Anyone Built a 3pt Dump Box w/ Hydraulics?

[stuckmotor]

I forgot, I well check tomorrow.

I know that feeling. I'm patient sitting with my 90 year old mother tonight. There are things down here that I think I built but, I can't remember doing it? There are things at my house that I'm positive I welded up and I can't even figure out what they're for.

 

[DJ54]

I like this design. Looks like a person could get far greater tilt/dump angle than a hydraulic top link. Any more close up pics of your design? Thank you.

That's all the pics I have of it. I basically copied a bale carrier frame I have, then added a cross member for the cylinder to attach to, and a couple braces to tie it in to the cross member ahead of that to push against. The pivot pin is 1", and ran though a piece of pipe to tie the back of the frame together, and leave short stub pins to pivot on, to keep them from bending.

Sub frame is made out of the same 1-1/2" X 3" tubing, with 2" C-channel cross members. As far as cylinder attaching point to the platform, I measured the dump bed on my one ton dump truck, and scaled it down 1/3. Deck is like 1/16" sheet steel.

I have since added a hydraulic top link, so if needed, a person can raise the 3 pt., let the top link out, and platform be at a full 90ｺ angle to the ground.

I used a 2" cylinder, and will dump anything I've put on it so far. I used it for weight on my M-F 180, for when I rolled the pad for the new buildings. Backed my dump truck up to it, and dumped bank run gravel on, and what stayed on was the weight. Guessing 1000 to 1200 lbs. Stayed on there for approx. 2 months, and when I was done, the 180 dumped it at an idle.

I've used it for a multitude of things from mucking stalls, to gathering rocks/dead limbs out of the pasture/hay field, spotting dirt, or stone. Pretty handy to just back up to a wash to dump the rocks, or burn pile for the brush.

 

[Xfaxman]

That does bring up a good question. How much tilt is needed?
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Then I've got a tipping garden trailer that barely tilts 20 degrees unless it's over a bank. (which it often is)

The trailer needs help to discharge a load. -------------

I would say that somewhere around 35 degrees of tilt is enough for anything but wet clay.

I bet there are other considerations and opinions on the details. ;-)

Here is some damp clay in the garden trailer. Just over 90 degrees worked well.

 

[Leejohn]

It's 14ga metal. Here is a picture of the tail gate latch and 3pt hookup.. That was put on right after the pictures from 2009 when I made it. 2 or 3 of the neighbors seen it and just had to have one, so I made them one as a good well thing.

 

[flingwing1969]

I am using many of your ideas in my own carryall/ballast box idea. Mine is intended to offset the weight of a very large 4n1 so I need the weight all the time that I have the bucket on and so I'm making my floor out of 600 lb of concrete and the box itself is a bit bigger than yours is and should weigh about 200 lbs. I carry my backhoe now as ballast and the carryall will be much handier.

Thanks for sharing this.