Today, many farmers and owners of suburban areas are the owners of motoblocks. With the help of such a mini-tractor, you can not only plow the earth, spud potatoes or mow. In households, motor blocks are often used to transport various kinds of cargo. In this case, small attachments of a special design are applied to them as attachments. The weight, carrying capacity and dimensions of trailers for walk-behind tractors may vary.
Types of Trolleys
Such devices differ in both size and design. Trailers can be used with motoblocks:
Also on sale today are solid carts of this type and collapsible. The latter option is popular with homeowners, due to the fact that it can be conveniently stored or transported to another place.
Trailers for motoblocks can also differ in purpose. In some trolleys, bulk cargo is allowed to be transported. It can be, for example, earth, sand, sawdust, etc.
Other carts are designed to transport only ordinary goods. A distinctive feature of such models is that they do not have a solid bottom. A cart of this type, if desired, however, can be improved with your own hands using plywood or tin. In this case, the model can also be used for transporting bulk materials.
Trailers with hinged sides are more expensive than usual. But at the same time, they still enjoy greater popularity among the owners of suburban areas. After all, unloading bulk materials from them is much easier. The sizes of dump trailers for motoblocks can be different. But most often, quite large models differ in this design.
How to choose the right: size, load capacity
When buying a trolley for a walk-behind tractor, first of all, you should pay attention to how much load it is designed for. This indicator is selected in accordance with how and how often the minitractor is supposed to be used for transportation of various kinds of materials.
Of course, when choosing the carrying capacity of the trolley, the capabilities of the walk-behind tractor should also be taken into account. The maximum weight of materials that such equipment can move is usually indicated in its technical passport.
The dimensions of the trailer for a walk-behind tractor are also an important indicator. It depends on how much cargo, for example, hay, can subsequently be transported by mini-tractor. This indicator, of course, also needs to be selected in accordance with the technical characteristics of the plowman.
For example, the optimal trailer dimensions for the MTZ motor-block are 140 x 100 cm. Such trolleys are capable of carrying goods weighing about 350 kg.
Single axle trailers
A distinctive feature of such models are primarily small dimensions and relatively low cost. An example is the uniaxial trolley APM designed for the Neva walk-behind tractor, manufactured by the Krasny Oktyabr plant.
The design of this model includes:
The body of this truck, as well as two rear wheels, are mounted on the axle itself. On the adapter, the model fixes the front wheels and the driver's seat. This structural part can be used when working on a walk-behind tractor not only with a trailer, but also with other attachments.
Weight and dimensions of the trailer for the motor-block of uniaxial APM
This trolley is designed to carry goods weighing up to 250 kg. The model also has the following technical characteristics:
The weight of this trailer is 56 kg. If necessary, the model can be disassembled.
2 axle trailers
Compared to uniaxial models, these trolleys are usually designed to carry heavier loads. The design of trailers of this type is a frame with two axles attached to it.
The factory "Red October", among other things, produces such carts. The design feature of the biaxial APM for the Neva motor-blocks is that they are also equipped with an adapter.
Technical characteristics of APM "Neva"
This trolley is more expensive than a single-axis APM, but it can also be used for transportation of heavier loads. The maximum weight of materials that can be placed on it is 500 kg.
Technical characteristics of this model are as follows:
The maximum speed of the two-axle trailer APM is 12 km / h.
The dimensions of the factory trailer for the APM walk-behind tractor are quite large. One of the features of the model is that its length can be adjusted from 190 cm to 250 cm. The width of the trailer is 41.5 cm, the height of its sides is 110 cm.
Trailed two-wheeled trolleys
Such trailers are used with walk-behind tractors without adapters. When choosing a model of this variety, you need to pay attention to such an indicator as its height. Select a trailer in this regard in accordance with the technical characteristics of the walk-behind tractor.
In addition to the Krasny Oktyabr factory, VRMZ also manufactures such trolleys in our country. The seat of the trailer model manufactured by this company is attached directly to the frame of the front side of the body.
Specifications of this trolley has the following:
The dimensions of this trailer are 178 x 75 cm. That is, for example, for a MTZ motoblock in size, the VRMZ trailer can come up very well.
How carts work
Depending on the size of the trailer for a walk-behind tractor, it is possible to carry loads of different volumes and weights on it. The larger the model, the less it will have to make a walker on later in the transportation of materials. That is, the most convenient to use, of course, are large trailers. However, such carts are suitable, of course, not for all models of mini-tractors.
Almost all domestic trailers for motoblocks are delivered to the market in unassembled form. But to assemble such a device yourself will not be difficult. Trailers are attached to the gearbox of the mini-tractor.
The principle of operation of such attachments is extremely simple. If necessary, plywood or tin is laid on the supporting axles of the trolley. Further, cargo is placed in the body. The owner controls the motoblock during transportation, sitting on the seat.
Can I make it myself
The design of trailers for motoblocks is extremely simple. Therefore, if desired, such a device can be made, of course, with your own hands. The dimensions of a homemade trailer for a walk-behind tractor will be easy to choose in exact accordance with the characteristics of the mini-tractor itself.
You can make a trolley using just improvised materials. It can be, for example, old springs and wheels, steel pipes, channel.
The frame of a homemade trolley in this case is welded in the form of a lattice. Next, two longitudinal pipes are attached to it and the strapping is assembled from above. The body is made of steel sheets by welding. A beam is made of two channels by inserting them into each other. Langerons in the manufacture of such a trolley are connected using springs, the end of which is worn on the axis of the earrings and beams. The drawbar is made of pipes.
To make a trailer for a walk-behind tractor, you can simply take a ready-made bridge from a car. But such a cart will most likely look too cumbersome. Making the attachments according to the technology described above, it is possible, as already mentioned, among other things, to choose the optimal trailer dimensions for the walk-behind tractor. With your own hands, in this case, you can make both a large and a small trolley.
Benefits of Using a Homemade Trailer
Of course, the purchase of a trolley for a walk-behind tractor is the fastest way to facilitate the task of transporting various kinds of cargo in the household. However, to obtain a model that is suitable specifically for this particular minitractor is not always obtained.
In addition, in the manufacture of trailers for mini-tractors, modern manufacturers often save on details. And so it happens that such devices simply quickly fail. Using a homemade trolley, the owner of a suburban area can easily avoid all these problems.