Tractor/Atv dump trailer

[John_Mc]

I have one of these, Polaris made it, pretty indestructible..

I have the same thing in their 1500# model... and BTW, it's made by Polar, not Polaris.

It's surprisingly easy to dump by hand. I added their side extensions to it so I could load a bit more firewood in it. Also added the 2" ball hitch, since I had added a receiver hitch to my Coot.

 

[js5020]

Are you using an on board battery or something else?

Currently all I have is a stand alone small mower battery to test and it's condition is suspect, I was able to lift 2 buckets of dirt on the initial test with no problem at all,,,,, so why not try 4 buckets, again lifted it.

I suppose what I would like as a permanent setup would be a dedicated battery able to be connected to the tow vehicles charging system to extend run time when necessary.

 

[js5020]

Pretty steep dump angle shouldn't have issues getting material to come out.

 

[DerekF]

Pretty steep dump angle shouldn't have issues getting material to come out.View attachment 598708

Looks like it turned out pretty nice. I have considered overhang on the back side like you did, but I don't know if I should do that either. Thanks for posting pictures.

 

[js5020]

I used it yesterday to haul about a dozen loads of rock and found some issues which I hopefully remediated today. Most pressing issue was breaking the bottom bolt on the pole, I used a 7/16 bolt initially and have gone to 1/2 diameter. Anytime the bolt broke I found the winch cable between the upper roller and the side plate, put the roller in the lathe and cut a groove for the cable to ride in. Another thing I didn't like was the winch cable, unspoiled it and cut half of it off. Other than that it worked as planned.