backyard "hydraulics design for amateurs" - tilt trailer cylinder

dave · 2007-08-04T13:35:48+00:00

looking to buy a used hyd cylinder on ebay (or some similar source) for use in a home-brewed tilt trailer. have a couple amateur hydraulic questions:if there's no label or tag on a given cylinder, how do you tell by looking at the cylinder if it's SINGLE acting or DOUBLE acting? also"all other things being equal", how does one tell what weight, say, a given cylider can LIFT, straight up? for sake of discussion let's assume load to be lifted has perfect "zero friction" bearings guiding it. I assume the answer has a lot to do with size of the cylinder *piston*, and amount of pressure pump puts out "to" the cylinder but what's the formula?also, can -ALL- hydraulic cylinders be operated 'in any orientation'? eg: with cyl body horizontal, vertical, or at any angle anywhere between the two?for application in a tiltbed trailer, I assume a cylinder that's bigger and with a LONGER stroke mounted, say, closer to the hitch, would be -vastly- better than having a shorter cylinder with an even bigger bore mounted closer to the axle (so it had a shorter stroke). that be correct, then?in same appplication, bubba here also guesses designing a tilt-trailer to employ very nearly the FULL stroke of the cyl is better that making it use, say, only half the stroke, correct?and is there a way for a guy to some sort of 'intermediate throttle body' or something so that a single-acting cylinder can be made to perform 'double-acting functions'?thanks for educating me, guys :-)toolie- -relies by e-mail, if any, please remove the weirdstuff from my address before you click 'send' - thanks :-)- -

Aug 04, 2007 20 Replies

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Trevor Jones 19 years ago

That would still leave seals, designed for load in one direction only, holding the load. Maybe a problem, or maybe not.

No idea.

Cheers Trevor Jones

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