Trailer Hauls Everything From Concrete To Leaves

Trailer Hauls Everything From Concrete To Leaves WAGONS/TRAILERS Miscellaneous 24-3-26 From tons of fresh concrete to dried out shredded leaves, George Wojnar's dump trailer does it all. He built the trailer (without a plan) building around a used trailer box he had bought. "I gave each cut a lot of thought before I made it," recalls Wojnar. The first cuts were to remove the original subframe from the dump box. A heavier subframe was made from 6-in. beam. He mounted two 6,000 lb. axles under the frame. The box itself measures 6x8 ft. inside. It is raised up by its original 3,000-lb. lift hoist which runs off a 12-volt battery. Living on a heavily wooded lot, it made sense that one of the first adaptations Wojnar would make was for leaf hauling. The addition of plywood sides, a top-mounted screening and a swing gate on the end provides capacity for up to 7 cubic yards of leaves. An 11 hp Briggs and Stratton engine powers a commercial leaf blower designed to be hung on the back of a pickup truck. It pulls leaves and other light material through a 12-ft., 8-in. hose and into the box. Wojnar hangs the entire unit on the front of the box ensuring that it would lift with it at dumping and not require any additional couplers to either the hose or the box. Contact FARM SHOW Followup, George A. Wojnar, 5 Malsbury Lane, Cream Ridge, N.J. 08514 (ph 609 758-7295).

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