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Post by Oatking on Feb 7, 2021 14:34:09 GMT -6
What are your thoughts on these type of trailers. I was looking at end dump grain trailers instead of looking at making up a tridem grain truck. What do you guys think of the pros and cons of this type of outfit. Is there a particular wet kit out there that is preferred.? thanks for any input.
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Post by Beerwiser on Feb 7, 2021 14:51:24 GMT -6
Need good level ground is the biggest concern. I don't think you need a high output wet kit since you are not spreading gravel, but you need a big enough reservoir for the telescopic ram.
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Post by absk on Feb 7, 2021 17:18:43 GMT -6
Just curious why you would want this type of trailer over a regular grain trailer? I would stay away from them just because to the tippyness (if that’s a word).. I worry about our tandem grain trucks at harvest time I couldn’t imagine a trailer twice as tall. Our city hauls all the snow with end dump gravel trailers and every year you hear of at least one that tipped over.. also those big telescopic hoists are really slow in the cold
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Post by slipclutch on Feb 7, 2021 17:27:43 GMT -6
I would go with the tri drive. Just easer getting in and out of the fields. And loading the seeder in the spring. We tried with the hopper trailer too cumbersome. Tri drive That’s what I would like to go with.
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Post by meskie on Feb 7, 2021 17:31:56 GMT -6
Out neighbours who haul silage with them have put a few over that’s dumping on a level cement pad. They used them a bit at harvest/seeding also but say you have to be careful with them. They are heavier then a regular trailer and a bit harder to haul
Legal if that’s a concern for you.
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Post by kevlar on Feb 7, 2021 21:07:37 GMT -6
We almost bought a triaxle end dump grain trailer a few years ago at an auction when we needed another grain truck, thought that might be the ticket. Glad we got out bid on it now looking back. They need level ground, just not as handy as you might think, they are quite a bit higher than a grain truck which sucks if it's windy, they aren't built heavy enough to haul a lot of gravel, some yes, but not a lot, not to mention the wrong tailgate for gravel. I think a straight truck is the better option.
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Post by kens on Feb 7, 2021 21:28:26 GMT -6
The risk of dumping a grain trailer is significantly less than a silage or gravel trailer. What tips the trailers is something hanging up on one side and it not unloading even. Grain should always flow nice. Not saying you don't have to be careful with an end dump grain trailer, just that the risk isn't as high as other applications.
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Post by Oatking on Feb 7, 2021 21:37:27 GMT -6
Thanks guys, I grow mostly Oats and with two combines I have a heck of a problem trying to keep up, usually impossible. I know a second driver is nice but to find one is the problem and one with a class 1. I think i will check out tri dems. I like that better for backing up and filling the air seeder tank also. I like the idea of more grain capacity with the end dump option. I tried 3 years ago loading the drill with my straight trailer and just hated it. I end up buying a tandem and use two tandems now for seeding. I still kept the trailer for harvest and i think its nicer to unload compared to a end dump.
When i haul canola to Altona i still see a few of these end dump trailers and wondered why they went that route, just never ran into the guys to ask.
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Post by SWMan on Feb 7, 2021 22:30:56 GMT -6
I will tell you that every belly dump guy in line at the elevator doesn't want to be behind any end dump trailer(especially a tandem and pup), they take at least twice as long and can be way worse in cold weather. Once you switch to a belly dump semi and gear up for it you would never go back, you can always dump your load as long as you can crank your gate open. I've personally seen a few times the wet kit wouldn't work or this truck won't work on that trailer because it doesn't have a wet kit... Plus if you get an end dump you will never dump at my drying system, and I would imagine there would be a few others like mine.  |
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Post by northernfarmer on Feb 7, 2021 22:55:53 GMT -6
Definitely there would be some good points about an end dump in certain situations or certain uses but unfortunately come with the negatives as already listed with that issue of dumping with any side lean, having to always have a truck with a full wet kit hooked on to use it so not just any other truck, and that winter issue if that was a concern of using it during the winter and having to thin the oil or put in special oil that can cope with the cold. As to wet kits, older setups for a typical body job and seemed the same theme for a tractor as well was to have that pto shaft with a pump mounted further back but for years now the theme seems to be the flange style of pto with a pump that bolts/couples directly on so no pto shaft ujoints to fall apart.
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Post by Oatking on Jan 9, 2023 7:36:48 GMT -6
What are your thoughts on these type of trailers. I was looking at end dump grain trailers instead of looking at making up a tridem grain truck. What do you guys think of the pros and cons of this type of outfit. Is there a particular wet kit out there that is preferred.? thanks for any input. Hey guys, I already have a few grain trailers but was thinking of buying an end dump tri axle gravel trailer and use it for hauling oats from the field to the yard. It looks like a lot of good used units around and less money than a grain end dump trailer. Has anyone you know used a end dump gravel trailer for grain? Maybe a silly idea but I grow a lot of oats and always feel short on truck space. I really like using end dumps in the yard unloading, its quick and simple to unload. Nice option to have a gravel trailer on the farm as well instead of using the grain end dump trailer which really is not built for stones. |
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Post by kevlar on Jan 9, 2023 7:56:27 GMT -6
One guy here has one, biggest downfall I’ve noticed is it’s very high for dumping. If you made some kind of chute that could get it closer to the auger for dumping would be a big improvement, if not it blows grain all over the place.
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Post by Beerwiser on Jan 9, 2023 12:00:29 GMT -6
Neighbor has one for the same reason. He has been doing lots of landscaping on his fields and I think that was his primary reason for buying it, but I have seen him loading wheat into it. As far as the height, there is a extension you can get similar to a auger downspout just cut at an angle so it hangs down. A buddy had one on his tandem, I loved it for unloading. You could set it into the hopper and open the truck chute wide open and not spill. Problem is it looked like a donkey dick hanging off the back lol.
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