the all aussie dribble thread!

[rodeobob]

Ive found that you need to be a bit careful with vehicular mounted vices.
Got to where i was going and found that half was missing.
Didnt spot it on the way back so hopefully it bounced well off the road. Hopefully the roadside slashing guy does not find it with is machine.
I suppose with a good quality vice it would be less likely to happen, the bolt that holds the thread block the machine screw threads through let go.

It wasnt on there for sharening a chainsaw, i was using it to raid my dads treasure pile, holding copper pipe so i could get the brass fittings off.

Ive sat on that trailer while belting aorund a paddok and it rides well.

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[promac850]

Uh oh...

Future prevention method... bungee cord to immobilize the moving jaw and its handle.

 

[Rudolf73]

Right.......I thought there for a sec you were referring to the smoking type herbs Rudi!

Haha no, the only herb good for smoking is tobacco in the shape of a cigar preferably from a region near central America :msp_wink:

 

[Rudolf73]

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Ive sat on that trailer while belting aorund a paddok and it rides well.

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It does look a bit like a chariot...

 

[rodeobob]

It does look a bit like a chariot...

Sure is, just the thing for doing a stick run out in the paddok.

Design needs a bit of shuffle. Shouldnt have set the axle back, its too nose heavy. Wheels are same as my car so i leave the spare off the holder on the front.

Its yet to be used for what it was designed for. all sorts of other stuff.
So in hindsight using 3 leaf springs, its a bit under rated. Ive bent the axle bottoming it out.


With not much weight on, it rides well.

 

[derwoodii]

Tis a happy winter solstice to yur blokes:msp_wink:

730 am twas still quiet dark n I'm standing on tiled roof rain running down to ma jocks trying to secure and remove a fallen gum & limbs that's not cooperating. In the end all fixed replaced about 4 tiles 3 ridge caps and its held all day no leak with 20plus mm of steady rain in Melbourne.

 

[Bigdgb]

New Trailer

Well the rain set in, full stop to cutting for a while,

so took my 12x6 around to me mate's workshop and put it up on the hoist the weld up a hanger, was going to put a new suspension under it in spring, got a new heavyduty roller rocker suspension to go on it, but when it was up on the hoist we
found that the rust that set in and half the crossmebers would need replacing and whole new break and towhitch as well,
so looking the cost of it all we desided to build a new trailer,
so it will be a 12x6 with 400mm sides, 3mm floor, 100x75x3mm side rail, 75x50x3mm crossmembers, about 350/400mm spacing,
fixed front, toolbox and upright mounted spear wheel on the draw bar, rope rail all the way around front and back too, LED lighting all round with enough space at the back to have twin sets of lights on both sides, have not desided on the wheel size yet,

so boys what do you think, comments, idea's, what would like to see/have on a good wood tailer?

 

[derwoodii]

Well the rain set in, full stop to cutting for a while,

so took my 12x6 around to me mate's workshop and put it up on the hoist the weld up a hanger, was going to put a new suspension under it in spring, got a new heavyduty roller rocker suspension to go on it, but when it was up on the hoist we
found that the rust that set in and half the crossmebers would need replacing and whole new break and towhitch as well,
so looking the cost of it all we desided to build a new trailer,
so it will be a 12x6 with 400mm sides, 3mm floor, 100x75x3mm side rail, 75x50x3mm crossmembers, about 350/400mm spacing,
fixed front, toolbox and upright mounted spear wheel on the draw bar, rope rail all the way around front and back too, LED lighting all round with enough space at the back to have twin sets of lights on both sides, have not desided on the wheel size yet,

so boys what do you think, comments, idea's, what would like to see/have on a good wood tailer?

You plan sounds sweet. I like mesh steel flooring as the bark n crap falls away as you travel but its costly and has down sides. Ideally same wheels as your ride. Fit wells for upright posts so you have option to fit pole sides or gates for other task eg stock brush/limbs. Still raining here roads an creeks going under.

 

[MCW]

Matt's Dolly is still in the box

Please use the term Dolmar Al. I don't want people thinking I'm a pillow biter with the mental age of a 5 year old schoolgirl. Just sayin...

Haha no, the only herb good for smoking is tobacco in the shape of a cigar preferably from a region near central America :msp_wink:

Preferably rolled between the cheesey, dimpled thighs of a 400lb Cuban crack whore...

so boys what do you think, comments, idea's, what would like to see/have on a good wood tailer?

1) Tough floor to avoid dents.
2) Suspension, wheel, and axle setup to hold heavier than legal loads.
3) Good, solid mesh sides to minimise roping of load.
4) As much seam welding as possible to stop water getting in gaps and rusting the arse out of it

I've done a fair bit of homework on trailers but despite not getting one just yet mine would also have to be used for other things so a mesh floor out of the question. Good idea though derwoodii
If you have the time and are pretty handy best bet is to build one yourself. Unfortunately time is my biggest restraint so I'd have to pay someone to do it.

 

[Stihlman441]

3 ton cap and tipper.

 

[derwoodii]

Idea,, a spot to fit a shop floor crane jib hoist on them heavy huskies or old hemi blocks.

 

[MCW]

3 ton cap and tipper.

Awe come on Andrew, we all know your one tonne Falcon has a 3 tonne capacity anyway

I got a quote on a 10' x 6' tandem from Adelaide Trailers (they build a nice unit) and I wanted all the bells and whistles for a 3 tonne load capacity. Came back at $9,500 and 980kg. When I asked "why so dear?" they had set it up to be towed by a light truck (nylon block hitch etc) as a "standard ute isn't rated for that load". I told them "no sh*t, I'm not going to CARRY that load I want it RATED for that load". They didn't quite comprehendy. In the end the only way I was going to convince them to build a trailer rated for a 3 tonne load but with a 50mm ball to be towed by a ute was to say "private property use only".
It all got too hard...

 

[Stihlman441]

Ya i know its all crap.
This bloke looks interesting.

9x5 Tandem Hydraulic Tipper Trailer 12 months warranty | eBay

 

[ausneil 1]

Ya i know its all crap.
This bloke looks interesting.

9x5 Tandem Hydraulic Tipper Trailer 12 months warranty | eBay

thats a beauty, i have a 9 by 5 but it don't look that good and it don't tip either. A lot of money but for a trailer, but looks like was well built.

 

[Stihlman441]

Yep me saving my pennys for a 10 x 5 3 ton tipper.:msp_thumbup:

 

[MCW]

thats a beauty, i have a 9 by 5 but it don't look that good and it don't tip either. A lot of money but for a trailer, but looks like was well built.

Actually that's a pretty handy price for that tipper mate. I have a mate who works for SA Water and they paid $9000 for a single axle tipper from Miegel Bros. at Murray Bridge (SA). VERY heavily built though. Miegel's make the best trailers I've ever seen (well known in SA) but their prices have just gone up and up as their popularity rose. Now no bastard can afford them.
I think my mate at SA Water said they get about 20 lifts per battery charge.

 

[Stihlman441]

Talkin about battery charge,my mate has his set up with the exhilery battery some how and charges the tipper battery when pluged in to trailer wiring loom.

 

[Rudolf73]

Talkin about battery charge,my mate has his set up with the exhilery battery some how and charges the tipper battery when pluged in to trailer wiring loom.

Yeah you can do it that way, similar to charging your extra fridge battery when you're driving.

 

[Stihlman441]

[video=youtube;1zL6Q9bUTSk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zL6Q9bUTSk[/video]This one is made by Saturn 10 x 5 tipper.

 

[ausneil 1]

Actually that's a pretty handy price for that tipper mate. I have a mate who works for SA Water and they paid $9000 for a single axle tipper from Miegel Bros. at Murray Bridge (SA). VERY heavily built though. Miegel's make the best trailers I've ever seen (well known in SA) but their prices have just gone up and up as their popularity rose. Now no bastard can afford them.
I think my mate at SA Water said they get about 20 lifts per battery charge.

yea i know, i just remember i paid $6000.00 for my old acco and its still going (not enough power to wear out).
I like that firewood docker and trailer combo, that set up would look good heading out of town to the scrub.

I started the ute before daylight and it started ok for something like minus 10 and a howling wind but i got about 100 yards and stop, it never started again til lunchtime. I had to load a semi round 8.00am and i was worried it was going to do the same, the truck was late and by then it was ok. usualy i know when a cold snap is comeing and mix kero with the fuel like the old timers used to. I don't like winter fuel in my mahoe mills, at 36hp driveing 2 saws they need all the power they can get and usualy the real cold days aren't every day.