Tipping Transport Box

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Hi all,I'm new here, this is actually my first ever post. I've been following the forum for a while now and I have to say there is some really nice stuff on here. Definitely a lot to learn from. Little bit of background about me though. I live here in Ireland and work for a stainless steel fabrication company that specializes in making conveyors for food industry. I've worked there for about a year and a bit now doing mostly all tig-welding. Eventually after about a year of saving I finally got bit by the bug and bought myself a welder for my home shop. So I have been doing some work for myself now too, mostly small jobs but this is my first big job I've attempted. Thought maybe I would share it here and maybe could get a few tips on whether Im making it right.So basically its a tipping transport box which will be mounted to a tractor 3pt hitch.Gonna be used mostly for carting around logs and piles of wood shavings. At the minute im still in the process of finishing it off, got the main frame all together just need a floor and some sides for it. Probably gonna use some 2mm for the floor and 1.5mm for the sides? I'm thinking about also putting some 8" castors on it also so i can move it around whilst its not in use.Let me know what you think.
Reply:Looks like a neat idea.  I sure miss my tractor and all the cool work it could do."G"ConductorX - The Volkswright Shophttp://volkswright.blogspot.com/http://bugwerks.blogspot.com/Miller DVI w/Spoolgun - Miller Plasma Cutter
Reply:Good looking start.
Reply:Looks good, I'm sure it will be very useful.
Reply:Dig it!Now I lay me down to sleep, by the bed a Colt I do keep.Should I wake and find you inside, a coroner van is your next ride.
Reply:Thanks for comments guys! I love my tractor for this kind of stuff it can be a real time saver.Bit more progress today on this thing today. I got the main frame mostly all welded out. I tig welded most of it but I also tryed out some stick welding aswell. Needless to say I need a bit of practise! lolSome shots of my welds...And my attempt at some stick welding. This was done with some 3/32 6013 that I had sitting around, think maybe I had too many amps though.
Reply:Just as i was working away welding this thing up my castors were delivered so I was able to get them mounted on today aswell.I decided to go with some heavy duty 8inch castors. They have swivel mounts with brakes and needle roller bearing in the wheels. I think on the ebay listing it said these things can carry 150kg each. So with 4 of them im gonna have about 600kg max capacity which will be plenty of my use.Here are the castors...To mount them I cut some fixing plates out some 10mm (3/8) thick flat bar. These plates would eventually get welded to the frame but first I marked out where the holes need to go and then drilled them out 10mm. I then cut up some stainless bolts I had to make studs. I welded the studs to the back side of the plate about 3mm (1/8") down from the surface. Hopefully this would allow me to get enough weld on the studs to hold them strongly in place and still keep the weld flush with the top...
Reply:All that was left to do was to weld the plates to the frame and then mount the castors. I did run into a small problem however. On the front side I had to notch a piece out of the angle iron to allow the castor to swivel the full 360 degrees. So after I got that sorted all that was left to do was to flip it back over and put the two frames back together. I think its starting to look pretty good. The tipping latch is holding well and it moves about freely on them big castors. I think next im gonna get some sheets of mild steel and put a floor and some sides together for this. I need to get some prices first but i'm thinking 12g (2mm) for the floor and 14g (1.5mm) for the sides and probably just weld them in. Attached Images
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