Low-To-The-Ground Cargo Carrier On Back Of Pickup

Low-To-The-Ground Cargo Carrier On Back Of Pickup PICKUPS Accessories 25-4-11 Here's a simple, low-to-the-ground way to carry feed, manure, concrete or other materials with your pickup. It's easier to shovel into than your pickup bed and dumps by simply pulling a pin and rolling it backwards. G.A. Henderson, Williamstown, Va., came up with the idea for the back of his Sonoma. He runs a local car wash and often has to haul away the mud from the wash pits. He didn't want to dirty up the bed of his truck with the messy load so he hit on the idea of mounting a barrel on the receiver hitch of his pickup. "I took a 55-gal. metal drum and mounted auto hubs in the center of each end, leaving a disc brake rotor on one hub," says Henderson. "Then I made a U-shaped frame out of heavy channel iron that wraps around the back and each end of the drum. I put an auto spindle on each end to fit the hubs. I made another channel iron frame the same size with a piece of 2-in. box tubing that fits the receiver hitch on my pickup. The barrel rests on top of the frame in the receiver hitch, with the two frames hinged together in the back. "I cut away the top of the drum and put pieces of angle iron over the edges. "I drilled a hole in the brake rotor to hold the open side of the drum facing upward. To dump, I just pull the pin and roll the drum downward." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, G.A. Henderson, Rt. 1, Box 264, Williamstown, W. Va. 26187 (ph 304 464-4579; E-mail: gahenderson@aol.com).

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