Country Mfg dump wagon swinging tailgate

BobB · Jun 27, 2005

Have you thought of any type of mechanism to latch and unlatch it form your seat. More seat time is always better!
Bob

MadReferee · Jun 27, 2005

( Have you thought of any type of mechanism to latch and unlatch it form your seat. )

I thought a little about it but seeing as how the front of the wagon is not within reaching distance while seated in the tractor, I rejected it as being against the KISS principle which was one of my goals.

have_blue · Jun 28, 2005

( I thought a little about it but seeing as how the front of the wagon is not within reaching distance while seated in the tractor, I rejected it as being against the KISS principle which was one of my goals.
)

Sounds like a perfect application for a garage door opener mechanism and remote. All you need is the receiver, a solenoid operated latch, and the remote control.

CHIRP! CHIRP! DUMP! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

oliver28472 · Jun 28, 2005

Another possibility would be to steal a design I've seen on silage trucks. Mount the hinge forward and above the hinge as shown. The gate will not open until dumped because its own weight keeps it closed.

MikeIA · Jun 30, 2005

Here are some pictures of the modified Country Manufacturing tandem-axle trailer we have at work. I needed a flat bed for some of the things we haul, (including grand pianos!) so I carefully cut the welds between the rear uprights and the cross-member they were attached to. Then I added some bar stock to the bottom of the uprights, and a locating pin. Here is the passenger side upright, with the added material.

DMF · Jun 30, 2005

Uh.. Mike? I don't see anything? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

MikeIA · Jun 30, 2005

The added pieces on the uprights rest against a "u" made from more bar stock, to keep them from flaring out at the top. The "u" also acts as a guard around the taillights I added. (For a little extra safety, when we are moving things through the parking lots in the middle of the night.) Here is a picture of the "U"

MikeIA · Jun 30, 2005

That darn 100000 byte limit....the images are there now.

MikeIA · Jun 30, 2005

Here's a picture of the back end of the trailer with the upright in place....it's full of stuff right now, so I didn't get a picture of it in "flatbed" mode.
I want to get a picture of it some time with the 9' Steinway on it, to send to Country Manufacturing.