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Old 05-16-2008, 06:18 PM   #12 (permalink)
RonMar
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Default Re: Hey soil screening builders

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Originally Posted by Wayne County Hose




I thought about something like that. But, I don't want to make it too large or too heavy. I want to be able to transport it on my 5'x8' trailer, it will hold 1600 lbs. I thought about making the screen on a hydraulic cylinder to have "power tilt." I don't know how well a hydraulic motor will hold up to being a vibrator. If I use an old Briggs and Scrapiron engine, it won't need a vibrator.
Yea, if I was going to the trouble of plumbing a hydraulic motor on the screener, I think I would put a connecting rod from the table to an offset crank on the motor and make it an actual shaker table...
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