Hydraulic Dump Trailer Built From New Holland Bale Wagon

Hydraulic Dump Trailer Built From New Holland Bale Wagon WAGONS/TRAILERS Conversions “I turned an old New Holland pull-type small square bale wagon into a hydraulic-operated dump bed What’s great about it is that it dumps hydraulically but I can pull it behind my pickup ” says Eddie Angelovich Rye Colo The dump bed measures 10 ft long by 6 ft wide and has a short tongue with a ball hitch on front allowing Angelovich to pull the dump bed with his pickup  The wagon’s original hydraulic cylinders are used to raise and lower the bed Power to operate the cylinders is provided by an 8 hp Briggs and Stratton engine off an old grain auger which operates a 2-stage hydraulic pump “I built it last summer and find that it saves a lot of time and labor ” says Angelovich “I already had the wagon The bale-loading and stacking parts were worn out but the bed was still in good shape My only cost was for the pump Everything else including the hydraulic reservoir for the pump is off the wagon “I use it to haul big square bales and to haul scrap iron to a local salvage yard I recently retired and after many years of farming have a lot of junk to clear out I had been using a pickup to haul the material to the salvage yard but then I had to unload by hand ” Angelovich cut the frame to leave just the back part of the bed He made a 5-ft long A-shaped tongue by cutting a hole near the outer end of each frame rail and using a large thread-all bolt and 2 nuts to pull the ends in toward each other so he could weld them together The wagon floor angled downward slightly toward the back but he wanted a level bed so he welded a length of channel iron onto the back end of the frame to make a new mount for the bed’s pivot point It raised the back end of the bed by 4 in He also moved the bed to the rear about 1 in so the hydraulic cylinders won’t bottom out He also welded a length of 4-in box tubing across the front of the frame to give the bed a place to rest on when it comes down “The same idea would work with an electric over hydraulic system for use with a tractor and sideboards could be added to the bed depending on what you want to use the trailer for ” notes Angelovich Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Eddie Angelovich 6985 Davis Rd Rye Colo 81069 ph 719 569-1715; eangelovich@live com

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