"Building it myself saved a lot of money. Shipping containers are built from heavy gauge steel so they're built tough. "Last year I used it to haul about 20,000 tons of corn silage and 4,000 tons of solid manure. "I've used it for four years and couldn't be happier with it," says Ray. The pump operates a hydraulic motor that runs through a reduction transmission. A hydraulic pump on the semi tractor powers the chains. He mounted a steel shaft and a pair of large drive sprockets on back of the trailer and put idler sprockets on front. channel iron to make the slats and welded them onto roller chain. Ray installed three sets of homemade slatted chains on the container floor with 2-ft. He cut the top off the container and mounted a fifth wheel underneath the front end. shipping container and mounted it on a set of axles off a wrecked semi trailer. "I use it to haul silage, as well as solid manure that I pick up at local dairy farms," says Higley, who operates a custom hauling business. He pulls it behind his Volvo semi tractor equipped with a Cummins diesel engine. shipping container into a fifth wheel, live floor trailer that unloads itself. Live Floor Trailer Made From Shipping Container WAGONS/TRAILERS Miscellaneous 30-2-29 James Ray, Jr., Higley, Arizona, converted a 40-ft.
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I bought the chains from a local bearing and chain dealer, and the sprockets from an Oregon company that builds trailers." fifth wheel live floor trailer, whereas I built mine for about $12,000. A friend of mine paid $38,000 for a new 35-ft. He mounted a steel shaft and a pair of large drive sprockets on back of the trailer and put idler sprockets on front.Ī hydraulic pump on the semi tractor powers the chains. James Ray, Jr., Higley, Arizona, converted a 40-ft.