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Farm Tractors & Machinery Forum Re: silage truck tailgate [ Expand ] [ View Follow Ups ] [ Post Followup ] [ Return to Forum ] Posted by ChrisLSD on July 07, 2007 at 20:59:33 from (216.254.225.124): In Reply to: silage truck tailgate posted by Brian on July 07, 2007 at 15:27:00: in my opinion you need to see a real silage endgate and make one like that - i go help a college buddy cut silage and that is what they use - this is the best i can describe it in a little area - it is a couple pieces of plywood together basically the same size as whole truck opening - canvas edges a couple inches ectra to prevent leakage - now this is all anchored to a couple of pieces of pipe that extend about 4 or 5 feet forward along the top of the truck box from each of the top corners of the plywood - so this is how it works - he backs up to the pit - raises the box - the door opens automatically when the box gets high enough from the weight pushing on it he drives ahead - the door lides over the pile of silage - then he lowers the bos and it closes automatically - he is gone again - goto farmphoto,com - look up machinery pictures - goto trailers - a lot of new style european tipping trailers have the same style dummp as the silage boxes - just much nicer and more heavy duty - one more thing - the bottom of the silage endgate sits about 6" inside the box at the bottom but about even with the back of the box at the top - but the pipes which go forward - this is what they pivot on - so when the box is up they are quite high reply back if u need more ideas..... Follow Ups: Post A Followup Name: E-Mail: Subject: Re: Re: silage truck tailgate Comments: Optional Link URL: Link Title: Optional Image URL: Email Notification: If you check this box, email will be sent to you whenever someone replies to this message. Your email address must be entered above to receive notification. This notification will be cancelled automatically after 2 weeks.