RE: [papercreters] Re: Make a mixer from an old pickup-bed trailer

As a faber myself if I were to use the bed first thing i would do is Weld the tailgate closed, Ri coat 3 or 4 coats of the whole bed to include up and over the lip. Drop the shock/supports twist the diffy upward. Try to use some/all of the leafs/springs as supports after its lowered you my not be able to without taking some leafs out first. Either lower the bed onto the yoke (hole cut to fit) where it came into the bed to put a blade on it. Or shaft and couple a mounting system for the blade.<<< alot more work. Now your going to have frame,tongue/hitch and tie the bed to the diffy/axles also. Ken --- On Mon, 6/27/11, JUDITH WILLIAMS <williams_judith@hotmail.com> wrote: From: JUDITH WILLIAMS <williams_judith@hotmail.com> Subject: RE: [papercreters] Re: Make a mixer from an old pickup-bed trailer To: "papercreters papercreters" <papercreters@yahoogroups.com> Date: Monday, June 27, 2011, 7:38 PM 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. Follow progress on the new project at http://www.papercretebyjudith.com/blog More papercrete info at http://squidoo.com/papercretebyjudith 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: > > 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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