Porte Engin Agricole (low loader)

[Stuart]

Made this trailer a long time ago to pull behind my MB, decided to finally finish it with a few modifications:



New tyres arrived so spent the last couple of afternoons on the lathe:









This is what I'm roughly aiming at:



Quick mock up:







Waiting on bearings and other stuff to arrive now.
Thanks for lookin
Stu

[TRUCKMAKER]

Looks like you pretty much nailed it, nice job Stu!

[djcrabtree]

I know this is off topic but is thier anyway to get some info on your jd tractor please. Nice trailer also.

[Stuart]

Originally Posted by TRUCKMAKER

Looks like you pretty much nailed it, nice job Stu!

Thanks, its getting there!

Originally Posted by djcrabtree

I know this is off topic but is thier anyway to get some info on your jd tractor please. Nice trailer also.

Tractor build thread can be found Here

Stu

[Stuart]

Made some progress:









cheers
Stu

[fireguard62b]

Where are the tyres from?

[Stuart]

Originally Posted by fireguard62b

Where are the tyres from?

Here: Tyres

[Stuart]

Axles and suspension are done:







Need to make some new ramps and was thinking something like this:



Next is the drawbar

Cheers
Stu

[Stuart]

Update:



















ramps next

[Stuart]

made the ramps:





mounted:





working:





decking on:




test vid of the ramps

still a bit left to do but nearly there
cheers
stu

[Acadieman]

Very Nice trailer. I like the attention to detail such as the tilt and ramps.
Très bien!

[Stuart]

Originally Posted by Acadieman

Very Nice trailer. I like the attention to detail such as the tilt and ramps.
Très bien!

merci beaucoup!

side extensions are done and the feet for the ramps:









first video with load, operator needs more practise lol

and the tractor needs more weight up front although it is trying to pull 16kg (35 lbs?) up hill on a loose surface!

cheers
Stu

[Lil Giants]

Fantastic work on the equip trailer Stuart.

BB's in your tractor tires may help your traction problems somewhat. The caliber air rifle metal BB I showed a picture of in another thread is 4.5mm. If you could find a smaller caliber, that would be better as you could pack more in to get more weight & tighter pack.

[Stuart]

Originally Posted by Lil Giants

Fantastic work on the equip trailer Stuart.

BB's in your tractor tires may help your traction problems somewhat. The caliber air rifle metal BB I showed a picture of in another thread is 4.5mm. If you could find a smaller caliber, that would be better as you could pack more in to get more weight & tighter pack.

Thanks Joe,

I went to the local hunting/fishing/shooting shop the other day but all they had were the plastic ones, so I got to thinking what else I could use and remembered that I had some steel shot blasting grit.

So I've filled the tyres with the grit and its added 5Kg in weight

Total tractor weight is now 10.2Kg, not sure if thats overkill and whether or not it will harm the gearmotors/speed control or affect its pulling capacity and or battery run-time.

Waiting for it to stop raining now so I can give it a go.

[Mikem]

Where or who makes the cylinder that you have to move the ramps ? Mike

[Stuart]

Originally Posted by Mikem

Where or who makes the cylinder that you have to move the ramps ? Mike

They are made by CTi http://www.cti-modellbau.de/

I don't think they ship outside europe though

[Stuart]

Painted and ready for action:









Just need lights and decals

cheers
Stu

[TRUCKMAKER]

Turned out great Stuart!

[Gibbs98]

lovely "Loader". cool work dude. nice build.

[sparkycuda]

Really a nice trailer build. Did you make the airbag suspension or where did you get the airbags, themselves?

Ken