bluegreen Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 The aim here is to make a couple of cheap but decent silage trailers using the Kane 14 tonner. I bought the Kane for £20 delivered, the spray paint from CNH for £10 and £5 of new decals from Pete. Stripped her down but couldn't get the wheels off without ruining them so left them on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluegreen Posted July 14, 2019 Author Share Posted July 14, 2019 Having seen a couple of dark grey RW trailers running round these parts I chose a can of CNH Dark grey for this venture. Gloss black is over the top for me but the grey works quite well. Unfortunately it appears Kanes only come in blue with just a few red ones about too. In these parts you will see Bailey, RW , Larringtons and Stewarts available in many different colours! So I may be trail blazing for a future Kane design Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluegreen Posted July 14, 2019 Author Share Posted July 14, 2019 The paint covers over the blue and yellow really well, I wiped all the parts down with white spirit and a rag firstly and then one light coat after another every 10 minutes until satisfied. The wheels got painted silver and the hubs satin dark grey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluegreen Posted July 14, 2019 Author Share Posted July 14, 2019 Kane go over the top with all their stickers imo so I toned mine down just a little. I painted the mudguards metallic silver just like the RW ones and then added stickers and lights etc to the tailgate. I will have to add some hydraulic hoses when I find suitable material but for 35 quid she aint too bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluegreen Posted July 14, 2019 Author Share Posted July 14, 2019 And to give her a used look ive dirtied the tyres too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret90 Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 Lovely job, I've got one I've been meaning to do in matt black but didn't know what to do about rams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluegreen Posted July 14, 2019 Author Share Posted July 14, 2019 Spray them black they will be fine, my trailer wont spend much display time in tipping mode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr-abich Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 looks really nice in black Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dm434 Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 Do the wheels pull off the axels ? I plan to paint the dump trailer red n it be handy getting the wheels off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluegreen Posted July 16, 2019 Author Share Posted July 16, 2019 I couldn't get then off, I reckon theres a screw sitting behind the hub cap but trying to pull one off started marking it up quite badly so I stopped before I damaged it too much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaron moore Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 Centre cap goes on with two stubs through the rim, knock these out from the back youll be able to tap the centre cap out by tapping these stubs, then theres a screw behind that. Tapped into metal so no chance of the screw just pulling out alone unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dm434 Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 7 hours ago, aaron moore said: Centre cap goes on with two stubs through the rim, knock these out from the back youll be able to tap the centre cap out by tapping these stubs, then theres a screw behind that. Tapped into metal so no chance of the screw just pulling out alone unfortunately. thank you for the info , much appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_emmons Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 looks great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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