my version of a KK xb dump trailer

[beppington]

I remember the Earl Scheib el cheapo paint job places. I seem to remember a $300 figure, maybe in the late 80's/early 90's. Paint your whole car for $300 - What a deal!?! But, as said, you had to do all the prep work. I never tried them out myself.

Apparently they closed up just last year:

Earl Scheib - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[600rider]

Earl Scheib paint job--what did that used to cost? $59.95 or something like that?

I was thinking more like $49.99 and what wasn't masked got shot!!!! :laughing:

 

[600rider]

Ok I finaly figured out how to upload to youtube so here is a very poor quality video of the dump in action!

YouTube - ‪0611111549‬‏
I hope this works! the noise is from my tractor running.

 

[600rider]

here is another taken on the same day. It was taken on June 11th. It takes 46 seconds from full down possition to full up .again sorry for the poor quality of the video, it was taken with my verizon GzOne cell phone.

YouTube - ‪my version of a kk xb 2‬‏

 

[ericher69]

Looks good!

Have you considered attaching a limiting cable/device so as not to overstress the cylinder when fully extended?

What happened to the paint or did I miss something?

 

[600rider]

Looks good!

Have you considered attaching a limiting cable/device so as not to overstress the cylinder when fully extended?

What happened to the paint or did I miss something?

I don't think there will be a problem with over dumping the trailer. The cylnder is at its limit at about 48*, if it were closer to 90* there could be a problem but it's not even close to 90*



This video was taken well before I took it to paint. It's just taken me this long to get my Youtube account figured out!! :confused2:
By the way the primer should have been shot yesterday so now I am just waiting for the call to come get it!! :thumbsup:

I do have more video from earlier in the build if anyone wants to see it I will post it.

This project is nearing completion and I already have the next one lined up, in fact it sits in the shop right now (since the dump is out of there)!
I bought a Howse 4' brush hog for $125.00 and need to make it fit my HF quick hitch. I think I can get that done while I wait for the dump.

 

[Carl Bert]

I don't think there will be a problem with over dumping the trailer. The cylnder is at its limit at about 48*, if it were closer to 90* there could be a problem but it's not even close to 90*



This video was taken well before I took it to paint. It's just taken me this long to get my Youtube account figured out!! :confused2:
By the way the primer should have been shot yesterday so now I am just waiting for the call to come get it!! :thumbsup:

I do have more video from earlier in the build if anyone wants to see it I will post it.

This project is nearing completion and I already have the next one lined up, in fact it sits in the shop right now (since the dump is out of there)!
I bought a Howse 4' brush hog for $125.00 and need to make it fit my HF quick hitch. I think I can get that done while I wait for the dump.

Very impressive job, you should be proud. Did you figure out what the total cost was? You said in one post that you pay .15 cents a pound for steel? I'm in Rockland county NY (45 min north of NYC) and I just purchased a 1' x 1' x 1/4" piece of steel from a local fabricator. He charged me $21.50. I would guess the total weight was no more then 10 or 12 lbs. I love working with steel, but at these prices, who can afford to? Am I missing something, or am I just looking in the wrong places?

By the way, what color are you going to paint the trailer. Kubota orange would nice. Maybe a bit bright, what about Kubota gray? Well whatever you decide, I'm sure its going to look great. Enjoy it.

 

[600rider]

Carl, I have not figured out the total price yet. I kind of lost track of everything I bought so far but will try to figure it out soon.

I get a lot of my steel from the shop where I work and they only charge us .15 a lb.!!! I admit that is a very good price, and just a few years ago it was like .05 a lb. but guys were buying it and taking it to the scrap recycler down the road and selling it for more!!! Some guys just like to ruin it for everybody! I also get steel from a shop/ steel yard where I worked for a while and the girls in the office "like" me LOL :laughing: so they give me a good price too!
1'x1'x1/8" weighs 5 lbs, so yours weighs 10 lbs. also most shops will charge a shear or cut fee so you need to figure that into the cost. When I go back to the shop where I used to work I just buy drops or left-overs if possible, I usualy buy more than I need for what I am building and then have a start on the next project. My sugjestion to you would be to make a "friend" in a steel shop!!!

I will be painting it Kubota orange :thumbsup: from TSC. It is not an exact match but will be good enough. Was thinking of doing the frame Kubota gray but I am not sure yet. What does everybody else think??

 

[beppington]

I will be painting it Kubota orange :thumbsup: from TSC. It is not an exact match but will be good enough. Was thinking of doing the frame Kubota gray but I am not sure yet. What does everybody else think??

Since you're going Kubota orange anyway, I vote you include some Kubota gray accents for the full treatment.

 

[Iplayfarmer]

Since you're going Kubota orange anyway, I vote you include some Kubota gray accents for the full treatment.

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I think a few colors makes a job look a lot more professional.