Lets see those trailers!

[Toddppm]

Here's another vote for a dump trailer. I'd never seen the sense of having one until now. We can't store mulch or wood at the work property so we leave mulch in this until we need it. Now I love having it.
Traded in my equipment trailer bought 6 years ago and only lost $600 from what I paid for it then since the prices have gone up almost $1K. I bought the solid side extensions for it and the tarp kit just haven't had time to put them on yet. Will need to get it lettered too. It's 6x12 can just get the Bobcat on it and 10K GVW keeps from needing a CDL. Have had all Oak on it this high with no problems.

 

[Ductape]

My 7000lb Bri-Mar. Its an 04 i bought in 06....... one of the best investments i've ever made. Yes...... those are pellets in the back, shame on me!

 

[stihl sawing]

Here's my old trailer. Needs a new floor.

 

[Wayne02]

I just put some removable sideboards on my tiltbed car trailer. I don't know how it will work as I've not had a chance to try it yet. It only has 5300lb capacity and I suspect it has more volume capacity then weight capacity. I may cut the side boards down to 3 maybe 2 feet or so as they are pretty unwieldy to handle by myself at 4 feet tall.

The tiltbed is done with a floorjack built into the tongue and it works fine for loading/unloading my race car, but I kind of doubt that it will "dump" firewood like a real dump trailer does. I suspect the overhang behind the axles is too much for true dumping of material. Everything is a compromise and this trailer was designed for hauling vehicles, as such it has relatively low ground clearance and the beaver tail sloping down in the back doesn't help matters when trying to tow it through the fields and over rough ground.

I've really been wanting one of those dump trailers for around the place as I think it could be used for much more than hauling firewood.

Hmm, can't get my image to show up...