New Dump cart in action

[Donn Hewes]

Here is a video (I hope!), of the new Dump cart and Forecart in action. I see some small changes already. I have made a latch that will hold it will in transport. We only dumped one load unintentionally. I also plan to add about 6″ to the back and sides just to increase the capacity. Very easy to back into the barn abd load etc. We also took the dump off and used the cart to move empty wagons the other day. Worked great. Hopefully this week I will move logs with it. I also plan to move the evener up about 6″? Too low for hooking, etc. Closer to the ground than I thought. I also plan to stand on a bathroom scale to measure the tongue weight with and with out a person on it. Fortunately adding the dumpcart and filling it was well balanced.

https://youtu.be/wCA4Yo18vTA

[daniel grover]

Check that thing out! Horse powered windrows!

Do you think you might be tempted to make it taller so you can make bigger piles?

[daniel grover]

Does it have a name yet?

[Rivendell Farm]

Hi Donn,
That works great. Is its purpose to make windrows for composting? If it is, are you working on a horsedrawn compost turner yet? Keep up the good work. Bob Kidwell

[Does’ Leap]

Hi Donn:

Looks great! Seems nicely balanced given the way you dumped it with one hand. How much potential do you see for scaling up the design in the form of a wagon? Seems like the wheels would have to be very large in order to get the dump action.

George

[Donn Hewes]

Hi George, This version is definitely lightly balanced on its bareings. That idea came from looking at the small portable cement mixer. after mixing cement you just tip it into a wheel barrow. This one is limited in size due to the fact that I wanted to be able to remove it easily. I will make the back and sides a little taller now that I have used it.

I think I could pretty easily build one 2x or 3x if I built a one purpose cart. Building on two wheel makes a lot of sense as that is what keeps it compact and allows you to back it right where you want to fill or dump. You don’t really need bigger wheels as you can put the pivot point where ever you like. The hard part about making a bigger one is one limiting factor is how high you will throw to fill it. That means making it wider or longer. Longer will also effect how low it is before it dumps. I think that is the beauty of the transverse design. It is just a little tricky making low enough to fill, and high enough to make a pile. this one could be a foot taller, a foot wider, and two feet longer. This would make a biggish dump cart.

Having said all that, I think I will work with this size for a while. we cleaned a couple weeks build up faster with this cart than I have with anything else, and we were building a pile that was 100+ feet from the barn. Also letting beginning teamsters do all the driving, which involves a lot of backing and turning in tight spaces!

[mcm]

This is VERY cool. I’m still trying to figure out this fore cart and how things are or aren’t attached to it.

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