Midland Belly Dump Trailer Build

[Wagoneer81]

Inspiring!!! I will build one..... someday.....maybe...after numerous other projects get done... Well, maybe sooner. I have a Paystar 5000 tractor that'll need an appropriate trailer and this would be appropriate! Very well done! Thank you for posting your drawings and decal artwork and for posting such a well detailed build tutorial! I think we'll see more of these trailers in the future.

[Aaron Corey]

Thanks guys

The build went quite smoothly overall. Creating the drawings first really helped me plan everything out.

Aaron

[mickey1938]

What a Fantastic Scratch Build, you Nailed it!!!!!

[Car Man]

that is cooooooooooooooooollllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I WANT ONE!!!

Edited October 27, 2013 by Car Man

[kilrathy10]

Awesome work....I really like this one.....I might have to try my hand at one of these....Awesome work on this, Man....

[scale trucker]

wow}}}}}}}}}

[olsbooks]

Darn nice job!

Gotta save some pennies and get one of those miter rite boxes.... Probably would pay for itself in reduced material, sandpaper, and certainly would reduce less than optimal verbal outbursts. Especially for a bonehead like myself that cant measure or cut worth a hoot despite measuring over and over.

Thanks also for the info on the oscilating fifth wheel. Didn't have those in my day. Nice. But is the trailer more likely to lean if unevenly loaded?

Impressive job friend. Are you gonna have the door operate?

[Truck parts]

Great build ,and thank you for the plans. Maybe some day I will try to build one.Hope it will turn out half as nice as yours.

[Aaron Corey]

Thanks for the kind words guys. Originally I thought about making the hopper doors and fifth wheel workable, but I ultimately decided to keep them fixed in place. I'm not sure if these things are prone to tipping... but a lot of the load sits down at the bottom of the hopper so it probably has a low center of gravity.

Aaron