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Yep, I would get rid of the spare myself as I don't go that far from my home base that I couldn't go get all the stuff I would need, with blocking likely to be way more than I carry on board anyway.
You must be thinking of cutting or trimming the rear frame to come in a foot. I wanted to...
Yes, you can get reasonably priced ones.
Re. length. An equilateral triangle is easy, all sides are equal and the angle is 60*. Less and you may not dump completely (and easy on the math). The stroke of a 14' bed length (168") would be the same, 168" (or around there). I would not want...
I have some (commercial vibrators) that are 120 volt. I used them for breaking the bridging of sawdust in an overhead sawdust hopper with limited success. Don't count on one (or more) making up for not having enough angle. I wish there was a simple and cheap way.
I don't think you are going to have enough stroke to get a 14' bed high enough to dump out. Make a scale drawing. If you are not more than 45* then try again. My dump bed trailer sucks because it only goes to 45*. The 817 goes to about 80*, which dumps completely. A single, end mount...
Size it so you don't have to turn the pressure up. In the size you are talking, going up 25% is not going to save you much on the cylinder cost.
Get a pump number and we can find your rating, but I would not be surprised that it's a 2500 psi pump. Don't forget your reservoir has to be...