nf6x

Do any of y'all know what it would take to put a hydraulic lift gate on a deuce (such as my M35A2C)? I've never used or installed a lift gate before, so I don't know how they generally attach to the truck's frame, whether any random lift gate I might find would be easy to adapt to the deuce's frame, etc.

Thanks in advance for any edutainment!

clinto

If you see Maccus in the chatbox, pop in and ask him. I believe he is familiar with them.

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DDoyle

The military installed a liftgate on certain variations of the expansible van - you might take a look at the appropriate TM for guidance.

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David Doyle

Towman2277

If you do take the liftgate route, be sure to get one that was on a larger truck comparison to the heighth of your truck, as the one-ton lift gates wouldn't reach the ground on a duece!!

wreckerman893

I have operated several vehicles equipped with lift gates, both straight trucks and trailers.
You would probably have to have a long bed deuce (I think they made a version that hauled rockets) due to the fact that the gate needs room to fold up under the bed of the truck ( that's how it worked with the truck I drove).
There also needs to be room for the electric motor and hydraulic tank.
You also have to have a big electric cable running straight to the batteries.
Anything is possible with money and tools.

nf6x

Ah, I hadn't considered the stowage space under the rear of the bed. I wonder if the long bed would be necessary if the lift gate stowed vertically behind the bed, rather than folding up under the bed. Maybe I just made it up, but I'm under the impression that some of the lift gates used on expansible vans stow that way.

Jetnoise400

Well, I have seen more than a few bobtail cargo trucks (civi) around here equipped with lift gates that fold straight up against the back of the truck. They raise to the up position, then with a release of a locking mechanism, they hinge up to the vertical for stowage. Maybe something like that might work?

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OPCOM

I believe I saw a shop van with one like that in a TM. Sweet for loading a small ATV etc, of if you are just too lazy to climb in or out..

Elwenil

It's not so much the gate itself that folds under the truck, as most do fold flat against the back, but all I have seen have quite a bit of hydraulics and rams that tuck under the back and take up a lot of room.

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