Drive On Trailer For Melrose Spra-Coupe Self Propelled Sprayer
I own a pair of Melroe Spra-Coupe self-propelled sprayers and have farms spread out about 40 miles apart. To reduce time spent on the road, I built a "drive-on" trailer equipped with built-in loading ramps that tip up as you drive on.
I pull the two-wheeled trailer behind my Ford 1/2-ton pickup. The trailer is built with a metal runway down the middle and a saddle and ramp - built together as one unit - on each side. The back 3-ft. section of the runway angles downward and ends about 6 in. above the ground. Each saddle and ramp is welded to a short length of steel pipe that rides over a smaller pipe. To load the trailer, I drop the ramps down to the ground. I drive the Spra Coupe's single front wheel up onto the runway and then slowly drive the rear wheels up the ramps and into the saddles. As the saddles drop down, the ramps automatically tip up ready for transport.
The process is reversed when the rig is backed up off the trailer. (Roy E. Phillips, Stoughton, Sask., Canada S0G 4T0 ph 306 457-2916; E-mail: parryph@hotmail.com)
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Drive On Trailer For Melrose Spra-Coupe Self Propelled Sprayer WAGONS/TRAILERS Miscellaneous 26-5-35 I own a pair of Melroe Spra-Coupe self-propelled sprayers and have farms spread out about 40 miles apart. To reduce time spent on the road, I built a "drive-on" trailer equipped with built-in loading ramps that tip up as you drive on.
I pull the two-wheeled trailer behind my Ford 1/2-ton pickup. The trailer is built with a metal runway down the middle and a saddle and ramp - built together as one unit - on each side. The back 3-ft. section of the runway angles downward and ends about 6 in. above the ground. Each saddle and ramp is welded to a short length of steel pipe that rides over a smaller pipe. To load the trailer, I drop the ramps down to the ground. I drive the Spra Coupe's single front wheel up onto the runway and then slowly drive the rear wheels up the ramps and into the saddles. As the saddles drop down, the ramps automatically tip up ready for transport.
The process is reversed when the rig is backed up off the trailer. (Roy E. Phillips, Stoughton, Sask., Canada S0G 4T0 ph 306 457-2916; E-mail: parryph@hotmail.com)
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