Gordon Gould
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- Joined
- Apr 1, 2007
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- Location
- NorthEastern, VT
- Tractor
- Kubota L3010DT, Kubota M5640SUD, Dresser TD7G Dozer
I bought a used Pronovost dump trailer a couple years ago. It is a great little trailer.
It is advertised as having removable sides. I wanted to remove to sides to make a flat bed. "Removable" is a little misleading maybe. The corner posts are 1-1/4" square tubing and the corner pockets they are pressed into are 1-1/2" X 1/8" square tubing so it is a force fit from the start. Then any deformation from use over time only tightens things up.
The sides and deck are only formed up 12 Ga ( .104" ) so you can't pry against or beat on them w/o stoving them up. There wasn't a spec of wiggle in the corners - just like they were welded in. I ended up making a set of screw jacks that bolt and clamp onto the corner posts to try and jack the posts up out of the pockets.
They worked and I did't bend it all up but things came apart much harder than I thought they would. I worked the back and front together a little at a time.
I have to change something to make this easier w/o losing much strenght.
gg
It is advertised as having removable sides. I wanted to remove to sides to make a flat bed. "Removable" is a little misleading maybe. The corner posts are 1-1/4" square tubing and the corner pockets they are pressed into are 1-1/2" X 1/8" square tubing so it is a force fit from the start. Then any deformation from use over time only tightens things up.
The sides and deck are only formed up 12 Ga ( .104" ) so you can't pry against or beat on them w/o stoving them up. There wasn't a spec of wiggle in the corners - just like they were welded in. I ended up making a set of screw jacks that bolt and clamp onto the corner posts to try and jack the posts up out of the pockets.
They worked and I did't bend it all up but things came apart much harder than I thought they would. I worked the back and front together a little at a time.
I have to change something to make this easier w/o losing much strenght.
gg