WestTexasS2K Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Well I have been busy building but not on my Ultralite unfortantely. I have a turf treatment business that I run on the side from my fire department job. I started top dressing yards last year with compost and needed something better than a shovel to load my top dresser. So this is what I came up with. It is a 9 yd conveyor floor bin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lancylad Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Its Green, got a square tube Chassis, all it needs now is a Yellow nose cone......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arya Ebrahimi Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Nice work! Looks great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slngsht Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Its Green, got a square tube Chassis, all it needs now is a Yellow nose cone......... :iagree: nice work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7evin Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 (edited) I can't wait to see it in action ! I am sure like everything you build it will perform beautifully. That is a hell of a trailer you have on, What do you think it will all weigh when fully loaded? Great job. Edited March 4, 2010 by 7evin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mondo Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 Are you Jamaican... how many jobs you hov, Mon;) Firefighter, car builder/driver, bio-diesel maker, lawn care service.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderbrake Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 You must be the Energizer Bunny in disguise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestTexasS2K Posted March 4, 2010 Author Share Posted March 4, 2010 I have a. Chimney business as well . I usually. Clean around 300 to 400 fireplaces a year . Whew I'm tired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supersportsp Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 If you expand your business or want more capacity, what you developed looks exactly like the "Potato Bed" trucks I used to drive in my youth. Although we used ours for seed wheat, the bed was designed for potato handling. It is basically identical to what you made, except it was powered via PTO, not a separate engine. Slab sided bed with lower third a v-bottom, and a conveyor belt base. You could control flow by conveyor speed and hatch opening rate. I bet you could get a pretty used cheap potato bed truck if you wanted something dedicated. Look in ID and WA as this is where I have seen them most often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Off Road SHO Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 That looks like a trailer version of a "gravel shooter", just without the steerable conveyor chute. They use these "shooters" to place all of the rock along our freeways now. Man, can they lay a lot of gravel with one of those. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestTexasS2K Posted March 4, 2010 Author Share Posted March 4, 2010 The gravel shooter is about 70k I built this for under 4k but they are cool. I saw one a few months back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Off Road SHO Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 With your fabricating skills, you could add-on the articulated tail conveyor for 4K or less. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestTexasS2K Posted March 4, 2010 Author Share Posted March 4, 2010 Not needed for my application. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Off Road SHO Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 Ah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7evin Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 Loren is the hardest working cat I know. If anybody can squeeze 25 hours into a 24 hour day he can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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