2024 - Volume #48, Issue #6, Page #29
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Riding Mower Axle Makes Heavy-Duty Trailer
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“I had an old MTD riding lawnmower that I wasn’t using anymore,” says Hanuszak. “The engine was gone, but the axle and rear wheels were in good condition. I thought they would be good for a trailer.”
Hanuszak made a frame for a 48 by 40-in. trailer out of angle iron from an old field rake. He added plywood for the bottom and sides and 2-in. square tubing for the tongue.
“I bolted a couple of pieces of truck frame to the axle,” says Hanuszak. “I was able to use holes that were already there, just ahead of the axle where the body of the lawnmower sat.”
Hanuszak bolted the box frame to the truck frame pieces, making sure the box was balanced for easy tipping. The tongue is pinned to a clevis-type connection to pivot at the axle.
“I have a release arm on the front where the tongue attaches,” says Hanuszak. “It’s spring loaded. I pull it, and the trailer dumps.”
Hanuszak hauls dirt and other materials with the trailer. “I haul a 35-gal. drum filled with water for watering my garden,” he says. “It’s heavy enough to handle that easily.”
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Dwayne Hanuszak, 24487 Prince Albert Rd., Chatham, Ontario, Canada N7M 5J2 (ph 519-365-0610).
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