Dump trailer for personal use?

Make damn sure your truck is heavy enough for it and you are dumping on fairly level ground. A friend of mine in the construction business got one. Had it behind his one ton, rear back on a typical slope. As the dump bed went up, the center of gravity in the trailer changed, lifting his truck’s rear wheels and he started sliding backwards.

He put the bed down as fast as he could, cleaned out his pants, then unloaded the trailer on flat ground. He sold the trailer the next day. Loved it on flat ground, had no use for it on sloping ground.