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11-09-2007, 12:20

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Dump Box Pickup or Trailer Kit

Here's what I intend to do. I'll build a slide-on dump unit that I can install on my flatbed when I need it. If I keep the weight reasonable, I can use my loader to install it. If that doesn't work, an A-frame setup with chain hoist(s) that I can back the trailer under would work. Kind of like the way spreader units go into municipal dump and flat bed trucks in the winter.

By doing this, I can avoid having the expenses of yet another trailer...tires, registration, etc.

Think it's a good idea?

Mark

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Dump Box Pickup or Trailer Kit

Joel, that's a good idea! The channel-iron tracks would not be in the way for normal use of the trailer without the dump box. And they would provide a means to pin the unit to the trailer, which I'd have to do to prevent the base from flipping up once the weight of the load transfers to the back end.

I've got some rollers that came off of the top rail of hangar doors when they repaired them a few years ago. I think they'd fit into a 3 inch channel. I also have a winch in the toolbox on the front of my trailer, so maybe I could devise a self-loading aspect to the unit. Kind of so I'd back the trailer up to the dump unit on the ground, match up the channel iron track and winch it on board. That might be harder to do than I think, but it might be worth a try.

My trailer is a 16 footer too, with no side rails. It had stake pockets, and I built 22 inch high side bodies for it out of 2x12s, forming a 12' long box. For the last trip out to Phoenix, I added another 26 inches to them with angle iron and cattle panel. Worked very well. I use the loader to lift them on and off the trailer now.

This little project could get interesting before it is over!

Thanks for checking with your friend about the John Deere tractor stuff.

Mark

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