Trailer with small diesel driving multiple things and a PTO

   / Trailer with small diesel driving multiple things and a PTO #11  
I hope it's a stout trailer. I have a 23 foot travel trailer and it's pretty flimsy. A 20' sea container on a good frame should be stiff enough.
 
   / Trailer with small diesel driving multiple things and a PTO
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#12  
The trailer is a car hauler, it seems sturdy enough. I will need to make sure to distribute the weight properly. The heaviest part will be the water tank for the pressure washer which will be empty most of the time, then the next heaviest is the engine/transmission.
 
   / Trailer with small diesel driving multiple things and a PTO #13  
I was just thinking of that shaft flexing. Are you going to have it in several pillow blocks? Flexible joints? Just curious.

Have fun and be safe.

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   / Trailer with small diesel driving multiple things and a PTO #14  
Jason:

What you have in mind reminds me of old pictures of high mounted line shafts powering all sorts of late 19th, early 20th century factory equipment.

Personally I like the another poster's suggestion of using a diesel powered generator. Other than a lack of PTO power for a chipper or what have you; the genset will be lighter, cleaner and easier.

OK, will this trailer be used on the highway?

Will the engine be at the front or back of the trailer?

If the engine is at the front, will you exceed the tongue weight rating for a bumper pull trailer?

If the engine is at the rear, will you be able to put enough weight on the tongue to prevent fishtailing?

Is this a bumper pull or goose-neck trailer?

Will you exceed the GCWR of the truck and trailer?

You have an interesting idea; just think it through to make sure it will do as you want it do.
 
   / Trailer with small diesel driving multiple things and a PTO #15  
sounds like a fun, retro project ...I'm sure you considered just using a gen-set and/or hydraulic pump, so each work item (with electric/hydraulic motor) can have its own (infinitely variable) speed control...you'd also have more location mounting options for the pieces of equipment and they'd be relocatable ...still, there is a certain elegance to your idea.
 
   / Trailer with small diesel driving multiple things and a PTO #16  
Don't have much to add other than I LIKE IT!:thumbsup:
 
   / Trailer with small diesel driving multiple things and a PTO
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#17  
I like the idea of using the generator to run electric motors for each item, I also like the hydraulic motor option but I think the simplicity of having one engine is more what im looking for. It may take some creativity to get it to work but would require less maintenance in the long run.
 
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#18  
That same 67 chevy truck is getting an engine upgrade soon as well. Would a 250 CI inline 6 be overkill for this project. Weight is definately a concern but it would mate up to the transmission without all the modifications of using another engine. I believe its rated at 100 HP and I dont know the specs at different RPMs but I believe it has enough power to run 1-2 things at at a time and I could probably do it around 2000 RPM.
 
   / Trailer with small diesel driving multiple things and a PTO #19  
That same 67 chevy truck is getting an engine upgrade soon as well. Would a 250 CI inline 6 be overkill for this project. Weight is definately a concern but it would mate up to the transmission without all the modifications of using another engine. I believe its rated at 100 HP and I dont know the specs at different RPMs but I believe it has enough power to run 1-2 things at at a time and I could probably do it around 2000 RPM.

Of all the things you thought to run in that first post, the chipper, if a decent size, will probably tax the system the most. If the engine is at one end and the PTO at the other, it better be a stout shaft. 100 gas HP would more than do it I'd think. A smaller diesel, sized to serve your biggest power need, would strike me as optimum.

I'm assuming that the engine will not be inside the workspace, for various reasons.
 
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#20  
I am all for using what you have. Otherwise that old inline 6 would end up rusting away. It doesnt look to weigh too much. I dont know where to even start looking for a governor. I have heard they were used for years in generators. I guess if it doesnt work out I can always replace it with something appropriately sized. As for the main shaft I am considering PTO shafts between each pulley set. The pulleys would be supported on each side by pillow blocks. As for clutching each tool I might go the simple route of using spring tensioners that would allow me to pop off the belts of what is not in use. I like the ideas of others that referenced Amish workshops, old machine shops, etc that used a flat belt system
 

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