What is a dump truck?

Dumper truck, or often referred to as dump truck or simply dumper, is a type of truck that is used in the transportation of raw materials from one place to another. Dump truck consists of an ‘open box bed’ that can be retracted with hydraulics, so that raw materials like sand, crush, gravel and coal can be easily and conveniently transported in bulk

What are different types of dump trucks?

Krank’s earthmoving equipment marketplace features a wide range of new and used dump trucks for sale. Because of their versatile usage, dump trucks can be divided into different types including, but not limited to,

• Standard dump trucks

• Semi-trailer end dump truck

• Transfer dump trucks

• Truck ad pump

• Super dump truck

• Semi-trailer bottom 

• Double and triple trailer bottom dump truck 

• Side dump truck

• Roll-off trucks

• Haul trucks

• Off-highway dump trucks

• Articulated haulers (e.g. CAT Haul Trucks, Volvo dump trucks)  

How many cubic yards in a dump truck?

Depending upon each project, the usage of raw material varies. For smaller projects the usage of respective raw materials will differ greatly from the large-scale ones. However, in the construction industry, many building materials are sold by the rate of cubic yards, for instance gravel and topsoil. It is for this very reason, knowing the cubic capacity of a dump truck becomes super important. Measuring the cubic yard capacity of a dump truck accounts for various factors like its width, height, length among others but on average, a full sized dump truck has a capacity of around 10 to 15 cubic yards.