Tractorman810 Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 well hot on the heel of Gav, i have also got back into the scratch builds, got a bit bored of tractor convos/builds, so needed a challenge, this to date has prob taken me 10 hours, hell of a lot of angle cuts to do to make the frame work on the drop sides,which will hopefully work, and the actual floor chassis to. this will hopefully have a 1 piece removable grain top for it, and a 1 piece removable silage kit top to, which i have never seen but its in the brochure i have so is worth trying but its mostly fine frame and wire mesh?? so not 100% sure its possable to make it and be removable so worth a challange need a fair bit of work on the chassi, the tow eye and point that it meets the main chassis, and the wheel section are near on finished, just need to do the inner bar and fine finish the turning of the wheels wheel are of the uh vanto trailer and i recon suit a pettit very very well have now sadly run out of the wood i need to finish it for the miniute( hello marky ), and am waiting on the small pick up tools i ebay ordered to arrive to do the multi stage ramsd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 good start, like the timber work with this one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
painter Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 looks great sean ,am looking forward to seeing this progess,especially the silage sides Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 brilliant... off to the garage to look now mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Ford Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 nice job Sean looking sweet :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted December 24, 2009 Author Share Posted December 24, 2009 cheers lads, been worth the effort, really got me back into the build part of the hobby,been a bit like gav recently and lost the will with it ,but now i dont want to put the board away, had to as we have friends round soon :D but didnt want to looks good , but will be fun painting I bet should be ok iain, all the woods removable at present, so its just spray then refit , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pistol pete Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 looking very nice mate. where did you buy the wheels from they look good for that age of a trailer. have you got a link that for the small pick up tools you bought from e bay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenside MF Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 Saw one for sale in classic tractor recently hitched to a 575 or 590 and yours looks spot on already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted December 25, 2009 Share Posted December 25, 2009 nice work sean , i liked those trailers , well built & if looked after lasted years , only had experience with 10 tonne versions on corn , but as good as any other out there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jez Posted December 25, 2009 Share Posted December 25, 2009 Very Nice Sean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mf165 Posted December 25, 2009 Share Posted December 25, 2009 cant wait to see the finished model, i think its inspired me to attempt to make a trailer with drop sides Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted December 25, 2009 Author Share Posted December 25, 2009 cheers lads, we had 2 5 tonners at the farm marcus, and bar the decals fading and coming off, nothing ever went wrong with them marcus, very well made trailers infact, they outlasted the mf200 we had and the small marston we had Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tractor Twitcher Posted December 26, 2009 Share Posted December 26, 2009 Great start Sean, can't wait to see the finished result, looks very smart already. There used to be a number of farms not far from me running these types of trailers at harvest, they've all but disappeared now though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewHolland2 Posted December 26, 2009 Share Posted December 26, 2009 Superb Sean, really looking forward to seeing how this one progresses........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted December 26, 2009 Author Share Posted December 26, 2009 cheers lads, got a bit more done this morning before going out, now got 2 of the side's to drop down properly, hopefully will get the other 2 done tommorrow, then its rear tailgate, going to see if i can top and bottom hing it as per the real ones,top ones easy enough to do, but allowing it to bottom swing like the sides may be a little harder to do but i need this for the grain sides Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted December 27, 2009 Author Share Posted December 27, 2009 bit more progress, got the basic shape arround the tow eye/ main chassis join now, just needs sanding ect to final shape, also got all 4 sides done and working ,made a slight mistake on the rear one, not quite wide enough, but recon once painted it will be ok, better to have some room for movement on this one as it will obviously be the main working one for grain ect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pistol pete Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 Very nice mate alot of work has gone into this no doubt alot more as well to get it the way you want it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted December 27, 2009 Author Share Posted December 27, 2009 cheers pete, got the latches sorted in my head now, pretty simple actually, and the grain extensions are simple to, the silage top isnt as bad as i thought, have a feeling i can use the rear latches from the lower woodern tailgate to hold it in place so will just require a fixing point at the tractor end Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johny mf Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 Looking cool mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted December 28, 2009 Author Share Posted December 28, 2009 thanks johnny, its getting there, added some of the latches for the side today, and started the basic pannels for the grain top, will get some pics once i have them all fitted, as iwant to get the rear tailgate done forst Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdc Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 Tidy Sean Looks like a real fiddly build - are you taking the timber off to paint it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FB Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 Sean that looks great!!, i go away for a while, cant get online and you produce this!!! :of Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted December 29, 2009 Author Share Posted December 29, 2009 yes mate, they aint fixed yet use them as a kind of support as i make the framework, ,will do the floor next, then once i have sorted the latches and rear tailgate i will get the bottom painted up, then go for the grain sides, and hopefully follow that with silage tops, will use the tailgate locks at the back to hold it all in place when tipped for that Tidy Sean Looks like a real fiddly build - are you taking the timber off to paint it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 A nice looking model, nice to see something a little different with the wooden dropsides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted December 31, 2009 Author Share Posted December 31, 2009 cheers tris well bit more today, all the drop down latches are on, just need to fit the holders to the framework to keep them upright, also added the tow eye, not right i know, but went for the easy option on this one, also got the rams in, and the start of the grain sides , have gone for the 32" lower woodern sides, with 18" top extensions, as this is what our smaller 5 ton ones had on the farm, made the lower trailer more usable for other tasks, just need to wait and see if the local model shop can get the wood i need to finish the floor etc now, as they no longer stock it > but have 6 or 7 other people waiting on stuff so are doing a final order ,so done a bulk 20 m order to be sure incase future projects happen, like a 6 ton high lift ;) ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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