Gittyup
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- Joined
- Oct 4, 2007
- Messages
- 3,159
- Location
- Mid Atlantic
- Tractor
- Kioti CK25 Shuttle Shift, loaded tires, JD X739
Here is another Country Manfacturing Inc. tandem trailer with a hydraulic dump modification. When I designed the cylinder plumbing, I wanted to use the dump trailer to connect to the both my John Deere 425 garden tractor as well as my Kioti CK25. The CK already had 1/2" rear remotes for my backhoe. So the trailer got 3/8" hose adapted up to 1/2" Male QC's. The JD hydraulics patch is 1/4" QC. So these were adapted up to 1/2" Female QC's, just like on the Kioti.
Putting a cylinder on the stock CMI trailer is tough, when considering that I want it to work with the relatively low pressure of the JD (1000 PSI). I needed as much vertical angle as possible, and also wanted it as far forward as was practical. But, the tongue extends all the way to where I have mounted the bottom of my cylinder. I tried and tried to put the cylinder more foward, but because of the tongue, I couldn't get a steep enough angle. There is also very little clearance. I'm not sure one could get a cylinder under there bigger than 2.5". I used 2" x 18" x 1.25". I thought seriously about raising the dump bed height above the base so that I could get more angle. Then I just surrendered and modified the lame jack dump that I had wrongly bought.
The trailer is the 6 foot version, which I bought thinking it would dump more steeply than the 7 footer. I ended up actually moving the pivot point forward to give me as much rear hang over as possible. I simply drilled 2 new holes. This will help the JD work more effectively.
This is my first every welding. Not so pretty, but I think strong enough. It was fun. I built the pivot brackets using 2.5" angle 1/4" thick. Then I added an addition crossmember to help make it stronger and more rigid. I added clipst to the front of the trialer to hold the hose if not using the hydraulic hookup. I still have to prime and paint. But is now fully functional.
Should serve me well.
Putting a cylinder on the stock CMI trailer is tough, when considering that I want it to work with the relatively low pressure of the JD (1000 PSI). I needed as much vertical angle as possible, and also wanted it as far forward as was practical. But, the tongue extends all the way to where I have mounted the bottom of my cylinder. I tried and tried to put the cylinder more foward, but because of the tongue, I couldn't get a steep enough angle. There is also very little clearance. I'm not sure one could get a cylinder under there bigger than 2.5". I used 2" x 18" x 1.25". I thought seriously about raising the dump bed height above the base so that I could get more angle. Then I just surrendered and modified the lame jack dump that I had wrongly bought.
The trailer is the 6 foot version, which I bought thinking it would dump more steeply than the 7 footer. I ended up actually moving the pivot point forward to give me as much rear hang over as possible. I simply drilled 2 new holes. This will help the JD work more effectively.
This is my first every welding. Not so pretty, but I think strong enough. It was fun. I built the pivot brackets using 2.5" angle 1/4" thick. Then I added an addition crossmember to help make it stronger and more rigid. I added clipst to the front of the trialer to hold the hose if not using the hydraulic hookup. I still have to prime and paint. But is now fully functional.
Should serve me well.