"Do Not Push" the dump truck

If the dump gets stuck dumping material, or a soft spot in the construction area.

 

Yep. Some trailers (steel ones, usually) are made with a push guard so a dozer can give you a push when you get stuck. Aluminum does not take kindly to that activity, so you have to tug on the front of the tractor instead.

 

What about "Do Not Use Hooks".

 

A lot of excavator operators like to push on the tailgate to help you off the pile and bend the snot out of your tailgate

 

The mounts for the dump bed are designed for downward pressure not longitudal or lateral pressure. Plus pushing onthe dump bed pushes on that big hydraulic ram and that is definitely not designed for that.

 

Just for the record, that dump truck in a construction zone has the right of way. Years ago, before trucks were made out of tissue paper, the tail gate was indeed strong enough to be pushed. Truth be known, with 238 hp motors, there wasn't enough oomph to get you out of a hole with a load. Pushing with a shovel was totally ok.

 

Belly dumps have a push bump on the back, they get pushed all the time....

 

When a dump truck backs up to the paving machine some contractors have hydraulic hooks with rollers that hook to the rear outside wheels to keep the truck from rolling away and dumping asphalt on the road instead of the machine's hopper. It scrapes up the wheels pretty good. Otto and Heritage, as well as some others, usually will have steel wheels on the rear axle and aluminums everywhere else, Mundall, Alan Harris and the other companies with nice trucks won't allow that.