--- title: Hicks Proudly Introduces The Weld-Free, Aluminum Hicks Dump Body description: Hicks's new, aluminum, dump body design is built with the same innovation; a revolutionary, patented, modular, weld-free body to increase your payload. image: https://blog.hickstrailers.com/hubfs/20220331_134220508_iOS.jpg --- [![Hicks Trailers](https://blog.hickstrailers.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Email%20Signature%20Logo.png?width=96&height=26&name=Email%20Signature%20Logo.png "Hicks Trailers")](https://www.hickstrailers.com/) ![](https://blog.hickstrailers.com/hubfs/Website/Assets/close%20icon.svg) ### Subscribe to our blog updates # Hicks Proudly Introduces The Weld-Free, Aluminum Hicks Dump Body May 05, 2022 ![](https://blog.hickstrailers.com/hubfs/20220331_134220508_iOS.jpg) [![](https://blog.hickstrailers.com/hubfs/Website/Assets/cta%20arrow%20copy%204.svg)Back to blog](https://blog.hickstrailers.com/aluminum-end-dump-and-aggregate-hauling-industry-solutions) [![Share on Facebook](https://blog.hickstrailers.com/hubfs/Website/Assets/facebook-1.svg)](http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.hickstrailers.com%2Faluminum-end-dump-and-aggregate-hauling-industry-solutions%2Fhicks-proudly-introduces-our-latest-patented-design-the-weld-free-aluminum-hicks-dump-body%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dfacebook) [![Share on LinkedIn](https://blog.hickstrailers.com/hubfs/Website/Assets/linkedin-in-brands-1.svg)](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.hickstrailers.com%2Faluminum-end-dump-and-aggregate-hauling-industry-solutions%2Fhicks-proudly-introduces-our-latest-patented-design-the-weld-free-aluminum-hicks-dump-body%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dlinkedin) [![Share on Twitter](https://blog.hickstrailers.com/hubfs/Website/Assets/twitter-1.svg)](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.hickstrailers.com%2Faluminum-end-dump-and-aggregate-hauling-industry-solutions%2Fhicks-proudly-introduces-our-latest-patented-design-the-weld-free-aluminum-hicks-dump-body%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dtwitter&url=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.hickstrailers.com%2Faluminum-end-dump-and-aggregate-hauling-industry-solutions%2Fhicks-proudly-introduces-our-latest-patented-design-the-weld-free-aluminum-hicks-dump-body%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dtwitter&source=tweetbutton&text=Hicks%20Proudly%20Introduces%20The%20Weld-Free%2C%20Aluminum%20Hicks%20Dump%20Body) Hicks's new dump body design is built with the same innovation; a revolutionary, patented, modular, weld-free body that will increase your payload. Strength. - Degradation occurs in raw material during welding. Designed with 2 times the strength and 10 times the life, Hicks's weld-free aluminum dump body is constructed with aluminum extrusions that interlock with [*Huck*](https://www.hfsindustrial.com/us/huck_replaces_welding) fasteners. The aluminum retains its original strength. - Read Hicks's bolted versus welded blog post [here](https://blog.hickstrailers.com/aluminum-end-dump-and-aggregate-hauling-industry-solutions/how-can-i-make-more-money-hauling-aggregates-0). Modularity. - Bolting aluminum extrusions with [*Huck*](https://www.hfsindustrial.com/us/huck_replaces_welding) fasteners (versus welding) means modularity. Hicks's trailers can be repaired to a like-new state. - Hicks's dump body has readily interchangeable and replaceable floor, sills, posts, sides, and light box components. [*![Hicks Dump Body with modular, weld-free design](https://blog.hickstrailers.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Website/Content%20Images/Parts%20Replacement%20(origina).png?width=495&name=Parts%20Replacement%20(origina).png)*](https://www.hickstrailers.com) Increase your payload. - This Hicks simple 16 dump body, pictured below, is maximizing bridge laws and is projected to haul an additional 2,000 lbs of material a year. Conservative data tells us you make about $6/year for every pound you haul. 2,000 lbs = $10,000/year or $1,250/month. And, your maintenance costs will drop with new equipment. - Haul more with less weight, and a trailer that pays for itself. - Size your equipment efficiently for your operation. Too often, aggregate haulers use equipment with far more capacity than they need. That adds to lost payload (***remember $6.00/******lb******/year***) and excessive initial cost. You need to allow for some “crowning”, so we estimate usable capacity of 72%. Manueverabilty. - Now, dump body lovers can have the same weld-free design with Huck fasteners that allows for maximum manueverability. - Customers customize length and width to fit their optimal operations. 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