Lots Of Uses For Dumpster On Wheels

Lots Of Uses For Dumpster On Wheels WAGONS/TRAILERS Conversions 32-5-29 Gailey Henderson says his wheeled dumpster is worth its weight in gold. He uses it to haul all kinds of loads. "It can be dumped as quickly or as slowly as you need," says Henderson. "Most of the time, I just back up and trip it." Henderson got the dumpster for "a hair over scrap price" at a bankruptcy auction. The 10-ft. wide dumpster was too big for most farm tractors to handle and too wide for the road. He cut it down to 8 ft. and mounted it on an old house trailer axle with brakes and lights. He mounted a trailer tongue on front. "The axle already had springs and mounts for the trailer frame," explains Henderson. "All I had to do was jack it up and slide the axle under a frame I made from the trailer house frame." The dumpster itself simply sits on the cart. However, two half circles at either end of the dumpster sit over the edge of the trailer frame. When the dumpster is tripped, teeth at the edge of the half circles drop into notches that Henderson cut in the trailer frame. They fit like sprockets in a roller chain holding the dumpster in place on the cart even as it tips. "There's a trip lock on the front that I can release for a quick dump," says Henderson. "For slower, controlled dumps, I mounted a hand winch on the trailer tongue. It lets me use the cart for spreading." He says the cart works as well for hauling liquids as solids. He drilled a drain hole in the bottom of the dumpster and uses a simple bolt to seal it up when in use. "It's water tight, so it doesn't leak as you go down the road," says Henderson. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Gailey A. Henderson, 4416 Williamstown Pike, Williamstown, W. Va. 26187 (ph 304 464-4579).

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