A multi-purpose trailer includes: a trailer frame with a tongue or a gooseneck located at a forward end of the trailer frame and an axle with wheels located adjacent a rearward end of the trailer frame; a pair of slanted arms affixed adjacent the rearward end of the trailer frame; a box pivotally mounted to a distal end of each slanted arm, the box having an upper structural frame and a slanted tailgate; and a pair of movement arms with one end of each movement arm pivotally affixed to the trailer frame and/or adjacent the slanted arm and another end of each movement arm pivotally affixed to the upper structural frame of the box, the movement arms move the box between a load position and a dump position.