Inexpensive "Do-It-Yourself" Dump Trailer
"This trailer hauls 3-ton gravel loads, big round bales, and firewood. What's great about it is that it dumps hydraulically but I can pull it behind my pickup," says Gary Skinner, Fort Scott, Kan., about his home-built trailer with self-contained hydraulics.
He bought two trailer house axles for $65 and picked up an electric-powered truck hoist at an auction for $22. He built the trailer frame and dump bed from scratch. Two lengths of heavy channel iron run lengthwise across the top of the axles, braced by shorter cross pieces. The 12-volt hydraulic pump mounts at the front of the frame.
The dump box was formed by making a rectangular frame out of channel iron, and then running cross pieces on top of the frame. A wood cargo box was built on top with short sides.
"It's very handy for all kinds of jobs around the farm. Lets me get a lot more use out of my pickup," says Skinner.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Gary Skinner, Rt. 4, Box 117, Fort Scott, Kan. 66721.
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Inexpensive "Do-It-Yourself" Dump Trailer WAGONS/TRAILERS New Wagons 23-6-18 "This trailer hauls 3-ton gravel loads, big round bales, and firewood. What's great about it is that it dumps hydraulically but I can pull it behind my pickup," says Gary Skinner, Fort Scott, Kan., about his home-built trailer with self-contained hydraulics.
He bought two trailer house axles for $65 and picked up an electric-powered truck hoist at an auction for $22. He built the trailer frame and dump bed from scratch. Two lengths of heavy channel iron run lengthwise across the top of the axles, braced by shorter cross pieces. The 12-volt hydraulic pump mounts at the front of the frame.
The dump box was formed by making a rectangular frame out of channel iron, and then running cross pieces on top of the frame. A wood cargo box was built on top with short sides.
"It's very handy for all kinds of jobs around the farm. Lets me get a lot more use out of my pickup," says Skinner.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Gary Skinner, Rt. 4, Box 117, Fort Scott, Kan. 66721.
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