DIRT WORK AND EXCAVATION TRAILERS

Do you like to play in the dirt? Running equipment, shaping the land, and helping people reclaim space–sounds like taking dominion if you ask us. Are you tired of being cooped up in an office shuffling papers? With the construction industry growing at over 3% per year, and excavation in particular growing at 3.3% per year, there’s tons of work to do in the dirt work and excavation field. As long as people build things, there will be dirt work to do.

Timmy Malm grew up building things with legos, and after years of working a job he didn’t like, he got the chance to help a friend run some equipment on a dirt-working job. After that experience, he realized that he still enjoyed building things and that he was not happy where he was at in his career, so he decided to strike out on his own and build an excavation business. He uses a MAXX-D T8X Power-tilt trailer to haul his equipment to and from the job site.

If working out in nature, operating equipment, mulching trees, and making million-dollar views is your game, the Land Management Industry might be for you. Many landowners are looking to reclaim their land by getting brush cleared, thinning the trees, and opening up beautiful views in the process. The mulching/land management industry offers a lucrative business opportunity for those who live in highly forested areas of the country.

To run a land management company, you need a way to transport your skidsteer and equipment. As a full bed tilt with a 16k GVWR, a 102” wide deck, and 83” between the fenders, the T8X Tilt Trailer makes a phenomenal skidsteer hauler.

Trailers you can use for this: T8X, G8X, C8X, H8X, YDX, YHX

WHICH TRAILER IS BEST FOR YOUR BUSINESS?

If you do lots of dirtwork and excavation, you’ll probably want a flatbed trailer to haul your large equipment.

Here are some different flatbed trailers that can help you get your equipment to the jobsite quicker, easier and safer:

Pros

• Least expensive
• Simplest, most fail-safe trailer
• Least maintenance required

Cons

• Hardest to use: Manual operation on both ramps and jacks
• Ramps can be noisy while driving down bumpy roads
• Loading approach angle on ramps is not as good as either tilt

Pros

• Simple to use, requires no power system to offer
• No battery or hydraulic system to maintain
• Split deck gives you storage space up front

Cons

• Tilt bed must be manually operated
• Has manual jacks and needs a hydraulic system added to accommodate power jacks
• Does not haul long-wheel based vehicles well

Pros

• Easiest to operate
• Pairs well with power jacks to be a push-button trailer
• Full bed tilt offers the best loading angle

Cons

• More expensive
• More maintenance
• Does not offer a split deck to store things on

Pros

• No fenders to damage or have to drive in between or over
• More tie down points and easier tie down
• More overall usable deck space

Cons

• Higher center of gravity
• Slightly higher load height
• Steeper approach angle for loading

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If you do a lot of dirt hauling, or have smaller equipment like skidsteers, a heavy-duty dump trailer might be a better choice for a dirtwork trailer, since it can do two jobs at once.

ARE YOU A DIRTWORK WANNA BE OR AN EXCAVATING BOSS?