What Bob said about the sled. We call them 'stone boats'. I was
stuggling with lifting rocks into a dump wagon, an old timer
neighbor loaned me his sled. He was too old to use it any more,
it has had a few repairs and still sits in my 'use it every now
and then pile' It has lasted much longer than he did.

Bob Engelhardt wrote:

Pedroman wrote:

In another post the term power wagon came up and it reminded me of the huge
rock pile I must move this spring. I've been wanting a walk behind self
propelled larger than normal garden variety dumping wagon for a while.
Anyone have plans already available BEFORE I start searching. I've got a few
spare B&S and Honda engines salvaged from dead generators and lawn tractors
and would like to build one fairly soon.

This is what I would like to do with it.

1) self dumping bed...flip a switch / valve and rocks on the ground
2) carry at least 700 lbs some of my rocks are over 100lbs each and it's a
ways from the rock pile
3) Forward / Reverse and a positive braking system..Sometimes I'm on a hill

Doesn't matter if the propulsion is mechanical or pneumatic except I would
like the cost to be as low as possible

Anyone have plans online??

Thanks
Pedroman


I was the one who posted about my power wagon. I didn't have any plans
- I "designed" it by copying the DR Power Wagon. I used the transaxle
out of a riding lawnmower and a smaller lawnmower engine.

The geometry required to get it to dump resulted in a bed that's pretty
high. Lifting 100# rocks onto it would be a lot of work. A high center
of gravity is another result. This is a problem on hills. Going up a
hill, the COG is now longer over the driving wheels and traction
suffers. Going across a hill is really tricky. Traction is a big
problem - I added 150# of lead without satisfaction. I have some chains
that I'm going to adapt.

The best way to move rocks (excluding a bucket on a tractor) is a sled.
Just a piece of 1/8 steel sheet with the curved up front edge. Pulled
by a riding lawnmower. Roll the stones on and roll them off.

Bob