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   / Your towing rigs and trailers #3,482  
Brought home 3 yards of 3/4 minus limestone this weekend for a stepping stone project and extra for the back driveway. Ended up settling a bit from the original loading and was more than 15% tongue weight. Not too dramatic. But it wasn't far home from the gravel pit. Project turned out well though and the wife was happy.

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Rob
 
   / Your towing rigs and trailers #3,483  
Brought home 3 yards of 3/4 minus limestone this weekend for a stepping stone project and extra for the back driveway. Ended up settling a bit from the original loading and was more than 15% tongue weight. Not too dramatic. But it wasn't far home from the gravel pit. Project turned out well though and the wife was happy.

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Rob

So did you unload it all by hand or were you able to unload most with the tractor? Jon
 
   / Your towing rigs and trailers #3,484  
So did you unload it all by hand or were you able to unload most with the tractor? Jon

I have a 2520 JD with loader. I drive the tractor up the trailer ramps and use the loader to scoop most of the material out. By the time I'm done that way I only have a partial bucket to shovel out manually. That method works well for gravel, dirt, etc.

Only needed a bucket and a half for the steppers. The rest was off-loaded for another upcoming patio paver project and the back driveway.

Rob
 
   / Your towing rigs and trailers #3,485  
Brought home 3 yards of 3/4 minus limestone this weekend for a stepping stone project and extra for the back driveway. Ended up settling a bit from the original loading and was more than 15% tongue weight. Not too dramatic. But it wasn't far home from the gravel pit. Project turned out well though and the wife was happy.

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Rob

Did the little troll living in the stump come out and help? :laughing:
 
   / Your towing rigs and trailers #3,486  
Did the little troll living in the stump come out and help? :laughing:

He wasn't there until after the stepping stone path was done. Couldn't find his way before...
 
   / Your towing rigs and trailers #3,487  
He wasn't there until after the stepping stone path was done. Couldn't find his way before...

Well that figures, wait until the work is done then show up. :D

Nice looking project by the way.
 
   / Your towing rigs and trailers #3,488  
I hate half tons. I don稚 even like towing my lawnmower with one. In its defense the lawnmower and trailer is about 4K. My 2500 is a much more secure ride over the 1500 when towing. I can稚 say that l like unloading stone by hand either.

I stand in the bed and use a backpack leaf blower to unload it. It takes a while, but I still have energy to do more things afterward, since I didn't just shovel 4,000 pounds of stone!
 
   / Your towing rigs and trailers #3,489  
I stand in the bed and use a backpack leaf blower to unload it. It takes a while, but I still have energy to do more things afterward, since I didn't just shovel 4,000 pounds of stone!

I just pull the T handle lever in the cab. IMG_8638.JPG
 
   / Your towing rigs and trailers #3,490  
I have a 2520 JD with loader. I drive the tractor up the trailer ramps and use the loader to scoop most of the material out. By the time I'm done that way I only have a partial bucket to shovel out manually. That method works well for gravel, dirt, etc......

Rob

I have done that also. I hate the small stone getting stuck in the spaces between the deck boards, though. Net time I might put down an old tarp before loading, dirt. Jon
 

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