tamiya dumper trailer

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I always wanted a dumper-trailer, but I never wanted to shell out the big bucks for one since they are way overpriced. So when I was thinking about designing my own, I started looking at parts that could be reused. Therefore, a huge thank you goes out to the creators of the flatbed Tamiya trailer, the dumper mechanisms and the dumper itself. I've taken some of their parts and reworked them to make them fit together seamlessly. So I took something from the community and it was time to give back to the community... I'm using a geared engine and a spindle both from AliExpress to let the parts move smoothly. Some old bearings from a roller blade wheel and that's about it, apart from the 200+ hours of printing, of course! The dumper itself will take over 90 hours, the chassis with a high density on ABS also at least another 90 hours, all small parts easily 20 hours, wheels another 20 hours,... and so on... Assembling is pretty easy. Just make sure to have bolts and nuts from M2, M2.5 and M3. The tipping mechanism at the back was reworked by drilling an axle through it. The printed mechanism simply didn't work as it was supposed to do. As mentioned above: the chassis was printed on ABS 0.2mm, all other parts on PLA 0.2mm. The tipper is rather strong and glued together with the "Bison Hard Plastic" glue... which seems to do the trick for most of my PLA and ABS creations. Addon1: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3959208 switchin mechanism Addon2: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3959210 hiding for switching mechanism :-) Have fun printing!!! P.S.: Normally, there is also the Google Sketchup file in attachment if you want to reassemble things or check how it was assembled ;), make modifications or send me a reworked version for a citerne-trailer based on a PVC-tube (hint-hint).