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New Brunswick, Canada | If you push it you can get 6-7000 lbs on the back of a 1 ton with a not so heavy dump bed on it. A 14k dump trailer hauls 10,000 lbs and can be overloaded with more if you care too. Truck can have trouble moving them on soft ground when loaded heavy though.
Over load a dump trailer and about the worst is you bust a 500$ axle or shear studs off turning too tight. Overload a 1 ton and the costs rise pretty quick. Driveshafts, pinions, axle shafts, spring packs.
Nichols - 1/4/2016 16:54
Wanting to haul small loads of dirt or stone, debris,etc. Which would be handier, a small dump truck or a dump trailer?
I see the advantages of a dump trailer as lower maintenance costs, can haul equipment inside it and it can be parked on a job while still having a truck to use.
The dump truck would be a self-contained unit and would eliminate potential access issues in tight areas by not having 2 pieces of iron to maneuver.
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1 ton dump truck or dump trailer?
