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Homemade & Handy

 

[hazmat]

Lookin good. /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

Specs - size, capacity etc. How long did it take you to build? How much $$$ invested.

 

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One more pic

 

[fivestring]

Very nice!
I like the yellow "primer".
I'm sure Kub orange is to follow!!!! /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[RHughes]

That is great!
Did you draw up the plans yourself or find some "commercial" plans somewhere? What's the capacity?

 

[have_blue]

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How generous of you! Don't bother painting it blue. Just send it common carrier, pre-paid. Can't wait until it gets here. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[Deerlope]

That is the final color (saftey yellow). Sorry no kub orange. The plans came out of my head and a little hen scratching on paper, just so that I did not order too much steel. Capacity I don"t know but its 4"W x 7"8'L x 18" high. Tires are 7.50x 16 8 ply. On the test dump I had it level full of wet sand, no problem. Cyclinder is a 3" x 30" stroke. The box is 10ga mild steel, sub frame2"x2"x 3/16", main frame 2 1/2"x2 1/2"x 3/16". Even got leaf springs in it. If I would have had that 20 years ago I could have save handling a million pieces of wood.

 

[Cliff_Johns]

Very professional looking job. It looks like it will give you many years of useful service. Thanks for posting the pictures. It's always motivating to see projects like this.

Cliff

 

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Hazmat.
It took 2 weeks off and on and about 700 bucks. I don't count my time cause I am retired. I had looked at a smaller tandem commercial built and the guy wanted $1500 for it, used. Tandem's are OK in some places but when they turn on soft ground the tear up a lot of real estate.

 

[hazmat]

Your capacity (volume) is 46 cubic feet (about 1.7 cubic yards).

Sand has a density of ~150-160lb/cubic foot. (Depends on how wet it is) = ~7,000 pounds in your test dump