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Would leveling jacks (like whats on the front of trailers) work? Mount them to the sides, They will pivot out of the way when not needed. Crank them up, crank them down.
This could be the start to a Red Green episode... or should have been any way
My bad, I miss understood what you meant with the buckets, sorry. As far as removing the axle, you just use locking pins in place of the bolts that hold the leaf spring to the frame. Raise the jacks to take the weight off, pull the pins, slide the axle assembly out from underneath, then lower the jacks. Problem solved. I'm not an engineer, but I do their work for them. Did you see that guys shanty where the wheels are mounted on the outside of the frame, and they tilt up? Now that was a good idea. Uses a hand crank ratchet winch to raise and lower them. There are pics of it in one of the topics. I forget which one. He did a real nice job on building that shanty.
That's the one. That guy should build and sell them. Real nice job.