Flipping up trailer flaps..

Used to use bungees to hold em up when backing into a rock/dirt/sand pile. I drilled a small hole in the flap down low to hook the bungee.

Also, if you'll cut a "V" in the top of the holes before you put the new ones on, it might save a ripped flap. It allows them to slip out of the pinch in the hanger easier without damage (usually). This of course only works with the hangers that pinch the top of the flap.

 

I never cut a v but I would make a notch so the flag could slip out if I hit a curb or pile. Just snug the bolts and you are good to go.

 

I have NEVER lost flaps on my frameless dump trailer, and never flip them up either....just back her up and dump. I do, however, somehow ALWAYS manage to lose them on my hopper bottom. No clue how. It's never consistent when they go, and never anywhere you would think it would happen.

 

Don't back so hard into the pile. I leave a little space. When a loader tells me to get ON the pile I just tell him he will need to hold up my flap while I bolt it back on.

 

The only time I'd ever have to flip up the flaps, is when backed onto one of those asphalt pavers that you actually back into against the tires.

However, other guys are always tearing off their flaps, when backing or dumping.

The ones that don't tear off our flaps? Simple... We don't run them at legal height. We run them high. Running dump flaps higher off the ground here than permitted isn't a big deal to even the inspectors. They know it's either a high flap, or no flap at all from when it gets torn off at the first dump of the day!