2 wheeled cart ideas to pull behind my Super M

mike1972chev · Jun 6, 2014

I am wanting to build,or buy,or something?? a cart to use behind my Super M. Just a small cart to cut and haul some fire wood,fence post,engine parts,yard work stuff,ETC.... I could either start from scratch,or maybe use the frame from under the old,rotted truck bed I have now? Been using it for quite awhile now,but its time to replace the thing!!!! (It looks pretty "Hill Jack", but I guess that IS my family back ground for at least 3 generations now! lol)

Anybody on here have any ideas and photos of what YOU use???? I am WIDE open on what I would do here.

DeltaRed · Jun 6, 2014

Old pickup bed trailers are simple to make,and are plentyful and cheap to buy.

Fullers Farmalls · Jun 7, 2014

Here is one that my first late grandfather made for my other late grandfather about 30 years ago. We still use it all the time. Truck axle and welded tongue. We rebuilt it a couple years ago and took about 2 feet off the back. Wish we still had that length there. Anyway this is it behind my Super M

Zachary Hoyt · Jun 7, 2014

Around here you can pick things like that up at auctions fairly cheaply. I got a fairly light duty one made out of a pickup rearend for about $80 a couple of years ago and last summer one made from a heavy truck with 20" wheels but no bed for $35. I use that one to stack lumber at the sawmill when it is waiting to be picked up by a customer, and last summer it carried the 275 gallon water tote for the pigs.
Zach

NNP · Jun 7, 2014

Like said, at the local auctions there are always lots
of trailers/wagons, junk, homemade, and good ones.
usually you only have to outbid the scrappers.
Another option, is those little TractorSupply cheap trailers.
Always see those for sale cheap.
Take the lift gate off if it has one, take the fenders off so you can mount some big tires for ground clearance. (any size trailer wheel with the small 5-bolt pattern hub will fit)

If you have a lot of tractors, for small loads..
On a BN, I attached a 3-point carry-all to the hoop drawbar
with some angle iron and pins, toplink to a tranny cover bolt.
cannibalized a garden tractor wagon that dumps and mounted it to the carry-all. works good. Little BN will get a bit light in the front if I overdo it.

Roger in Wisconsin · Jun 7, 2014

A long tongue helps with sharp turns and backing up

ericlb · Jun 7, 2014

id find a old pickup bed around the same or older than the m is , i have one thats from a chevy stepside early 50's the chassis under it is 3 inch channell iron, with a sectioned mobile home axle it works well and it seems impossible to put to much weight on it [ so far] its heaviest load was being completly filled with waste fines from the rock crusher even heaped up in the middle it handeled it just fine, probably about 2 tons i normaly use it to haul wood with as well as feed some horses when needed

Carlton Grambo · Jun 7, 2014

why not go with a shorten hay wagon chassis. you could built your way plus have better way to get bearings and tires when they wear out. only a suggestion but seen a lot of them.

ss55 · Jun 7, 2014

Old boat trailers are strong, cheap, large, have an extra long tongue and are reasonably low profile. They come in many sizes and weight capacities. They have a winch and most have a tilting tongue. Remove the bunks/rollers and build whatever bed you want on top of the frame. If you rally need a low trailer, remove the springs and mount the frame on top of the axle, like a manure spreader.

You will have to convert the hitch, or add a ($10) ball hitch to your M.

It might be the least expensive to buy a used trailer already setup the way you want.

Bill in IL · Jun 7, 2014

Whatever you decide to build be sure and put a hoist under it for unloading.

James Babcock · Jun 7, 2014

Like Bill in IL said, a hoist is pretty handy. I have moved a lot of dirt and horse muck with this rig and a 230.

kennell · Jun 7, 2014

I have a few trailers but this is my favorite. I haul firewood junk etc with it. Its a 3 ton truck frame with manure spreader axle and wheels. I just wish it dumped. later kent

gab · Jun 9, 2014

What I'd like to find is an IH trailer like we had when I was a little kid in the early 50's. Haven't thought about it in years until I read you're post. It was new and might of come with the Super C and all it's attachments, Haven't seen another one since.

mkirsch · Jun 9, 2014

I need to come to more auctions over your way Zach, because around here people will bid hundreds of dollars for a clapped-out old truck frame with a half-arsed tongue welded to it.

Craigslist has been a complete waste of time in this respect. Everyone seems to think that their scrap metal and rotten tires are worth as much as a brand new PJ 6x10 dumper.

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