2.5" I think it could be 3" Proline Highbanker/Dredge Im gonna make float.

[Mysterious Outdoors]

I bought this off Craig list for $400. It came with a paddle boat I told him to keep. I got all this. The derdge/hibanker combo.

 

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[Mysterious Outdoors]

Im not buying all this just to float it...floats

 

[Mysterious Outdoors]

Im not buying all this just to float it...floats

I just got 2, 4'x6'' aluminum truck running boards.

 

[Mysterious Outdoors]

I just got 2, 4'x6'' aluminum under truck running boards.

It's on now...Some pink foam and balance...we have a dredge.

 

[Mysterious Outdoors]

It's on now...Some pink foam and balance...we have a dredge.

Pics coming soon....

 

[Mysterious Outdoors]

Pics coming soon....

 

[Mysterious Outdoors]

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Got some pink board and a pair of aluminum running boards I might use. Its a start.

 

[Mysterious Outdoors]

Got some pink board and a pair of aluminum running boards I might use. Its a start.

Stripped it down, got to get the weight off.

 

[Mysterious Outdoors]

Stripped it down, got to get the weight off.

Stripped it down, got to get the weight off.

Starting the crash box/pump tray.

 

[Mysterious Outdoors]

Starting the crash box/pump tray.

This is gonna be the smallest 2.5in dredge you have ever seen. Just got to make sure it is NOT top heavy. More tomorrow, crash box will be done.

 

[Mysterious Outdoors]

Here is the pump/gas engine I will be running.

This is gonna be the smallest 2.5in dredge you have ever seen. Just got to make sure it is NOT top heavy. More tomorrow, crash box will be done.

 

[Mysterious Outdoors]

Here is the pump/gas engine I will be running.

Any help would be great....

 

[Mysterious Outdoors]

Any help would be great....

Crash Box is done and supports the Honda pump well.

 

[Mysterious Outdoors]

Crash Box is done and supports the Honda pump well.

Crash Box is done and supports the Honda pump well.

 

[Mysterious Outdoors]

This was made from old aluminum meat trays, that I cut the lip off of and started bending in a vise. Nothing fancy, all by hand at my dads shop. A cheap pack of aluminum pop rivets and the crash box is done.

 

[Mysterious Outdoors]

This was made from old aluminum meat trays, that I cut the lip off of and started bending in a vise. Nothing fancy, all by hand at my dads shop. A cheap pack of aluminum pop rivets and the crash box is done.

The part the rubber flap is connected to, flips up toward the front of the sluice to use a rod to unjam rocks from the jet and clean and check the first mat and punch plate. More to come.

 

[N-Lionberger]

Those little proline high banker dredge combo units in stock configuration tend to not have very good recovery, the jet come right up into the box under the hopper, there is no baffle or flare to slow down the flow before the I have seen pickers get blown through one. I’m personally a fan of flare headers but they do increase the length of the machine. Having the motor mounted like that should really vibrate the sluice.

 

[Reed Lukens]

I'd pull the stock riffles and go with expanded metal.

 

[Mysterious Outdoors]

I'd pull the stock riffles and go with expanded metal.

I was thinking of that, until then I took some Krylon Appliance Epoxy and sprayed the rusty riffles. After a wire wheel and 80 grit then 120 grit. It looks nice.

 

[Mysterious Outdoors]

Those little proline high banker dredge combo units in stock configuration tend to not have very good recovery, the jet come right up into the box under the hopper, there is no baffle or flare to slow down the flow before the I have seen pickers get blown through one. I’m personally a fan of flare headers but they do increase the length of the machine. Having the motor mounted like that should really vibrate the sluice.

I was thinking about putting a baffle of some kind in the crash box.