My dump trailer build

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I bult my own dump trailer and use it for everything. One of the best things I've ever used. I'll try and find a picture

 

[leveller]

For those who are interested, my cylinder is at a 13 degree angle. 20/20, I would love to see pics of your dump trailer, especially the lift set up and tailgate. I am trying to decide if I will build a 2 way gate or not. For those of you that have dump trailers, what do you have for tailgates? Greg

 

[Bennet.man]

Do you have any idea what the capacity will be with that size of tubing? I've been kicking around the idea of building one myself, but I would like it to hold 2500#, and be road worthy!

 

[Scotty370]

For those who are interested, my cylinder is at a 13 degree angle. 20/20, I would love to see pics of your dump trailer, especially the lift set up and tailgate. I am trying to decide if I will build a 2 way gate or not. For those of you that have dump trailers, what do you have for tailgates? Greg

My plan is to have 4- 1" pins that will project from each side of the tailgate, and will be captured by a rotated hook clasp so that I can lower it from the top, pick-up style, or crack the bottom open for spreading lime, gravel etc. I could then easily remove it entirely. My lift dilemma is that I'd like to be able to use it behind my tractor (that has rear hydro ports) or behind an ATV, no ports! Looking to copy some thing like this?

Heavy duty tandem axle ATV trailers for off road use by Country ATV

Maybe? Suggestions welcolme! ~Scotty

 

[dcyrilc]

My plan is to have 4- 1" pins that will project from each side of the tailgate, and will be captured by a rotated hook clasp so that I can lower it from the top, pick-up style, or crack the bottom open for spreading lime, gravel etc. I could then easily remove it entirely. My lift dilemma is that I'd like to be able to use it behind my tractor (that has rear hydro ports) or behind an ATV, no ports! Looking to copy some thing like this?

Heavy duty tandem axle ATV trailers for off road use by Country ATV

Maybe? Suggestions welcolme! ~Scotty

A couple of things I noticed in the video:
The attachment for the lower end of the ram is down near axle height... well below the bed and frame.
The lift arm has a slide mechinism to allow it to change attachment location along the bottom of the bed which allows for a shorter ram.
Very short ram length allowing an upright position when collapsed.
This design should allow for good usage of the rams power all the way through its extension, from start to finish.

I'm following several threads on dump trailer build, and the greatest issue seams to be too shallow an angle on the ram when collapsed. I've been visualizing some sort of a mechinism like this so that a shorter ram could be used.

 

[2ndgenguy]

Do you have any idea what the capacity will be with that size of tubing? I've been kicking around the idea of building one myself, but I would like it to hold 2500#, and be road worthy!

I have been considering building something similar myself. The 7k and up pricetags on the factory builts seem a bit steep to me.

 

[dcyrilc]

Sorry, here's the drawing.
Not sure how a black & white stick drawing was 3,620KB.

 

[powerstroke444e]

My plan is to have 4- 1" pins that will project from each side of the tailgate, and will be captured by a rotated hook clasp so that I can lower it from the top, pick-up style, or crack the bottom open for spreading lime, gravel etc. I could then easily remove it entirely. My lift dilemma is that I'd like to be able to use it behind my tractor (that has rear hydro ports) or behind an ATV, no ports! Looking to copy some thing like this?

Heavy duty tandem axle ATV trailers for off road use by Country ATV

Maybe? Suggestions welcolme! ~Scotty

I put a 12v pump on my atv to run the dump trailer. It was under $300 and it gets used all the time instead of hooking to tractor.

 

[rdbrumfield]

With a single ram it takes a lot of steel reinforcement of the frame to hold things together. The other thing is I notice is how far back under the load you are pushing from to get the height you need.

My opinion, is that by making a scissors lift it would take one more pin, but you would be picking half the weight and still extend as far. By half the weight I mean picking closer to the front instead of the middle or closer to the hinge.

When building a scissors system, just a couple of things to watch for. the rotation of the two moving parts cannot to the point of tubelocking the cylinder side against the opening parts. The pins for the cyl ram should be a couple of inches shorter than the stroke from the elbow.

Here is a pic of one I just installed in my rig. When down, all the pressure is put on the scissors, as the hoist lifts, it is pushing straight up initially.

 

[GuglioLS]

.....SNIP.....SNIP......For those of you that have dump trailers, what do you have for tailgates? Greg

Hi Greg,
Man your making excellent progress, it''s taking shape and looking great.

Here is the tailgate I built for my home made dump trailer, it seems to work for me, perhaps it will give you some ideas:




Here is a link to the complete build:
Home made Dump Trailer Start to Finish


Larry