Here it is , dumped. It does't strain in the least dumping this much mulch. I don't know how much it will dump, but it already shows me it will dump all I need it to. Mostly it will be used for hauling debri from jobs to the dump. I normally rent a 30 yard dumpster and it will sit there for a week or more then I have to exchange it for an empty. It seems that they never have one when I need it so I have to wait till one comes in. Now I can pull the trailer to the job, load it up and stop by the landfill on my way home.
Dump trailer
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Please don't laugh at my battery hold down. I have a good battery box at my brothers house, just havn't had the time to run over there. I used some strecthy cord to tie it down till I go get the battery box. Here is the hoist and battery when the trailer is dumped. I hope this helps anyone else who may want a dump trailer. I have almost 1900.00 in it an nearly a week of work. I have had broncitis(sp) and an upper respitory infection so didn't get to work on it a lot. I am nearly well now and have started on another house so the trailer gets used. I have tried to show how I built it and the thought process that I went thru. I know there are some things that aren't perfect and may need tweeking some in the future, but for now I'm very pleased with it.
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Wow! Very nice job /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif
AlanB
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I for one really appreciate reading and seeing what you did.
I really want one for the wifes mowing business as well. I think it will be a tremendous time saver. She say's I just like spending money and buying toys......
I want to buy / build one that sits high enough that when it is dumping the lip is higher then a wheelbarrow. Then I want to put a slide type door in the tailgate that is about 12" square, the idea being that you would open and close this door (maybe with hydraulics?) to control the release of the materials (mulch) into the wheelbarrow.
Currently they use three folks when doing mulch, one person's job is to fill the wheelbarrow off the trailer. Seems like it would be a lot cheaper to just buy the trailer once and have that person help spread etc.
I have the super heavy duty axles and wheels and tires and am still debating if it would be smarter to build or buy. I will probably elect to use a scissor mechanism on mine if I build as I would rather have that part overbuilt then to get in a situation where it was too light.
I also know my wife, and if I build it with 2' sides as I think it should have for mulch, I will look out one day and it will be filled level with Crusher run or some other "light" materials.....
Thanks so much again for posting this Nat. I think a lot of us have watched with interest.
If you would not mind, I would be interested to see the things you decide to change after operating it for a while.
I really want one for the wifes mowing business as well. I think it will be a tremendous time saver. She say's I just like spending money and buying toys......
I want to buy / build one that sits high enough that when it is dumping the lip is higher then a wheelbarrow. Then I want to put a slide type door in the tailgate that is about 12" square, the idea being that you would open and close this door (maybe with hydraulics?) to control the release of the materials (mulch) into the wheelbarrow.
Currently they use three folks when doing mulch, one person's job is to fill the wheelbarrow off the trailer. Seems like it would be a lot cheaper to just buy the trailer once and have that person help spread etc.
I have the super heavy duty axles and wheels and tires and am still debating if it would be smarter to build or buy. I will probably elect to use a scissor mechanism on mine if I build as I would rather have that part overbuilt then to get in a situation where it was too light.
I also know my wife, and if I build it with 2' sides as I think it should have for mulch, I will look out one day and it will be filled level with Crusher run or some other "light" materials.....
Thanks so much again for posting this Nat. I think a lot of us have watched with interest.
If you would not mind, I would be interested to see the things you decide to change after operating it for a while.
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Great job Nat /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif
Bluecheck546
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Just finished reading the topic about home build dump trailer, and must say I learned much from it. By the way, nice job, NAT. Sooooo, I decided to build one. The trailers main frame will made out of 3 x 6 x 1/4 inch wall tubing. The rest of the trailer will be build from either rectangular tube or 5" channel. It will be 5x10 ft, sit on two mobile home axles, and dump by two 2.5- inch dia 24 inch stroke cylinders. Since where ever I'm going to pull the loaded trailer there will be my tractor so I just use it hydraulic system to actuate the cylinders. Maybe down the line I adopt and use a self contain battery-powered system. I noticed some dump trailers have the cylinders applying force toward the hinge point, and some away? Why is that? To my way of thinking I be better of pointing the cylinder toward the tongue of a trailer... I'm I wrong on this?
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