small dump trucks??

[Giz400ex]

Are all dump trucks electric/hydraulic??? I mean the dump body on a F450 or F550 Or is the PTO style just for bigger trucks??

[Leo]

All the ones we get in the shop it seems to depend pretty much on the transmission...

The auto's are primarily electric/hydraulic, while the trucks with standard trannies are primarily PTO driven.. I always figured it was due to how easy it is to add the PTO to a std trans, as opposed to an auto..

Quite a few of the newer ones are starting to show up with an hydraulic pump that's driven off the engine by a belt (like an older plow rig).. I don't know what the advantage to this is, but I can see lots of disadvantages.

FWIW these are 250/350 Dodge's equipped with either dump kits for the box, or actual dump bodies.

Leo

We just put a dump body on a Ford "superduty" yesterday we put in a Hydralic/electric pump. Very easy to hookup with a nice remote in the cab.