Benefits of a Dump Trailer

For businesses operating in the manual labour industry, job site efficiency is crucial to a safe a productive environment. The correct tools are vital to reducing hazards and creating increased revenue opportunities.

One of the right tools for the work site is a dump trailer. The trailer is affordable and customizable and makes labour-intensive tasks approachable.

1. Cost-Efficient

Many landscape and construction companies would like to own a dump truck. Trucks are expensive, and some enterprises do not have large enough operations to justify such an expense. Dump trailers are a fraction of the price of trucks with many of the same benefits, including mechanical lift mechanisms. All you need is a truck with a hitch.

2. Customization

As a business owner, you might need to invest in custom trailers. Dump trailers are often customizable, coming standard with a steel base and allowing you to choose the size of the side walls. Depending on how you plan on using the trailer, you might keep the walls relatively short, especially if you primarily use it to haul equipment and supplies.

3. Loading

Dump trailers are lower to the ground than most trucks and trailer beds. The lower height allows for easy loading of materials and equipment. Also, the lift mechanism makes it easy to unload materials from the trailer bed.

Benefits To a Business

Businesses cannot afford to waste time and labour. A dump trailer makes many tasks more accessible and less labour-intensive, meaning workers can accomplish more in a single day. Beyond improving efficiency, dump trailers are versatile, meaning you can use them for various tasks.

1. Onsite Dumpster

A dump trailer is useful as an onsite dumpster. Depending on the height of the side walls, the trailer can hold quite a bit of debris. Also, you can move the trailer around the job site quickly, making it convenient. Most rented dumpsters must stay in a central location, forcing staff to cart trash cans and wheelbarrows full of debris over varying distances.

2. Material Handling

In landscaping and construction, your company may need to haul gravel, soil, mulch, or other materials long distances. Also, you may need to transport tools and various pieces of equipment. A dump trailer is the perfect trailer option for versatile material hauling and handling.

3. Controlled Dumping

A dump trailer is ultimately a tool for dumping materials. With hydraulic systems, the trailer makes it easy to control the flow of material out of the trailer, allowing you to pour materials into precise and organized piles. You can control the dumping speed and angle from the side control panel.

Other trailers only offer manual offloading options. Flatbed trailers can work for hauling materials, but without sides, it is challenging to haul landscaping and construction substances. Even a trailer with high sides cannot compare to a dump trailer because it lacks a lifting mechanism, forcing manual unloading.

Benefits of Calling Millroad Manufacturing

Are you ready to find a dump trailer for sale? Contact Millroad Manufacturing. As a leading trailer manufacturer in Ontario, the company knows quality and can help you find the best option for your business. The manufacturer produces several models, but it can also create custom solutions for your business. You can ultimately create the trailer that suits your business needs.

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Lifting Mechanism

There are a hand-full of different lifting mechanisms to choose from. You can get a telescopic-style hydraulic lift (usually mounted on the center front of the box) that will lift the box all the way to its dumping angle with just one cylinder. Or you can go with a dual-piston style that uses two pistons under the trailer to push the trailer up to its dumping angle.

But the option that many, if not most, manufactures are going with these days is called the scissor lift. The “scissor lift” uses just one cylinder to push the trailer up to its dumping angle. This option costs less because it’s just one cylinder and works like a scissor to get maximum leverage when dumping the box. The scissor lift also spreads out the footprint so you have less of a chance of racking the box and frame if you have an uneven load.

If you have the option, be sure to choose gravity-down over power down. Some trailers engage the battery when lowering the dump box, which can cut your battery life in half. Gravity down will let gravity do all the work, saving your battery for when you really need it.

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Side wall options

Wall heights are an important thing to consider when buying a trailer. Most trailers have a standard 24-in. wall height, but if that’s not enough you can order or even build your own extensions.

New trailers can be ordered with tall side walls, or you can buy removable extensions. Wall extensions can be ordered in solid metal or expanded metal lath. Lath allows you to still see into the trailer, and it weighs less.

You can also build your own side and front walls out of wood. Wood extensions are not as sturdy but they do have other advantages: They are inexpensive, and easily replaceable if or when they get dinged with a skid steer bucket.

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How thick should the metal be?

When deciding on which trailer to buy you can’t forget about metal thickness. Some manufacturers build trailers with thicker metal than others. The metal on the bed of the trailer is always thicker than the sides because the bed takes more abuse. If your trailer will never see anything other than mulch you shouldn’t be too concerned about the bed thickness. But if you plan on filling your trailer with boulders and concrete rubble a bed with thicker metal is the way to go. Just remember that steel is heavy so the thicker the metal, the heavier the trailer. The heavier the trailer, the less weight it can accommodate.