Low-Cost Tandem Axle Dump Trailer

Low-Cost Tandem Axle Dump Trailer WAGONS/TRAILERS New Wagons 23-1-37 "Our homemade tandem axle dump trailer works as well as anything on the market and wasn't difficult to build," says Joel Waldner, Lethbridge, Alberta, a member of a Hutterite colony. The 12-ft. long, 8-ft. wide trailer rides on 30-in. high wheels and is equipped with the hoist off an old truck. It's built in two parts that have frames made from 3 by 8-in. steel I-beams. The two frames are pinned together at the back by a shaft that runs through a steel frame and rides on bearings. To give the two frames extra strength they welded 4-in. sq. I-beams across them. The floor is made from sheet metal. To make the sides they welded short lengths of channel iron to the sides of the floor, then bolted 2 by 6 wooden boards to them. "We use it to haul rocks from our fields and to dump them in a pile. The tandem axles follow the ground contour and keep the wagon from sinking in soft ground like a truck would. We use it to haul dirt, too. The hoist runs off tractor hydraulics," says Waldner. Waldner also built an 8-ft. wide by 24-ft. long tandem axle trailer in much the same way. The only difference is that it doesn't dump. The wooden floor was made by bolting on 2 by 10 boards. The V-shaped hitch was made by welding 10-in. sq. steel plates, 1/2 in. thick, onto two steel I-beams that are welded together at the front. "It has a thousand uses," says Waldner. "We use it often to haul small and big square bales. We're able to haul 10 big square bales on it." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Joel Waldner, 67 Tudor Crescent, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada T1K 5C7).

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