My New Used Dump
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wushaw
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Lynkage, you can see it is very easy to not know what you weigh till you actually weigh it.
I know when I get gravel for my drive I "try" to get @5 yards per load on average but usually is anywhere from 7.5 tons to 9 tons on a 6400lb dump trailer. My truck doesn't care but the trailer does.
Keep a close eye on your tires, they get hammered on dump trailers...because of the unknown loads... especially if your on gravel roads.
I know when I get gravel for my drive I "try" to get @5 yards per load on average but usually is anywhere from 7.5 tons to 9 tons on a 6400lb dump trailer. My truck doesn't care but the trailer does.
Keep a close eye on your tires, they get hammered on dump trailers...because of the unknown loads... especially if your on gravel roads.
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Ductape
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Well.... i took her on her maiden voyage. A former neighbor of the non-woodburning type gave me a load of free wood. Mostly silver maple with a little ash mixed in. I feel i had the truck and trailer just about as loaded as i ever will. I had to leave a little wood behind, but next time i'm by i can pick it up with just the truck.... less than a pickup load. It is great to be able to move so much in one shot... especially since the wood was almost forty miles from the house. Doing some rough math... i would estimate i had a 4700lb payload in the trailer, and roughly a ton in the truck. I need to get it weighed when full to get an idea how close, or far off my guesstimate is. Has anyone here ever weighed a load of hardwood in their 6X10 trailer?
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Moisture content will change the weight way too much to take a guess at it.
David from jax
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Ductape
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One for the "For What Its Worth" column:
Went to pick up a free load of oak today.... found on Craigslist. Loaded the trailer till i thought she'd be a good thousand pounds over. Stopped at a nearby truckstop to have it weighed. Got a pleasant surprise.... 6,880 on a 7,000lb trailer ! Dang i'm good !!! I was slightly surprised to see my reg. cab 4 x4 SRW F350 weighed in at 7,720. I know that includes my chainsaws,some misc. tools, a lil tongue weight, etc. ..... and my dog. Dunno why, but i would have guessed she weighed closer to 6.
Went to pick up a free load of oak today.... found on Craigslist. Loaded the trailer till i thought she'd be a good thousand pounds over. Stopped at a nearby truckstop to have it weighed. Got a pleasant surprise.... 6,880 on a 7,000lb trailer ! Dang i'm good !!! I was slightly surprised to see my reg. cab 4 x4 SRW F350 weighed in at 7,720. I know that includes my chainsaws,some misc. tools, a lil tongue weight, etc. ..... and my dog. Dunno why, but i would have guessed she weighed closer to 6.
