my version of a KK xb dump trailer

600rider · Aug 6, 2011

I finally figured out how to make a slide show and up loaded it to You Tube

. It is rather long so I appologise to those who have dial-up internet

. Enjoy the build from beginning to end here

‪Kens Fab DT 2 16‬‏ - YouTube
Let me know what ya think!!!!

Mike476 · Aug 6, 2011

Good to see from start to finish, nice job!

tmajor · Aug 6, 2011

Ken,
You did a great job! ... right from the start to the slideshow. Congrats. :thumbsup:

Muzza77 · Aug 7, 2011

Well,
Great job! Good to see from the beginning to end....
I may have read earlier that the Ram must be at 15degrees minimum, but had forgotten. The slides did the reminding!!

amigauser · Aug 7, 2011

Wow, fantastic build and great slide show. Thanks.

600rider · Aug 7, 2011

Thanks all. It was a fun project and a usefull one I might add! :thumbsup:

Iplayfarmer · Aug 7, 2011

Muzza77 said:
Well,
Great job! Good to see from the beginning to end....
I may have read earlier that the Ram must be at 15degrees minimum, but had forgotten. The slides did the reminding!!

How do you figure that? What happens if the ram is less than 15 degrees?

chad22 · Aug 7, 2011

Nice trailer. It looks factory. :thumbsup:

Chad

600rider · Aug 8, 2011

Iplayfarmer said:
How do you figure that? What happens if the ram is less than 15 degrees?

I thought that was what I read on your blog! It makes it easier for the ram to make the initial lift with the more angle of degree you have.

Thank you all for the kind words!:thumbsup:

600rider · Aug 8, 2011

this is from your dump trailer build comment #18,

The minimum pressure pump I would get would be 1700 PSI, and I have a 2" cylinder that is 24" retracted and 36" extended. This provides just over 5300 pounds of push force. I ran the numbers once already for attaching the cylinder base near the front and pushing back. This was going to require me to have the base of the cylinder something like 14" below the deck, and When fully extended it would only dump the trailer to about 33 degrees. That was not acceptable. If I attach the cylinder to the furthest forward point on the dump bed and the base of it in front of the rear axle, I only need a 16.3 degree angle to provide the 1500 pounds of upward force. I would have to have the base of the cylinder at least 6.72 inches below the deck. I can live with that. This also will dump the bed to about 51 degrees.

I may have read elsewhere that 15* would be minimum angle to be able to dump it.