Dump Trailer

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Here's a home project I did late fall/early winter. I put it on the WE BUILD but I wanted to put all my pictures here. It is an 5' by 10' dump trailer. It has two Rockwell American axles that are rated for 3500 lbs. Gas powered hydraulics and hydraulic disc brakes with a Titan surge brake controller. The trailer work extremely well and hauls very nice also even when loaded.

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Here are some more pictures.

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Here is some more pictures

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I wish that it would let me put more than 5 pictures each time.

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Here is where it starts to come together.

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[sweatykeith Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close sweatykeith]

Very nice, that work looks real good. That is a nice size trailer.

[MAC702 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close MAC702]

Love it. I've been wanting one about that size. Do you rent it?

[dimestacker44 Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close dimestacker44]

Looks great but do those doors open to the side? what's holding those doors from swinging back while dumping?

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No, I don't rent my trailer because like anything else it will come back broken. The chain holds the door back when she dumps, so far it hasn't fallen out.

[FusionKing Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close FusionKing]

I've been having thoughts of a similar size trailer for my Bobcat skid steer.
Haul it to the property, load it, dump it (using the bobcat), then haul it all home.
I had electric hydraulics in mind. How did it come out on cost?
Those type trailers have caused me to re-think building my own as they are quite expensive. Or at least the ones I've looked at.
I would maybe have to make mine a touch wider and possibly wider too.
I really like your straightforward heavy duty design.

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Metal was $1500 , the sides are 1/8 and the floor is 3/16. The total cost was about $3200 with everything.

[Tinker Joe 2 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Tinker Joe 2]

that is nice looking a lot better than store bought and you have something to proud about, that is really nice, good workmanship, thanks for sharing, Joe

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that is nice looking a lot better than store bought and you have something to proud about, that is really nice, good workmanship, thanks for sharing, Joe

Thank you, I forgot to list what else I had for materials 5''channel @6.7 lbs/ft for dump and sub frame, 3'' channel for the sides, 4 inch channel for the "a" frame. 2x1/8 " square tubing for the top rail. 5'x10' 3/16" sheet and 6'x12' 1/8" sheet. 1/2"plate for the corners and frame hinges, 3/4" plate for dump hinges.