Ideas to unload my 880 trac vac ??

   / Ideas to unload my 880 trac vac ??
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#52  
That's good looking stuff. We use something similar to line the shutes at work. That gives me some ideas. Thanks for the link !
 
   / Ideas to unload my 880 trac vac ?? #53  
I unlatch the hose @the cart so that it is not blowing into the cart.I open the back and pull the dump latch. I then drive ahead approx 4-6' and the cart empties. I tip it back, reinstall the door and the hose and off I go.
Mine dumps clean and in a large bail. I'm pretty lazy myself but this unit holds a decent amount. If it is heavy leaf ares I chop them up w/o the tracvac and then go back and pick 'em up so there are less trips to dump.
 
   / Ideas to unload my 880 trac vac ??
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#54  
Mine comes out in a bale too , In fact it really dumps pretty easy , That's why I haven't been in a rush to do this.
 
   / Ideas to unload my 880 trac vac ?? #55  
Did you ever build this? I'm working on a similar project and would appreciate insights if you did.
 
   / Ideas to unload my 880 trac vac ?? #56  
If you want to go cheap or don't think it is heavy duty enough for all of the hydraulics, yo umight be able to rig up some pulleys and cable (sort of like a cliothes line pully and cable) connected to a lever. That would avoid getting too top heavy and would allow you to open the door by pullin the lever down and then close it again by pushing the lever back up. A good jerk with the tractor should get it to dump if it is already well balanced, but like another poster already said the easy way to help the dump along would be a false floor that concentrates the weight toward the back a bit and gives some extra angle to the floor when dumped. Extremely bad picture attached to show what I mean.

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   / Ideas to unload my 880 trac vac ?? #57  
Leaf dumper 011.jpg 12" electric linear actuator, upgraded the charging system on the mower engine to 25 amp charger to keep the actuator powered, modified tailgate to swing open like a barn door.
 

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