Texas Pride Dump Trailer

[Stroby]

I am wondering if anyone out there owns a texas pride dump trailer? There is a dealer in Lebanon Mo that sells the heck out of those trailers and it has caught my attention. They look really well made but I'd be interested in hearing from an owner. I am looking at a 14ft dual axle, with 7000 pound ratings per axle. They use a telescoping hydraulic cylinder attached to the dump box. I have heard bad things about scissors lifts in that they don't lift the load if it's heavy on the front. He says this configuration will lift way more than you're supposed to put in the box. Thoughts?

 

[glennster]

i have a 14ft doolittle 14k dump trailer that has the scissor lift. i have had no problems. i looked at the texas pride website to see how the lift cylinders mount. they use a single telescoping cylinder up front, which looks like a set up. the twin cylinder dumps can bend the cylinders if loaded wrong when dumping. i think the texas pride looks like a nice trailer. couple tips be sure to dump on level ground and be sure the tow vehicle is heavy enough in the hind end so the trailer does not lift the back end of the tow vehicle off the ground.

 

[marloweg]

look at Iron Bull have one and had others Iron Bull hands down

 

[ttown chuck]

i have a 16 ft. gooseneck the front 2 feet is useless for anything heavier than mulch, other than that it will dump anything you throw in it, the key to electric over hydraulic is a good fully charged battery

 

[jm.]

I have met the guy down there where they are made. Actually bought three semi-loads of their flat trailers to sell with the KUBOTA packages. Nice folks I have never owned their dump trailer but always a lot of them down there at the factory.

 

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(quoted from post at 11:57:24 02/09/22) I am wondering if anyone out there owns a texas pride dump trailer? There is a dealer in Lebanon Mo that sells the heck out of those trailers and it has caught my attention. They look really well made but I'd be interested in hearing from an owner. I am looking at a 14ft dual axle, with 7000 pound ratings per axle. They use a telescoping hydraulic cylinder attached to the dump box. I have heard bad things about scissors lifts in that they don't lift the load if it's heavy on the front. He says this configuration will lift way more than you're supposed to put in the box. Thoughts?

Do your research. You will find the cylinder route is the cheap way to go. The a scissor lift is much more stable and won't bend when you're at or close to maximum load.

 

[caterpillar guy]

Looking at the sub frame for the box and hoist I think it is a lot light for lifting much of a load. Tilt frame being only 3x2x3/16 I would want 2x6x1/4 at least. I would want a 4x6x1/4 main frame and tongue at least. Why can they not use a cylinder more like a regular semi dump trailer where the base is the outside of the cylinder and the stages are moving. Seems backwards. I like the telescoping hoists better than the scissor models. They work against them selves it seems like to me. Looking at the tires are only 40 pounds over the axle rating on the trailer. 7000 axle 3520 tires only leaves wee bit of overload capacity. If it is a dump trailer why are they so concerned about keeping the height down so low no place for the load to go as it is being dumped. These are just my thoughts on it and worth just what you paid for them. 22.5 tires would weigh more and pull so much easier with no load problems on them. They are rated at about 5000and change per tire with more tire to work with.

 

[Stroby]

Thanks to all for the input. I will ponder on the comments and either purchase or go another direction.