So for some background, I have pulled a dump for someone before but I am looking at getting one myself. I currently pull a hopper and I would like something around 65 cubic yard to be able to still service the customers I have currently with my hopper stuff. My question is what is to big that it limits you to only being able to haul certain things. Can a loader load over the side of a trailer with 72in sides. Is a 40ft frameless to large and tippy to dump off road (in farm fields)? And so on... The trailers I've pulled in the past were a 37ft and 29ft both framed and 60in sides. Any insight on this would be helpful. I know nothing will be perfect at everything but I don't want to limit myself to much that I'm stuck in one lane of work.
What size dump? What is to big?
Discussion in 'Tanker, Bulk and Dump Trucking Forum' started by DLament, Feb 14, 2024.
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I have 72 inch sides on a 102 wide 40 foot frameless and loaders get over it fine even with my bows in. As far as fields, I dump a lot of fertilizer in fields and citrus groves, just like anywhere you’d dump a frameless, the key is to be careful. It doesn’t hinder what I’m capable of doing, common sense goes a long way when dumping frameless trailers.
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