2011 - Volume #35, Issue #3, Page #30
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Pto-Powered Dump Trailer
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"I was happy to give the truck's pto-powered hydraulic pump a new lease on life," says Siter, Paxton, Mass.
A friend helped him weld a frame together out of channel iron, and he built the 68 by 92 by 30-in. bed out of new pressure treated lumber and rough sawn oak on the sideboards.
He had an adapter made to connect the pump to his tractor's pto shaft.
"The pump has a rotary valve to change between up and down. The valve is controlled from the tractor seat by rotating the lever on the blue shaft," he explains.
The dump works perfectly for moving brush, cordwood and dirt.
"It's easy to use, to back up and hitches up quick," Siter says.
He estimates he spent about $300 for the tongue, cylinder, hardware and miscellaneous parts.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Steve Siter, 488 Marshall St., Paxton, Mass. 01612 (ph 508 753-4870; k1wgn@yahoo.com).
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