2006 - Volume #30, Issue #6, Page #33
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Garden Tractor "Dump Truck"
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The electric lift dump box measures 36 by 42 in. and operates off the tractor's battery. The entire rig is painted red, white, and blue.
He already had the Allis Chalmers garden tractor. The original 16 hp Briggs & Stratton engine was worn out so he replaced it with an 11 hp Briggs & Stratton, keeping the tractor's original automatic transmission.
He used angle iron and plywood to make the dump box, which is raised and lowered by an electric screw-type cylinder that's powered by an electric motor and controlled by an electric switch. "The electric motor and cylinder came off an old state snowplow truck and was used to adjust the blade angle," says Gray. A metal bar that goes through a pair of hinges serves as the dump box's pivot point.
He moved the seat forward over the tractor's engine, building a new mounting frame for it, and then mounted the dump box on back. To make room for his legs, he cut off part of the hood and moved the hood and grill forward 21 1/2 in. He also moved the steering wheel and gearshift forward. He made an extension to the brakes and mounted dual exhaust pipes near each rear wheel. The seat and wheels are original.
"It's a nice little vehicle for yard work," says Gray. "The steering sector was originally located behind the tractor's gas tank, but I moved it forward in front of the engine and just behind the grill and cut-off hood. In that location it worked the opposite way, so I had to reverse it so that it worked the tractor's right wheel spindle instead of originally to the rear of the left spindle."
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Roy L. Gray Jr., 22382 Cross Keys Rd., Newsoms, Va. 23874 (ph 757 653-7362).
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