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Hey everyone (but especially Tilted):

I want to make my bed a tilt bed. Somewhat for looks but also for utilitarian purposes. I would like to be able to haul things to the dump once in a while and it would be nice to unload quickly.

So my questions are:

Are the kits that have been used by members here for looks only or can they lift a few hundred pounds w/o issue?

On the farm our trucks had large hydraulic cylinders with pumps run off of a PTO connection to the transmission. I assume the easier route for me would be a small electric pump. Any cheap source for these? I don't mind doing metal fabrication and I'm a cheap bugger so I am completely happy re-purposing parts for this task.

Any advice is appreciated,
Eric Q.

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'75 body with '82 diesel running gear
My build thread.

Um, I dont think I am a good example of what you want!! My tilt bed consists of 2 gate hinges I got from a hardware store that are bolted to 2 of the bed mounts and through the frame and clevis pins holding down the other side. Not exactly sturdy (or safe) as I did it purely for show. It also has the manual tilt method, I lift it myself! I have a chromed hydraulic pump which I never got around to fabbing onto the frame plus I didnt want to hack my frame up as I figured this wasnt going to be a permanent mod anyway which it wont be. There are companies that make bed dump kits but I doubt any of them will fit a luv frame but they are pretty much a cage with a big hinge running across the back and powered by hydraulics, I doubt an electric motor would have enough power to dump the bed if it was full. Have seen people use air shocks to dump also. Good luck and sorry I am not much help. ( and I have a chromed hydro pump for sale! )

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RIP R.J.B.

lol.

You sure can't tell about the construction from the picture. It looks cool. So what's the thing holding your bed up in the avatar picture? Just a stick?

I wasn't clear about the electric pump that I was considering. I think I need an electrically operated hydraulic pump. Is that what your chromed one is? Thanks for letting me know your pump is for sale but the chrome puts my truck into another socio-econonomic strata ( e.g. Too rich for my blood).

Eric Q.

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'75 body with '82 diesel running gear
My build thread.

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EQ
Here is some stuff for fullsized trucks that I ran across. Depending on your metal working skills you could probably modify one of these to work. If you are real handy with metal and hydraulics you can build from scratch. My buddy at work did his s10. if you build form scratch one of the things you want to consider is single acting or dual acting cylinder. single acting goes up under pressure and down with gravity. if you tilt to high gravity won't work to bring it down. Dual acting Ram will power up and down.

good luck. I will ask my buddy to snap some pictures of his S10 install for you.

http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/ ... allpartial

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Did a v8 conversion in 1981 on my '76 luv
Current Fleet
#1 1980 Black 2wd, #2 1980 Blue 2wd, #3 1980 Black 4x4 #4 1980 black 2wd Long bed #5 1979 black 4x4 #6 1977 red 2WD
pics
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The prop for my bed is part of a decorative metal fence post. As for the pump, yes that is what it is and I only want $100 for the pump and cylinder, it cost almost double that to have it chromed but I wasnt the one who had it chromed, but it is so friggen heavy, shipping would be pretty expensive.

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RIP R.J.B.

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Wow, awesome!! Go for it Eric!! Let me know if you need some help.

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'78 1.8L 4-speed Fleetside

The only thing more beautiful than a sunset is a sunrise.

Go for it!

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Guys:

Thanks for the great pictures and links. Those should give me a real good start. I was surprised to find that Low Rider Hydraulics is still in business according to SuperPages.com. Ctmandu, how old is that article?

Tilted, if the shipping wasn't a deterant, I would be the owner of a chrome pump.

Eric Q.

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'75 body with '82 diesel running gear
My build thread.

Wow, this is a really nice set up the more I look at it. Look how short the cylinder has to extend to get full lift? What is that maybe 12 inches? I wish I fully understood how that double scissor action translated such a short throw into so much lift. I would love to see it in motion. This looks like a good design to copy.

Thanks again ctmandu,

Eric Q.

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'75 body with '82 diesel running gear
My build thread.

You could try calling them to see if they know where you can get the right equipment in our area.

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'78 1.8L 4-speed Fleetside

The only thing more beautiful than a sunset is a sunrise.

Eric, one thing to be wary of with something like this is "how much weight can it lift"... I'd hate to get it all built in, take a load to the dump, and have something break the first time you try to tilt with it loaded...

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1978 shortbed fleetside, th350, Fireball 231 Even Fire V6, Edelbrock 500CFM Performer with Edelbrock intake. Workin' Truck.

here is the info you need ... this is where i got the pic they have or had detailed plans
http://www.stealthdumptrucks.com/
try also
http://www.dumpbeds.com/Index.html

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