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Adding hydraulics to dump trailer
That trailer looks exactly like the trailers made by Country Manufacturing out of Frederick, Ohio. NorthernTool has them in there catalogue. The 1 ton dump has a scissors lift system and the 2-ton has a 3traight cylinder lift.
Good little dump trailers. Make for a nice tool for hauling.
We use 2-tons, other than the staight cylinder set-up, pretty darn similar to your 1-ton. We use 4"borex24" cylinders on the 2-tons. Just fit. We have to re-build the dump hinge systems. Take a good look at yours, that seems to be the weak point of the trailers.
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This trailer was made by Millside Industries in Wallenstein, Ontario and sold by Northern. Unless they imported it from Ohio and slapped a "Made in Canada" sticker on it  Millside may have copied the design or vice versa. It seems like a nice little trailer. The wood has pros and cons to it but it's easy to repair, replace and modify if the need arises.
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Amazing, it's exactly the same as the 1-tons by Country Manufacturing. Wonder if there is a relationship of some kind between the two companies.
The only difference is the color. CM paints their's red. We re-paint them Orange/Black. Call them Pumkin Wagons.
Check out countrymanufacturing.com to see the similarities. They have some pretty good pictures of the scissors lift they use on the 1-ton tandem dump wagons.
Use the heck out of them.....
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Beagle, you're right they're extremely similar but they are different. The cylinders on the ones from Country Mfg. are mounted differently and they are rated differently. Country has one with 1" axles that is rated for 2500 lbs and one with 3/4" axles that is rated for one ton but weighs less than mine. Their 1-ton model is priced much better than mine, too. Argh. I might have saved a couple hundred bucks on that one
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Ya, your one ton dump set-up is similar to the way CM sets up the 2 ton. They use the scissor lift on the 1-ton because of the shorter box.
They are running some pretty good internet sales right now. Especially of you pick them up instead of paying the shipping.
That's about par. It's always on sale the day after you had to buy one....
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Ball hitch giving more movement than pin, do you mean pivot action such as tractor on one plane and trailer on another? Or going over hill or through ditch or such?
One other point the ball probably will give some advantage is less up and down free movement when dumping.
Ken, good for you to figure out the problem on the mount. No doubt you will enjoy your trailer.
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After hauling a few loads of firewood out of the woods today I discovered that the pin hitch has got to go. It is already badly worn from the up and down twisting motion caused by driving up and down hills. Ball hitches handle this motion much better. I can't see pin hitches being good for anything but level ground.
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I'm sure you noticed by now that you get a decent uplift at the hitch when you dump. Make sure you account for then in your ball hitch. Can't hook up to the 3-pt, have to use the drawbar when dumping.
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That's a good reminder Beagle. I use a Bad River hitch on the 3-point which has a chain that limits up travel. It seems to do the job, at least with the pin hitch. The ball hitch will be a little less secure with up-travel. I'll have to add some safety chains and will add one to limit up travel just in case the ball pops loose.
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