Dump Trailer I built - pics

55deere70

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Dump trailer I built from a 52 Ford F6. Used the PTO shaft from the dump truck and adapted it to the tractor PTO. Long handle operates the control valve on the hoist.
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Dang! That's got some payload there. You did very well. Here's to you using it in great health for decades to come.

Mark
 
Buddy of mine had one somewhat like that, only he left the axle a little further forward. Filled it up with gravel, chained the tailgate partway open and proceeded to spread gravel on his drive. He ended up with the back of a Farmall H in the air and a really exciting ride. Worked great for wood, just be careful when you dump.
 
Nice Job, Where did you get those wheels? Are they run flat wheels? I like things made from recycled materials.
 
Looks kinda dumb. First you dump it on the ground , then have to pick it all up again. Why not just back it up to the pile & stack it?
 
That's fantastic! Great job, I thought about one last winter but I was just going to make it gravity dump, yours is way better! Looks good too...

Bye for now,

Troy
 
I like that trailer. I see a lever, yet, no hydraulic lines from the tractor to the trailer. May I ask what powers the dump cylinder?
 
Look closely- above the hitch is an (exposed!) pto shaft which powers the integral hyd pump under the dump truck body. Body looks similar to a 5 yd dump I bought in a salvage yard for $100. Haven't used that one yet, but bought another similar, frame only, which I made into my rock trailer. There I split the pto pump off from the cyl, (St. Paul hoist), and hosed it to the tractor. Dump truck hoists are way stronger than those sold to go under farm grain wagons, etc.
 
Looks good we have two here just like that except for the wheels we use to cart grain. might not be to good dragging it down the bitumen loaded. One is a single axle like that that had the truck chassis cut off at the back of the cab & a pull welded on to look like that one. Only prob is when fully loaded its a lot of weight on drawbar at road speed have bent 1 or 2. The other has just had the cab, moter, gearbox removed and still has full length 4 whee chassis with a pull wielded to the front and steering tie rods makes it hard to back straight till you get the hang off it or in a hurry when its raining trying to get a load under a roof
 
For those commenting about the wheels...the axle and wheels are from an old pull type steam boiler. The wheels are actually two 6 inch wide wheels welded together. They ride on big roller bearings inside the cast hubs.
 
I put it on a trailer thats low enough and narrow enough to get to the wood without having to climb in it.Also a lower trailer makes it easier to load in the first place unless I'm using a loader at which point it might make more sense just to transport with the loader to the house if its close enough.
 
Don't need to hop on and off of the trailer. My wood is stored in the house basment, and I have a dump trailer. I tip it up about 2/3s of the way, set the wood chute up and stand at the back of the trailer and unload it. as you get the wood out, the rest of it just slides down to meet you. I have not had to climb on that trailer to unload wood for 10 years.
 
I really like your trailer! Especially the "no flats" part!! Fantastic idea! I"ve got a similar trailer I built....heavy rascal. I load wood chunks into mine with the loader tractor and haul the big wood chunks to the barn where I unload and then split at my leisure. I"ll make a huge pile of chunks and then some time later on in the winter I'll start splitting. I use a large pallet I made to roll about 15 pieces onto and then raise the pallet up with my pallet forks on the tractor so the pallet is the same height as the wood splitter. 'Sure saves my back and makes easy work of splitting wood. I don't like to split in the woods......too much stuff to trip over. I also go to the woods in March each year and cut the trees I want for the next season. I let them lay until late summer and then go drag them out with the tractor into a "staging/cutting" area that is in the open. This way I'm not out there in the winter slipping and sliding all over the place. The woods are dry and traction is the best for dragging trees. Then when it cools off in the fall I start cutting them up into firewood. I use my trailer to haul it all to the storage area with my 4010 John Deere that's "totally" worn out. Heck, the darn thing is almost as old as I am!! There ain't nothin' on that tractor that I haven't fixed!
By the way, I admire you guys who know how to take pictures of your cool stuff and better yet...know how to post the pictures!! I gotta get my kids to show/teach me how to do that. 'Guess I need some kind of camera huh??
 
If you want to stack your fire wood directly from your dump trailer, or dump truck,here is a handy hint.

Chain the tailgate up about half way, dump the bed slowly until the remaining wood will just slide down as you unload. It really saves your back, not having to bend over for each piece.

Experiment a little to find the right dump angle, don't go too steep the first time, or you may wind up wearing the whole load.

This also works for some other things, like shoveling a little stone or mulch at a time.

I first saw this done with a load of bagged lime, saved having a man on the truck to pass the bags off.
 

A lower trailer will get hung up on anything that looks like a stump when it's being draged through the woods. The frame being a little higher is a plus. Looks like a helper is ready to stack while the boss goes out to pickup another load. Damn good looking rig!
 
Looks great.
I have had the same idea when I find a old non-running dump truck. Only difference, I plan to run hoses off the tractor to the cylinder, off one of the remotes.
Rick
 
(quoted from post at 09:08:43 12/11/12) Looks great.
I have had the same idea when I find a old non-running dump truck. Only difference, I plan to run hoses off the tractor to the cylinder, off one of the remotes.
Rick
I was going to do that, but the pump is built into the hoist, so there are no hoses on it. It worked out that the PTO shaft from the dump truck lined up perfect to the tractor. I had no idea if the rpm would be right until I tried it. Turns out that it lifts at the right speed.
 
Boo. You stole my joke.

Actually I think all of his tires are already flat, and not just on the bottom like my firewood trailer.
 

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