Your opinions on buying an end dump.

[gwhammy]

I've got eight of the 17.5 axles with air ride. Half are Dayton and half spoke. I was thinking about cutting the homemade triple axle pintle down I don't use anymore then make the other triple axle pintle into a lowboy or sell it and buy some kind of lowboy.

As far as gross weight I don't need to haul 25 tons every load 20 or a hair less would be fine. The dump truck only hauls 15 to 16 and this has worked fine for me. It would just be nice to haul a 963 on a lowboy instead of a pintle hitch and I'm looking at maybe a larger track excavator which won't fit on a pintle very well.

 

[Brandt]

I've got eight of the 17.5 axles with air ride. Half are Dayton and half spoke.

Nice!! Any of those axles "drop" (like a steer axle) or are they all straight??

Trade ya

 

[gwhammy]

All straight, came out of car haulers. I'm probably going to hold on to them.

A guy around here had a end dump where the tub was quite a ways back from the kingpin, like five or six feet. He also had a long truck and ran in Kansas City a lot. I'm guessing for bridge laws.

My thinking on the short tires and drop deck is being able to load with a skid loader easier.

On the air ride, if you have a dump valve won't this make them more stable? This would make the axles almost solid on a full frame wouldn't it?

 

[Brandt]

Your asking the wrong guy. Every dump I've ever deal with has been spring ride. Your thought process makes sense. Never thought about being able to load it with a skid steer, I don't own one so I never thought about the need - good plan!