building a dump wagon/cart

[yellowhair]

Hi all,
I hope I can find someone who has already done what I am planning on trying out here.
I need to move a bunch of dirt. If I were to use just the bucket on the fel. It would take me forever to travel the 800 ft. one way to move the dirt from point A to point B.
I have an opportunity, to get a dump cart that goes on the forks of a fork lift from a factory near by. If you have ever been in a factory, you probably have seen them. they are about 4ft. x 6ft. by 3ft. high. you pull a lever in back... gravity causes the bin to tilt and dump the load. I guess, it holds about 2 yards. Which is a whole lot more then my punny bucket.
I have some 5,000 lb.hubs...I thought I could weld up a frame with a tongue, mount the hubs, wheels and dump bin on it and then I would have a nice little dump cart.
Any thoughts or ideas would be appreciated.
Thanks

JD 4115- 200x fel- 60'' box blade-62d mmm

 

[ALHILLDIRT]

I've seen something similar to what you describe. They used them for small pieces of metal, built really tough to handle the weight.

 

[Renze]

You cant go wrong with one of those. As long as your axle and tongue hold the weight, there is nothing on it that wears out, breaks or otherwise in need of maintenance.

 

[have_blue]

Hi all,
If you have ever been in a factory, you probably have seen them. they are about 4ft. x 6ft. by 3ft. high. you pull a lever in back... gravity causes the bin to tilt and dump the load. I guess, it holds about 2 yards. Which is a whole lot more then my punny bucket.
I have some 5,000 lb.hubs...I thought I could weld up a frame with a tongue, mount the hubs, wheels and dump bin on it and then I would have a nice little dump cart.
Any thoughts or ideas would be appreciated.
Thanks

JD 4115- 200x fel- 60'' box blade-62d mmm

I've seen them. Some look like they are nearly 3 yards. It's a great idea, and should work. Hauling dirt is murder. To get it done in a normal lifetime, you need capacity, ruggedness, and speed. Hydraulic or electric/hydraulic dumping can be painfully slow. The dump hoppers have the speed and ruggedness whipped pretty good!

Only problem I can see is the trip mechanism. Dirt is so heavy that it may take a lot of force and a wel-greased machanism to be able to trip it.

I've always wondered why dump trailers aren't built with at least some gravity assist.

 

[Cord]

When you have a heavy load, the hoppers can be hard to tip. I used to roll the mast back to get the load off the latch. I'd then open the latch and lock it open. There's a bracket for this. I'd then roll the mast forward to dump the hopper. I'd then release the lock before tipping the mast back. The hopper would now right it's self and automatically lock. Even though the hopper is self dumping, you still need to be able to tip the bed slightly to get it to work.