. Bumper vs GN in my situation?
2. Deckover vs regular vs LowPro style
2 17 96x16 14k Load Trail Gooseneck Deckover Dump. 29236 | Spencer Trailers | Cargo, equipment, stock and utility trailers in Spencer IN
2 16 83x14 14k Load Trail Gooseneck Dump. 155 3 | Spencer Trailers | Cargo, equipment, stock and utility trailers in Spencer IN
2 17 82x16 149 lb. GVWR Diamond C Low-Pro Gooseneck Dump Trailer. 84172 | Spencer Trailers | Cargo, equipment, stock and utility trailers in Spencer IN
I've been looking for one for a while, and rented a bumper pull a few weeks ago. I think the bed was either 10 or 12', but regardless, it was essentially useless for my farm purposes. It would be great for gravel etc. But I have too many needs which are lighter in weight and bigger in volume and it just didn't cut it at all. I had planned on keeping it for a weekend, but took it back the same day after the battery went dead on the 5th dump.
So, now, I've found a few that I 'think' would be good, but I have become mired in options/alternatives. And I'd like some opinions.
It will be pulled with a 2006 F350 CC diesel. Gooseneck, bumper, or pintle. I currently have an older but certainly serviceable 22' GN deck over flat bed I use for hauling equipment.
I have a predilection for gooseneck, simply because I've always like the convenience of control and ease of pull. Obviously they have many of both types. I have a 2006 Sequoia and a 2003 Tahoe both with bumper hitches, but they would not be a primary puller, if ever. But obviously they are completely out with a GN. I'm not really putting them in the equation, but I've never had a dump trailer, and you would know how important it is to have the ability to use different vehicles at different times.
Use will be for the farm. I have dirt to move, trash/trees/fence to move, gravel (at times, big stuff such as roads I order delivered), basically, anything and everything you can think of, I have on this farm. Might be used to move hay in/out of the field. It will primarily be used on the farm itself, but obviously will, at times, be taken on road. The farm is in the process of being built, it has some hills, but not huge or too steep. I'm not really worried about being able to pull it loaded up/down the hills, but I do think about Center of Gravity on the side hills. That will become more apparent in a moment. Gravel roads and just plain old dirt.
I am drawn to the deckover drop side dump trailers. They seem very useful to me, allowing access from the side. But, they have a higher Center of Gravity by about 7-8". With the side dropped, the height of the bed is less than that of the Low boy style regular dumps, so tossing things in won't/shouldn't be much if any, harder.
But, I don't know whether they are useful enough to take a constantly higher COG. Or whether it really makes a difference at all.
A dealer 3hrs away has a very gently used Load Trail 8x16' deckover about $800 less than a new one. He has both on the lot. He also has Diamond C trailers, which were intriguing. These were 7gu sheet and looked to be built very well. I was intrigued by the 'low pro' style trailer sitting right next to the Load Trail deckover. Both looked very well built. Welds were good, both were Powder Coated (which is a minus), Dexter, Interstate battery. The Diamond C was a little more $.
I've read here, that the LowPro can be nice, but gets stuck/high centered easily, which would make it difficult in the pastures/etc.
My question is, what is your opinion on:
1. Bumper vs GN in my situation?
2. Deckover vs regular vs LowPro style
2 17 96x16 14k Load Trail Gooseneck Deckover Dump. 29236 | Spencer Trailers | Cargo, equipment, stock and utility trailers in Spencer IN
2 16 83x14 14k Load Trail Gooseneck Dump. 155 3 | Spencer Trailers | Cargo, equipment, stock and utility trailers in Spencer IN
2 17 82x16 149 lb. GVWR Diamond C Low-Pro Gooseneck Dump Trailer. 84172 | Spencer Trailers | Cargo, equipment, stock and utility trailers in Spencer IN
