How to Unload trailer with winch - (DIY) Do it yourself dump trailer
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- Опубліковано 14 лют 2015
- Here is a quick video I made showing how to unload your trailer with a winch/ do it yourself dump trailer. I mounted a 2000lb manual winch to the tongue of my trailer to unload it using ropes, pulleys and a winch. It has a 2:1 mechanical advantage pulley system so it is easier on the winch but just takes a bit more rope and time to unload. Check out some of my other videos on tree removal. Please like and subscribe to my channel.
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necessity is the mother of all invention. Way better than unloading each branch by hand. If you end up eventually going to an electric winch don't get a harbor freight. Milemarker makes really good winches, $300 for an 8k winch when I got mine 5 years or so back, and it's paid for itself 100 times over. I've drug over 300 vehicles onto my trailer with it, parbuckled countless logs, used it behind my nissan for implements every year--drag snow plow, drag box blade, skidding logs and even pulling my big diesel up the hill more than a few times when chains on all 4 tires weren't enough in the snow. Thanks for the video.
I copied this for my trailer, works awesome! I use a worm gear winch with super low gearing, you can drive with a cordless drill, got the biggest drill available, and now I can dump the whole thing without breaking a sweat. Great for a little tree service.
awesome! glad it is helping you!
What tools did you use. ???I have tree care and am wounded .??
Thanks for the encouragement and positive words Samuel! I am 32 so not super young but I definitely hear you with the governments saying what they are saying. Good on ya for working your butt off to get you business going. Hoping to be at the point where we have trucks and equipment one day!
Genius I thought about this idea a few weeks ago and did not expect someone to already have it. Great job!
Thank you Rick! Much appreciate the positive words!!
very nice time saver especially during the winter - also using a hand winch in a small dump trailer I built (never thought of rigging it under the trailer!)
February 2023, can't across this video. I'm using some of your ideas to fabricobble a false wall pusher in my utility trailer. Thanks for the inspiration. I like the 2:1 pulley to increase the force.
Thank you very much for the detailed video. Appreciate your time you took to explain it brotha. Have a great day.
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ive been pulling off my loads with a chain and logs stacked in front of a stump. We process to small pieces with a chainsaw in my 22ft trailer. i bought a dump trailer recently and have been using a chipper. its so much quicker and less trips to the dump! nice idea
My coffee froze just watching this. Nice engineering! Stay warm
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That is awesome. Thanks for showing how it works too 👍👍👍
Sweet, simple, elegant design... Thank you for sharing.
Jim Brent thanks Jim, glad you like the setup. This was a few years ago when I had to be resourceful to unload brush all the time. Hope you and your family have a great Xmas!
@@jlstree Very resourceful indeed. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Absolutely brilliant. Well done!
Hey RT thank you so much! Feel free to check out some of our more recent UA-cam videos!
Thank you for sharing. Great idea.
Just came across this. Just what I was looking for. A few modifications for my trailer and I'll be in business.
Right on John! Best of luck with it! Thanks for watching!
Great idea!!! Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for the positive comment Steven! Thanks for watching also! You may like some of our more recent clips too!
great idea awesome definitely will use keep them coming
Thank you so much Alan! Check out some of our more recent videos!
Cool setup. Have great day be safe
Great job. Thank you for the explanation no how it works.
Nice way to innovate! Great video!
Thanks for checking it out, glad you like.
Nice but a bit labor intensive and time consuming. Get a screw in ground anchor then take the rope that runs under the brush attach the end to the ground anchor and drive away just don’t forget to stop once the brush is off to retrieve the rope and anchor. Works for me no winching and no effort required.
Right, and I agree with you. This was a temporary solution to a problem I had back then. The dump in my area didn’t have anything to tie to to pull be driving, We have dump trucks now so it’s all good and much easier/faster. Check out some of our newer content and see the changes! Thanks for watching! And sorry for the delayed reply
Very Creative...we actually made a plate outta 2×4s and plywood, added chains and let the loader pull off or chains to something solid and pull forward. Whatever works💪💪
Very cool!
Great idea, I was just about to say you could use a cordless drill to wind it out and there you have it
I know its not particularly fast but its still better than unloading it bit by bit.
Thanks for sharing.
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Awesome, great idea
Thank you so much!
That sir is brilliant!
Very Cool. I love the simple design and yet it is so powerful. I'm looking for a similar system for my trailer.
It was very helpful at the time but if I could share any advice it would be to work towards having a dump trailer
Thank you for watching and the positive words Mike! Also feel free to check out more of our recent UA-cam clips! You may enjoy them!
Great job
If you add a second winch and join them together so when your pulling they both will be pulling at the same time
As soon as I can I will buy a trailer and fix it like you did
Its awesome the people that builds dump trailer take advantage of our needs they are pricey
That would be cool for sure
Nice invention. Good video.
What I do is.... I simply attach my rope to something solid/heavy in the dump area......put my truck in gear and DRIVE AWAY!
Self unloads! Fast and easy.
romansten9 thanks for the comment and for checking out my video. The reason I can't do what you do is there is nothing to anchor to at the dump i take my brush to. also is your rope tight as hell when your load comes off the trailer?
ya me too...
Nicely done, I like it.
Thank you sir!!
@@jlstree 😃👍❤️🌲
Wow!! Thanks!
my husband loved it
looking baCk on your video ..still a good set up
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Fantastic idea, well done.
That's genius! !
Thank you Kevin! Much appreciated, feel free to check out our more recent videos
good video
THANK YOU!!! :-)
Wonderful
Hi very cool. I usually do all my dumping in an actual dump with dumpsters set into the ground (city life) and I wouldn't be allowed to jump in the can to unhook the chain and or rope once the pile fell. Any ideas?
Great planning for cinching the load tighter and pulling the trash off
Thank you Joette for the positive words! Much appreciated!
Man I would love to see a step by step video of how you mounted those pulleys. I'm am impressed. I use my truck to pull my load off but this seems much better. Thanks for sharing
Hey Drew thanks for the comment, it definitely is much quicker to use your ruck to tow the load out but in my case our local waste facility didn’t have a spot to anchor to pull load out. This setup was a good starter one and it definitely helped instead of pulling the limbs out one at a time.
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@@jlstree your content is awesome. I just wheelchuck my trailer that way you don't need a anchor. Then pull it with the truck. I caint wait for a Dump trailer though. That's my next move. Your way looks more safe. Thanks for the great content
@@drew856856 thank you sir, much appreciated and you will absolutely love a dump trailer! Make sure you spend the extra money and get galvanized if you live in a area of the world that gets snow!
@@jlstree thanks for the advice. That green loader with the grapple is awesome. What is that thing called? Its awesome
@@drew856856 it’s an avant 528 I love that machine more than a lot of other things lol saves so much lifting and doesn’t wreck our clients grass! Works fantastic in the winter too!
Nice
I like it
Definitely does the Job! Thanks for watching!
I designed & built an unloader of an old long bed, step side Chevy pickup, back about 40 years ago, that you may want to try ..I put a piece of 3" channel on top of the side rails of the bed, with the trough facing up. Then I put a 1" round bar thru two solid steel wheels that would just fit inside the channel. Then I positioned a piece of 1/4" x 2" flat bar above it and welded short pieces of the 1/4" x 2" from the outboard side of the channel to the top piece. I attached a roller, made out of 3" pipe to each side of thw back end of the bed. Then I heated up some belting,(that I found out behind a grocery store, where they had renewed their grocery line belts), and bolted it around the shaft with the wheels. And then I put a sheet of plywood below the bed above the axle. I had 2 take up reels for cable, both on the same drive and then a compound crank. You pulled the whole shebang up to the front and tied it there. You dropped roofing into the bed, (onto the grocery belting), and closed the hinge- raised tailgate. When you got to the dump, you dropped your tailgate and cranked your load right out on the ground. The belt wrapped right around the back pipe and laid on the top of the plywood under the bed. Then 2 of you pulled it back up. Saved a lot of work. I sold it to a fellow that later patented it. I was young & didn't know what I had. I could have been rich, now.
Lee Williams that is awesome! I wish you had a photo of that system. Sounds super interesting and efficient and I don't think I would have the ability to come up with something like that without seeing it first.
JL's Tree Service like I said, I built that about 40 years ago and then sold the truck Tomas fellow that patented the system. It was kind of like the main computer tech story...the head dog didn't invent Windows!!!...the guy that invented a different type of computer, did. He threw it in the garbage & the other dude pulled it out & patented it. I was young and didn't understand things. I designed & built prototypes for equipment for the railroad industry for over 36 years. Most of my prototypes were produced & given a stock and item number and made available for order and replacement over the entire system of an unnamed USA railroad so...trust me...my early designs were potent! You know the wobble end on ratchets and extention s...the dear Lordvabive gave me that when I was 14 years old, when I was changing my Mother's sparkplugs & COULDNT get around an air conditioner bracket. I made a whole set of them that we used readily. It was years down the road before someone else came up with it and patented it. ID be rich if I understood the patent process!
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Hello I like your setup. I am trying to do the same but with a sled in the trailer to pull out all the debris. What are the pulleys brand and max weight. I can't find these in home depot. Also can I attach my steal cable to the rope to pull?
Mr. E-Man M hey there I don’t see a problem with attaching a steel cable to the rope you would be able to do it with a termination knot in the rope to the hook on the cable. The pulleys are all climbing/rigging pulleys that I use are for tree work so they are super strong and can definitely handle doing it. Check out Treestuff.com for them, they are the cmi pulleys that are black in colour, they will run you about 50$ usd for each one but well worth it for all of the uses they offer. Hope this helps. Good luck and let me know if you have anymore questions
Where we unload they have 1000lbs concrete block for anchor points. Before loading the trailer we drop a 2" strap in belly with end loops hanging over sides of trailer. Pull into dump area throw rope around concrete block and then secure rope with hook end to straps. Jump in pickup and roll forward. Literally takes 30 seconds start to finish.
I guess where you live is nice in the summertime.
So smart
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American enjinuity at its best!
Did you se the rabbit run from the brush pile..
I like the system I have been battling whether to buy a dump trailer or not and I think this just changed my mind. Did you fabricate up the mounting bracket for the winch or is that a repurposed bracket for something else?
Hey Jared, sorry for the delayed response. I have been going crazy with tree calls. As for the trailer winch setup, I designed the mounting bracket. Basically just welded some braces to the tongue of the trailer and a vertical 2inch square tubing piece of steel with a flat plate welded to that for the winch to mount. I also used climbing rope, rated rigging pulleys and make sure you use either "steel mallions" or "steel carabiners" because with the 2:1 setup the winch generates a lot of force. I bent about 4 aluminum carabiners on this setup before I switched to steel carabiners. Hope this helps.
I am wanting to rig up an electric winch to do the same thing. I move loads of brush also.
Accumulator1 nice!! An electric winch would be great for that for sure!
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I unhooked the trailer, blocked the trailer's tires at the back side and used the truck to pull that rope to unload the stuff, easy, 5 mins max.
how did you block the rear tires"
@@mr.e-manm5062 wheel chocks, bricks, rocks, whatever keeps the trailer in place while you pull the rope with the truck.
So, I’m super late to this party, but if you have not, would you mind showing how you make your pulley system work in a little more detail? I absolutely love this and it might just save me from having to spend $6k (minimum) on a dump trailer.
Could I do this with say 2 cords of split wood in my trailer?
JNAPproductions I would definitely think so, you would be into more weight but could for sure do it.
So I’m confused is it like a conveyer belt?
Yeah put a cable under your load where you put your chain and pull it out with another truck connect it to a tree whatever ..will save you a lot of cranking ..use clevis’s where you connect and at the top where you turn to go to the back .. it will always come loose
How old are you, if you don't mind my asking? Curious cause I keep hearing politicians say how lazy this generation is and therefore it's OK to flood the country with illegal immigrants. I know you are in Canada, but I know you have many similarly hardworking brothers in the US as well. Your parents should be proud. Started my tree business in NJ with a 2'×4' nursery cart, on foot, so I feel qualified to send you some encouragement.
Thanks for the kind words! Makes me feel like I'm not crazy lol. Always trying to make/do things to make my job easier. Tree work is tough enough so anything to help is bonus. Thanks again!
JL's Tree Service oh, don't worry! The longer you stick with it, the more you'll feel crazy......; )
it looks like you created a piggyback M.A. It's a 2:1 pulling on a 2:1. making it 4:1. Very clever.
Thank you so much!
Impact gun will make it so you don’t have to hand wind it at all
I could of pulled a quarter out by hand at a time
Martyn B right on man, I’d like to see that. This was in the beginning, first year we started our Tree business.
Impact gun $300 that's what I use
I made it with woodprix instructions !
I bet by now you have a winch on it
To be honest we are much different now, 3 dump trucks and I sold that trailer about 3 years ago. It was fun to do the winch back then but no longer need it now.
I did it with the Woodglut plans.
Nice trailer video but buy a dump trailer and time is money
Thank you and yes Agreed
12 volt winch on u trailer not roket science much quicker and less strain well at least u save mony than goin gym ha ha
Yes I am aware of that. The whole point for this setup was for simplicity and "no electric" needed. Plus an electric winch would have been harder to mount on this particular trailer.
gd idea but hard work especaily when u hacked after workin cutting trees all day last thing u want is to b turnin that handle at the tip
look at the load handler on u tube similar idea but easy to set up
To be honest, it was not that tough to crank, hence the mechanical advantage setup. A 12v battery powered winch was too much money at the time. We now have two dump trucks and a chipper so this idea is long gone to me now. Pretty crazy what some free time and creativity will let you come up with, I was really surprised at how well it worked.