“Poor Man’s” Tile Trailer

“Poor Man’s” Tile Trailer MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT Earth Movers “I built it for about $1 500 Commercial rigs cost $5 000 to $6 000 so I saved a lot of money ” says David Sager Stirling Ontario about his home-built tandem axle tile trailer It has a tile ring 8 ft in dia and 10 ft high

    The pull-type 4-wheeled trailer is designed to hold a roll of drainage tile vertically for transport and then tip it back in the field to unroll into a trench To load a roll the operator removes a reel from the top end of the spool and then backs up and inserts the upright shaft through a 12-in dia pipe in the roll In the field a pair of hydraulic cylinders are used to tip the spool horizontally to the ground

    “I came up with the idea because my neighbor bought a 3-pt mounted tile plow and I agreed to build the trailer for him as well as for my own use ” says Sager “I already had most of the parts that I needed ”

    He started with a pair of big heavy tandem axles off an old trailer and built a frame out of 7-in channel iron to mount on top of it A local shop cut a turntable out of 3/4-in thick steel plate and drilled holes in it to match the wheel hub and spindle off an old dump truck which Sager then bolted on He also welded spokes to a round 3/4-in thick steel plate and to the 8-ft dia steel ring which the shop also built

    “The turntable rotates on big heavy bearings so it spins easily ” says Sager

    Contact: FARM SHOW Followup David Sager 15 Rosebush Road Stirling Ontario Canada K0K 3E0 ph 613 395-2173; david sager@bell net

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