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Hitch ball

Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by zinita17601, Jun 26, 2019.

  1. Jun 26, 2019 #1
    zinita17601

    zinita17601 Road Train Member

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    Im doing a project around the house and need to move some dirt and rocks,i dont have a pick up truck and wanting to keep my cost to a minimum.
    Local companies rent a 6000 lbs dump trailer for $90 a day which is perfect for what im doing.
    Im thinking of installing a hitch ball on my tractor to pull this trailer and maybe a small boat trailer in the future. What else do i need to be legal and where do i get the parts?thank you
     
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  3. Jun 26, 2019 #2
    ETMF 58 White

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    Electric brake controller unless the rental dump trailer has surge brakes. Four-way flat light plug or RV plug, whichever is on the dump trailer. Maybe some sort of rings to hook the safety chains. Be careful jacking around on non-paved surfaces filling your drive tires full of rocks, then bobtailing, so to speak, with your little dump trailer. You’ll be buying a new mirror. Or, if you’re really unlucky like I was once, you can throw a rock over the cab and then run into it with your windshield.
     
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  4. Jun 26, 2019 #3
    ZVar

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    Rent a truck from Home Depot. Likely your least expensive option.
    The ones around here do have the 7 way w/ a break controller.
     
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  5. Jun 27, 2019 #4
    zinita17601

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    Im aware of that option i can
    Im aware of that option $175 a day,i can also rent a dump truck for $250 from sunbelt,i just wanna work on my own schedule and dont have to worry about a time frame
     
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  7. Jun 27, 2019 #5
    Ridgeline

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    Go to any good welder or trailer shop, done this a bunch of times. The brakes are the one thing to worry about, I went to an air over electric controller for the rv truck.
     
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  8. Jun 27, 2019 #6
    adayrider

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    You won't need the trailer brakes for 6000 lbs, that's less than a trailer.
     
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