Hi, I'm hopeful you are still on TH-cam. Great video, I understand most of it except for the jacks. What are the jacks for? With an open bed, why the need to raise the back side? Thanks
Thank you. The Jack's allow you to adjust the thickness of the material coming out of the box. There is a blade that is attached to the Jack's. I'm not understanding your other question regarding "raising the back side".
@@stevealexander1970 If I'm seeing the operation correctly, the jacks raise an internal gate that adjusts the thickness from thin to the height of the back cross support I beam. This would give you a little extra material to work with. Nice design. I'm wondering if there might be a way to block the bottom with a sliding door similar to your back gate. This would allow you to close it up, have the tractor take the box for refill, then back to job. This would allow someone with a small business, use their tractor, keeping cost of equipment rental down. Something to think about for sure.
@Richars Britt Yes it is kind of like a gulliteen blade. The blade free floats in between 2 beams and is only attached to the Jack's. Thus giving it up and down movement. As far as closing it off, I'm sure it could be done with some enginuity. Thanks for your interest in my design.
Hi, I'm hopeful you are still on TH-cam. Great video, I understand most of it except for the jacks. What are the jacks for? With an open bed, why the need to raise the back side? Thanks
Thank you. The Jack's allow you to adjust the thickness of the material coming out of the box. There is a blade that is attached to the Jack's. I'm not understanding your other question regarding "raising the back side".
@@stevealexander1970 If I'm seeing the operation correctly, the jacks raise an internal gate that adjusts the thickness from thin to the height of the back cross support I beam. This would give you a little extra material to work with. Nice design. I'm wondering if there might be a way to block the bottom with a sliding door similar to your back gate. This would allow you to close it up, have the tractor take the box for refill, then back to job. This would allow someone with a small business, use their tractor, keeping cost of equipment rental down. Something to think about for sure.
@Richars Britt Yes it is kind of like a gulliteen blade. The blade free floats in between 2 beams and is only attached to the Jack's. Thus giving it up and down movement. As far as closing it off, I'm sure it could be done with some enginuity. Thanks for your interest in my design.