Dumping offroad military trailer

[sodamo]

Nice job.

I personally just hate shoveling - any type.
Guess I'm lucky the loader guy at the quarry has a good touch.

David Sent from my iPad using TractorByNet

 

[NS Gearhead]

Thanks for the kind words guys! I was starting to think no one cared about my little trailer.

Cheater boards stained and hardware all on




One year's worth of refundables (there's a layer of bottles underneath LOL)


$5 6X8 tarp from PA


The stain turn out a little lighter then the hardtop, but for having chosen from color chips at the paint store it's not bad. I can live with it.

 

[Renze]

One year's worth of refundables (there's a layer of bottles underneath LOL)

So that was the reason to get the trailer done ?

 

[Whitnel]

Thats a nice looking set up.

 

[NS Gearhead]

LOL, I got all of $44 and change. Enough for a case of beer! Kinda sad considering it's an entire year's worth of colecting and storeing.

Thanks Whitnel! Just two more details and I'll call it done.

On my way to bring the recycles I stopped in to see the old timer I bought the trailer from (three years ago). He was thrilled. Took pics and everything. That made my day.

 

[Renze]

On my way to bring the recycles I stopped in to see the old timer I bought the trailer from (three years ago). He was thrilled. Took pics and everything. That made my day.

I know, those are the most rewarding moments: When people admire what you made of something they sold you as junk

 

[Den1952]

nice work there ! it has all the right "lines" to match the jeep.
maybe someday in the future you'll be caught up enough to put a hyd. cyl on it , by then the initial expense wont seem to matter as much , that'd be history.
my little king kutter dump trailer had a hand operated pump built on, I put a 2nd line of hoses to the cylinder with quick connects (to bypass the hand pump) and then put a self contained 12volt pump, motor , reservoir to it and mounted that part to the rear deck of my 4-wheeler. powered by a standalone 12 volt deep cycle battery. the battery last several days of dumping before needing a recharge.
but my point is, that if you were to do that also further down the line, you would be more than extremely satisfied that you had done that. about 5 seconds for full tilt.
Den

 

[Tig]

Thanks! I was going to use hydraulics and started gathering parts... but it was going to be too expensive... and I had the jack already. It's rated for 5,000lbs and my caculations say that a full load of gravel should be near 3,500lbs... and that's not being lifted, just tilted. The only drawback is that when it comes to spreading gravel it will be a two man job. One driving once the load starts to pour, and another on the jack.

Hydraulics are slick, but a $60 electric winch and pulley will do the same job. You just need to run sufficient power from your jeep's battery. I power a home made "load handler" like this.

 

[sodamo]

Hydraulics are slick, but a $60 electric winch and pulley will do the same job. You just need to run sufficient power from your jeep's battery. I power a home made "load handler" like this.

Would love to see how you did that - details and pics if possible. I want to power my Loadhandler

David Sent from my iPad using TractorByNet

 

[Tig]

Would love to see how you did that - details and pics if possible. I want to power my Loadhandler

David Sent from my iPad using TractorByNet

Check out this thread for discussion and a video.
The video link did not work from my iPad, but it should work from a computer.