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This is a project I recently finished, the design was similar to one I saw in a YouTube video but with a few changes, I will be towing it with my mid-size 570 Polaris Ranger.
The roller itself is 48" wide and the extreme outside width of the unit including the tires is 62 inches wide. The tongue is 6ft in length and a rotating coupler was added to allow for towing the crimper across un-even ground that way the ball coupler can rotate as needed with the tongue remaining square. The entire frame is 2 inch square cold rolled steel with the exception of 1 1/2" angle iron used for the bracing of the tongue to the frame.
The re-purposed oxygen tank is 9 inches across with the steel being 3/8" thick. There are two fittings on the tank for filling and bleeding, and there are nine 1 1/2" X 1 1/2" X 48" X 3/16" thick pieces of angle iron welded to the tank making the extreme outside diameter of the tank 12".
A 3" X 1/2" bolt was centered and welded to each end of the tank, washers were added and the bolt fed thru Pillow Block bearings with grease fittings that were bolted to the frame, washers were added, then a double nut system finished off each bolt end.
A 5/8" diameter X 24" section of round, cold rolled steel was split in half, then welded to the frame to serve as axles for both 13" tires and rims. Once the tires were mounted each axle was drilled, a cotter pin inserted and legs split to keep things intact.
The crimper roller weighs 252 lbs. dry weight, filled with water the weight should be around 360 lbs. I will be adding a section of 4' X 4" schedule 40 Pvc with capped off ends that will be filled with fine sand ratchet strapped to the frame above the tank for additional weight if I find it necessary, that should bring the total weight to around 420lbs and easily removable when in non-working mode.
I have approximately $450.00 into the build including $70.00 for the used tank and $115.00 paid to a friend for doing the welding for me. The unpainted parts have now been painted, I ran out at the time the pictures were taken.
**If there is any interest I can add a complete parts list to the thread.**
The roller itself is 48" wide and the extreme outside width of the unit including the tires is 62 inches wide. The tongue is 6ft in length and a rotating coupler was added to allow for towing the crimper across un-even ground that way the ball coupler can rotate as needed with the tongue remaining square. The entire frame is 2 inch square cold rolled steel with the exception of 1 1/2" angle iron used for the bracing of the tongue to the frame.
The re-purposed oxygen tank is 9 inches across with the steel being 3/8" thick. There are two fittings on the tank for filling and bleeding, and there are nine 1 1/2" X 1 1/2" X 48" X 3/16" thick pieces of angle iron welded to the tank making the extreme outside diameter of the tank 12".
A 3" X 1/2" bolt was centered and welded to each end of the tank, washers were added and the bolt fed thru Pillow Block bearings with grease fittings that were bolted to the frame, washers were added, then a double nut system finished off each bolt end.
A 5/8" diameter X 24" section of round, cold rolled steel was split in half, then welded to the frame to serve as axles for both 13" tires and rims. Once the tires were mounted each axle was drilled, a cotter pin inserted and legs split to keep things intact.
The crimper roller weighs 252 lbs. dry weight, filled with water the weight should be around 360 lbs. I will be adding a section of 4' X 4" schedule 40 Pvc with capped off ends that will be filled with fine sand ratchet strapped to the frame above the tank for additional weight if I find it necessary, that should bring the total weight to around 420lbs and easily removable when in non-working mode.
I have approximately $450.00 into the build including $70.00 for the used tank and $115.00 paid to a friend for doing the welding for me. The unpainted parts have now been painted, I ran out at the time the pictures were taken.
**If there is any interest I can add a complete parts list to the thread.**
