My biggest problem has been with the leaks. If I ever build another tow mixer I will use a plastic tank with an elephant trunk. The seam around the bottom of the stock tank just comes apart and has huge gaps. I have patched it up many times but it is not fun and the repairs only last for a couple of loads. I was thinking of taking the stock tank off putting a better tank on what I have. The guys who made it for me used oriented strand board and it had completely delaminated so it is probably beyond saving. I must say that just having a mixer that still makes papercrete after 5 years of hard use is a miracle.
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To: papercreters@yahoogroups.com
From: dalmatiangirl61@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 21:01:00 +0000
Subject: [papercreters] Re: Make a mixer from an old pickup-bed trailer
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To: papercreters@yahoogroups.com
From: dalmatiangirl61@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 21:01:00 +0000
Subject: [papercreters] Re: Make a mixer from an old pickup-bed trailer
I'm new to papercrete and have not built a mixer yet, but I've done metal fabrication for 20+ years. Yes, you will have to remove the shocks and springs. Obviously people have built and used these mixers successfully by just cutting a hole in the bottom of tank and lots of sealer where the diff pokes thru. I would fab up some bearing plates and use 2 flanged sealed bearings, sealing would not be an issue at all, then use a flex coupler between shaft and diff. Tank will need to be fully supported, and a rigid trailer frame would keep flexing to a minimum. You will need access to a shop with metal cutting abilities and welding equipment, someone that knows what they are doing helps.
--- In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, "thelandyachtaustin" <thelandyacht@...> wrote:
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> I've read most everyone who's made tow-mixers start with a rear-end & build the trailer onto that...or incorporate that into a trailer, however you wanna say it.
>
> But I've got (or have had access to, for a while) a trailer made from what looks like an old 3/4ton pickup-bed. Heavy duty shocks & springs still in place (so the bed sits WAY up high from the rear-end).
>
> Any thoughts on how I'd start modifying this thing to make a mixer out of it? Am I gonna have to get those shocks off & drop the floor, or can anyone think of a way to "extend" the drive-shaft of the rear-end (to get into a tank sitting at the truck-bed level) once it's turned vertical?
>
> Thoughts, considerations, suggestions all welcome!
>
--- In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, "thelandyachtaustin" <thelandyacht@...> wrote:
>
> I've read most everyone who's made tow-mixers start with a rear-end & build the trailer onto that...or incorporate that into a trailer, however you wanna say it.
>
> But I've got (or have had access to, for a while) a trailer made from what looks like an old 3/4ton pickup-bed. Heavy duty shocks & springs still in place (so the bed sits WAY up high from the rear-end).
>
> Any thoughts on how I'd start modifying this thing to make a mixer out of it? Am I gonna have to get those shocks off & drop the floor, or can anyone think of a way to "extend" the drive-shaft of the rear-end (to get into a tank sitting at the truck-bed level) once it's turned vertical?
>
> Thoughts, considerations, suggestions all welcome!
>
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