dump insert

[Rich's Lawn Care]

I was think of geting a dump insert for my F350 can someone tell me if they work good or not.

thanks Rich

[LB Landscaping]

Hey Rich, I have heard great things about them, they have been talked about alot on here and there are some pics if you do a search. Coastal Metal Fab makes and sells them in Topsham, I was looking at getting one for my 88 1 ton, they were around $1995 (stainless for about $2400+) usually about $150-$200 to install. Landscaper 3 just picked a stainless one for his F350 and it looks sweet, he posted pics the other day. Route 202 Trailer sales sells them to. I know I've said this a hundred times but Uncle Henry's has a few ads for the in the Trailer & Truck Accessories sections.

[landscaper3]

Yes worth it, stainless very-very-very light weight. Light enough to still put my 2 yard Fisher sander in it and not take away my GVW. Goes up in like 10-13 seconds empty and down in 18-20 seconds alot faster then our 2 yard dump.

[landscaper3]

6600 LBS lifting capacity. If you want long gevity get the stainless but is around $600 more.

[Nozzleman]

I just put a E-Z Dumper insert in my truck this spring and it is great. Now I don't have to shovel out leaves, grass or brush at the end of the day. Dumping mulch is nice too. Bottom line is they are the best thing next to a 1 ton dump and are well worth the money.

[GLS]

Mine doesn't look as nice as Brians, but it works great.

I have the ez-dumper in my truck. I just started using it this year, but is about 7 years old. I have been working the heck out of it. So far, I have hauled gravel, sand, compost, mulch, leaves, and grass. Handles the weight very well (most I have put in it is 4200 lbs).

I have a few pics I can post.

This one is a pic of the truck loaded with mulch. I would recommend building some type of sides. I can remove mine in about a minute. It more than doubled my capacity (volume-wise).

[GLS]

This is just a pic of it dumping some compost. 4 cu yds, not sure how much it weighed.

[GLS]

Last one.

I like this method of unloading mulch when it needs to be spread. Just pull the wheelbarrow(s) up to the tailgate, and tip the dumper up a little (not enough to unload it all) and sort of rake it down into the wheelbarrow. It is much easier than scooping IMO.

[landscaper3]

Oryano, I like the sides you made for your insert.:D With those sides how much can you put in (Mulch) We can get 8 or more in dump truck but not sure on the insert?

[GLS]

With the sides I built, 5 max (like in the pic above), but 4 to be safe. I would have built the sides higher, but I wanted it to fit in the garage:)

[Gravel Rat]

Somebody was pulling you leg when they told you got 4 yards of topsoil in your truck my old 88 F-Superduty with a 12x7.6 foot box and 2 foot sides could carry 3.5 yards. I put 4 yards on the truck the soil was fairly moist but I figured I had close to 8500-9000lbs on the truck.

If you haul mulch thats heeped above the box it must be tarped if the topsoil is really dry it must be tarped legally every load is supposed tobe tarped from gravel to topsoil.

I have carried close to 3 yards of drain rock that was damn heavy the load scaled out at 9100lbs pushed the gvw of the truck to 17,300 :eek:

A landscaper friend of mine he isn't used to trucking he didn't realize the the weights of gravel the pit dumped 3.3-4 yards of 3/8s minus into his Chevy 1 ton. I told him he had close to 5 ton on the truck he somebody told him that he could pack 3 yards so thats what the loader operator gave him :D

I deal with the pit alot and know all the guys that work there I gave them s--- for overloading my buddies truck told him he is a novice in trucking. I told them "you guys should know better" :nono:

[landscaper3]

Our one ton mason dump carries with 2x10 sides 6 yards of loam and 8-10 yards of mulch. Our one ton pickup with sander carries (in winter) 2.2 yards of sand at #3190 per yard. (Powerstoke pullers)
We scale out our single wheels to #16,000 to #17000 and duals to #18500 or so!

[GeoffDiamond]

The insert body has a level capacity of 2 yards.

The sides that have been added on the chevy's body look to be 12" at the lowest point, probably 18" at the highest.

8' long body * 5.33' wide at the top of the body = 42.666

42.667 area of the top of the body * 12" sides = 42.667

42.667 / 27 square feet = 1.58 yards thats level with the top of the lower 12" sides.

So there is a total of 3.58 yards before the body is even filled to the top of the higher sides.

Now lets guess that the higher sides are 4' long and 6" high, and again 5.333 feet wide. This gives an area of 10 cubic feet

10/27 = .39 cubic yards.

3.58 cubic yards + .39 cubic yards = 3.97 cubic yards.

The math doesn't lie by heaping the load, and filling to the top of the high sides it would be easy to put 4 yards on the truck.

Not saying its US DOT aproved, just possible.


Geoff

[GLS]

Originally posted by Gravel Rat
[b]Somebody was pulling you leg when they told you got 4 yards of topsoil in your truck my old 88 F-Superduty with a 12x7.6 foot box and 2 foot sides could carry 3.5 yards. I put 4 yards on the truck the soil was fairly moist but I figured I had close to 8500-9000lbs on the truck.

If you haul mulch thats heeped above the box it must be tarped if the topsoil is really dry it must be tarped legally every load is supposed tobe tarped from gravel to topsoil.

I have carried close to 3 yards of drain rock that was damn heavy the load scaled out at 9100lbs pushed the gvw of the truck to 17,300

A landscaper friend of mine he isn't used to trucking he didn't realize the the weights of gravel the pit dumped 3.3-4 yards of 3/8s minus into his Chevy 1 ton. I told him he had close to 5 ton on the truck he somebody told him that he could pack 3 yards so thats what the loader operator gave him

I deal with the pit alot and know all the guys that work there I gave them s--- for overloading my buddies truck told him he is a novice in trucking. I told them "you guys should know better"[b]

That isn't topsoil, it is compost. It would never hold that much topsoil!

Also, I do tarp my loads, I just didn't show it on in the pics because you wouldn't be able to see the load. The pic with the mulch--I wouldn't normally heap it that high, but I didn't leave the property, I just drove it down a little ways to unload. It was from a pile delivered by a semi.