Utility Trailer Custom-Built To Haul Dirt, Rock
This utility trailer was custom-built to haul dirt, rock, mulch and even small tractors. It needed to dump yet be small enough to pull comfortably with a van, pickup, or car. I hired Lloyd Meffert of Meffert Small Engines, Hettick, Ill., to build it.
The chassis and box were built from scratch. The toolbox houses a 12-volt wet cell battery and charger. It is located just above a combination starter motor and hydraulic pump which serves to raise the bed into dump position. There is a button on the underside of the box which activates the motor.
The trailer box is 9 ft. long and 5.5 ft. wide. Aside from its more conventional loads, the trailer can handle the intermediate size tractor in the background. Also, to make the trailer heavy enough but not too heavy, conventional house deck planking was used instead of 2-in. thick lumber. (Robert Standerfer, Oak, Forest, Godfrey, Ill. Ph 618 466-7652)
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Utility Trailer Custom-Built To Haul Dirt, Rock WAGONS/TRAILERS New Wagons 24-3-35 This utility trailer was custom-built to haul dirt, rock, mulch and even small tractors. It needed to dump yet be small enough to pull comfortably with a van, pickup, or car. I hired Lloyd Meffert of Meffert Small Engines, Hettick, Ill., to build it.
The chassis and box were built from scratch. The toolbox houses a 12-volt wet cell battery and charger. It is located just above a combination starter motor and hydraulic pump which serves to raise the bed into dump position. There is a button on the underside of the box which activates the motor.
The trailer box is 9 ft. long and 5.5 ft. wide. Aside from its more conventional loads, the trailer can handle the intermediate size tractor in the background. Also, to make the trailer heavy enough but not too heavy, conventional house deck planking was used instead of 2-in. thick lumber. (Robert Standerfer, Oak, Forest, Godfrey, Ill. Ph 618 466-7652)
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