East Manufacturing’s new Narrow Spec Dump Trailer, the NST, was designed for hauling sand and gravel or commodity loads.
Senior Contributing Editor Tom Berg thinks Northwest-style trailers and "pups" are worth writing about.
The EBY Fullback dump body is a general purpose aluminum truck body that can be customized to fit different applications.
Dump trailers need to be tough, light and safe. Manufacturers say that’s not a problem.
A big two-wheel field cart has brought beans directly to a silo but needed the semi to dump them into an auger. Blog commentary by Tom Berg, Senior Contributing Editor
Think you’re seeing a lot of aluminum end-dump trailers in recent years? You are. Aluminum’s in, but steel still has a place.
Vinyl wraps are common on van trailers, but not on workaday end-dumps as operated by Mike Culbertson in central Ohio.
East Manufacturing appointed Chris Cooler as its product manager for dump trailers in addition to his role as Mid-South regional manager.
“SAF Trak” axle is powered from the tractor’s hydraulic wet kit. On the trailer, two hydraulic motors, one at each axle end, turn the wheels to help get the rig moving in slippery conditions.
Did you see that scrap-hauling rig tipping over on the Tappan Zee Bridge over the Hudson River last Friday? The rear axle broke loose and the trailer lost its footing. What a Friday-the-13th happening!