Dump trailer parts

Cord · Mar 20, 2006

I'm looking at a dump trailer project and I'm in need of some parts for the project. I was hoping some member could point me twords a source tailgate parts and the bed pivots. I'd like to use the traditional two way tailgate with lever release.

Nat · Mar 20, 2006

I don't know if there is a source. I just finished buildingone and had to make everything myself. I bought the elect. hyd pump and the cyl from Northern. I made a split tailgate and made the hinges from 4 X 3/8 plate and 2" rod. HTH, later, Nat
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/showflat.php/Cat/0/Board/buildit/Number/832301/page/1/view/collapsed

Cord · Mar 20, 2006

Yea, I'm familiar with they thread. I was really hoping to not be reverse engineering a tailgate...

HomeBrew2 · Mar 20, 2006

I'm not sure if this will be of any help but, Madreferee did upgrades to the Country Mfg dump trailer which, I think, included a top-hinged tailgate. It's been several months ago and it might be worth a search ... as opposed to total reverse-engineering ...

Cord · Mar 21, 2006

Na, I couldn't find it. Maybe it's just me, but the boards search feature doesn't seem to work very well. I've tried to search for posts that I've made it won't find them. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

wroughtn_harv · Mar 21, 2006

The biggest problem with a top hinge tailgate on a dump bed is having a release that won't bind up with weight against it.

Somewhere on here I'm sure I've got some pictures of my solution.

Basically I extended the hinge point as high as practical. I then ran a rod under the bed the full width of the bed. At one side the rod had a handle. At two points in the width of the bed I had tabs with rods welded to the rod. The rods were shaped like lazy "L's" with the short leg up.

With the handle in the secured position the short leg of the "L's" secure the gate. Any weight against the gate just makes the release easier than harder.

I used one inch bolts with nylock nuts for the top hinges. In ten years or so the tailgate has been removed a couple of times. But when necessary it can be done easily.

MadReferee · Mar 21, 2006

You just didn't look hard enough. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif Take a look at this thread.

Swinging tailgate for dump wagon

The swinging mechanism is quite simple as you can see from the pictures in the above thread. If I had to do it over I would have made the tailgate 6" to 9" higher to allow for faster dumping.

Cord · Mar 21, 2006

Thanks for the link. I searched. I searched using "Country Manufacturing", "Country Mfg.", "tailgate" and even searched through all of your posts. Never found the thread...

kennyd · Mar 21, 2006

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Thanks for the link. I searched. I searched using "Country Manufacturing", "Country Mfg.", "tailgate" and even searched through all of your posts. Never found the thread... )</font>

Make sure to change the date range to "ALL POSTS" when searching...it defaults to only one week. /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif