to all end dump haulers...

In some of the places I dump it's tight and you're close to the pile so the trailer needs to come to you to finish dumping as it keeps the gate out of the pile since I don't often have to barn door the gate. Everyone has there own way of doing things, it's what ever works for you.

 

We had to do that in one instance.
The place we dumped at was muddy and we wanted to keep the tractor from backing into the mud.
The clowns at the landfill would want us to #### near back up into the pile of concrete before dumping so they would have less to push up.Those round bottom Clements are pretty much bullet proof. Sometimes your light might get pushed in though. We demolished buildings and houses so we hauled away everything. Nothing gets stuck in a round bottom.

 

May I ask how loading near the doghouse doesn’t affect you and why most advise not to load near the nose

That’s the way a friend of mine says Oakley taught him to dump as well but I’ve noticed a lot of people let the truck come back then pull forward

 

I have a liner in my trailer which makes everything slide out. Loading the whole trailer makes it much simpler to axle out so I can cross state lines.
I can't speak for why some one else does something a certain way other than they are concerned about either laying the trailer over, or they don't have a 60 ton hoist like I do. You should ask them.
I let the truck go back re-read what I posted.

 

Just watch in the mirror real closely when you first start to lift; if the tub seems to move left or right much rather that straight up you might re-assess how level your trailer is.
In regard to air bags, I would dump everything in order to prevent over extension when the load comes off. Just my opinion, the other contributors have more experience.

 

Soft ground is a good example. It also depends on the type of suspension your truck has. Some trucks get stuck easier if you leave the air bags up because they over-extend and have in some cases blown, but that is rare.

 

I read your entire post. Maybe I worded my question wrong.. but as I observed from your reply I realize my question can’t be answered since it would only be a guess why others let the truck roll completely back then pull forward. And you stated you let the truck roll back to you get to the forth stage then bring the trailer to you by flipping the brakes

 

I would like to thank you all for your inputs

 

Read my post #111 that'll explain it. And you are welcome. I am trying to help you and I hope you succeed.

 

With a frameless dump trailer,putting weight in the head of the trailer is what will make it go South on you especially if you have a square bottom trailer and your load slides out but the load in the head gets stuck.
Its going over. Has nothing to do with how strong your pto is. I once hauled 110 thousand lbs. dumped it with no problems. We always avoided the scales cause we worked in town. This is turning into a competition of ego's on who know more. I do it the way its been done at this company that trained me since the 1960's.