Dump trailer rental

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Curious how it is going to go. I've considered it a few times. I'm guessing you have at least a 3/4 ton truck? 4 or 5 yards of material is a lot of weight depending on what you're hauling. I've put 2 yards of compost on a trailer before and a half ton struggles with it. Pulled it, but the truck don't like it for sure.

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I got a "load" of gravel at a quarry about 30 years ago in a half ton long bed truck...they dropped it from about 20 feet and I thought it was going to flip the damn thing over. It was nearly level with the bed and about a foot higher in the middle. I have no idea how much it weighed....was supposed to be a half ton but it was a lot more than that. I could barely keep it in the road...it was WAY more load than it was supposed to carry. It don't take long to get a ton of dirt or gravel in the bed of a truck....and a ton of either doesn't go as far as one would think LOL.

I have a 2014 GMC 3500 long bed that I am pretty much stuck with, that's one of the reasons I am considering it. I could sell my truck, I only use it to pull a 20 foot jon boat, but I ain't willing to part with it for what it would sell for.

I am going to need a dump trailer for about 6 months and can buy a used one, use it and sell it and lose less than renting one 4-5 times would cost but I like the idea of keeping it around, if there is actually a market for renting them. A lot of places around me trying to rent them but I have no idea if they actually ever do it.

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I rented a dump trailer a number of times years ago. From the same company. Upon returning it, I asked when do they replace them. The owner said, he was ready to replace the one I was using. I said, I’ve used it enough, how much? $1,500. I’ve had this thing for around 20 years. I could sell it now for $1,500. Well worth the purchase.

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I bought a compact loader/backhoe about 20 years ago for one project thinking I would sell it when I was done. Every time I turned around I found another use for the thing. Made some pretty good cash with it also. I sold it a few years ago for about what I paid for it and have wished I didn't probably 100 times. I am about to buy another one. I suspect a dump trailer will be the same way...I need it for about 6 months and in 6 months wonder how I got by without one.

I've had a couple of instances when I had the Tundra that they dropped the load pretty quick or from higher than I'd like them to. It definitely drops the springs pretty abruptly. Since you got a 1 ton, a dump trailer shouldn't be an issue towing. Whoever paid $1,500 for a dump trailer, that's a steal of a deal. I'd go buy one today for $1,500 and I don't even have an immediate use for it. But hauling even a yard in the bed of your truck is a pain since you have to shovel unload it.

Just browsing through older posts and stopped at yours because it felt really familiar since I went through a similar situation.

When I first started renting out, I just had a single dump trailer to test the waters. But requests piled up fast, and managing schedules, routes, and multiple trailers quickly became a mess with spreadsheets.

To keep everything organized as the fleet grew, I started using CurbWaste. It helped enormously by automating dispatching, tracking routes in real time, and handling paperwork, saving me from the chaos of spreadsheets as the business expanded.

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will absolutely be overused and the hydraulic ram wont last long

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Like everything else, the vast majority of them out there are built like shite and maintained like shite.

got a "load" of gravel at a quarry about 30 years ago in a half ton long bed truck...they dropped it from about 20 feet and I thought it was going to flip the damn thing over


I saw a guy recently that did this…it blew out both of his rear tires! It is unbelievable how much dirt and gravel weighs.