dump trailer power unit troubleshooting question

[AlanB]

I think I know the place, they advertise in the heavy equipment trader. I am probably closer to you than I am this place. I am near Huntsville. I was ready to purchase a new dump trailer, but decided to wait and see if I have enough money to buy fuel through the summer. The trailer I rented was not deckover and when I got it high enough to dump the rear of the trailer was in the ground. JC

Heck, you and I are "relatively" close then. Nice area, I have some freinds that live just north of Huntsville.

Anyway, your last sentence is one of the big compromises.

One of the original basic thoughts when I bought the dump trailer was to make spreading mulch easier.

That was why I wanted the high one, and the thought was to put a grain door in the back, and a "funnel" type arrangement in the bed to feed towards the grain door. Put a wheelbarrow behind the trailer, and tilt the trailer up and feed the mulch into the wheelbarrow.

Even as high as mine is, when it dumps, the tail is lower then the wheelbarrow.

Which led us too the problem in the other thread.

Still contemplating how best to resolve this, a mulch mule or similar mulch blower is a very high dollar item that I just cannot see us coming out ahead with.

In the FWIW the trailer is with me now, picking up 4t of Crusher run this afternoon for either my neighbor or myself.

 

[ampsucker]

one possible reason for the "power down" option may have to do with the pump design. you didn't clearly state it was hydraulic (could be electric only) or how the hydraulic works. if for example, it is actuated by a threaded rod driven by the motor to force fluid from a piston, it would be necessary for the motor to retract the rod to allow for lowering. in that case, "power down" is the only way to get the thing down and reset for the next cycle.

amp