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It works, what else ? :)

i don't feel offended....more confused. Overegineered is for me a more than neccessary complex thing. :-) thanks for the compliment!

ouch...why over-engineering? I've started with a simple idea and upgraded it to a safe and working idea....

back to work. first i bought AL-Ko winches rated at 900kg single line pull and! lifting load is permitted. OK, price is x10....ouch. Than back to the mill and lathe.

update: after a rope failure, i've decided to replace the winches. The rope breaks at normal lifting....normally a quality winch rope with 5mm is rated at 1300kg breaking load. This rope doesn't stand 500kg....even with the weight of the half shelter on 1 leg (uneven load) the load isn't higher...

thanks! It works got, the only thing i will change is the winch. A strap winch would be better. More capacity would be nice, too. I guess i take one with 800-1000kg / 1760-2200 lbs cause they have funny measure methods..like "rolling load" etc..

i don't see a problem with adding this system to a bed and i assume the M109 box has more or less the same subframe. If you want top it, you can add containerlocks, a custom 3 point subframe and you have the best of all worlds: better off-road capabilities easy switch between box and bed

pics from today...lifting in the yard without problems.

yes, all parts are hot-dip? galvanised / zinc coated. thats the only way to protect the tubes inside...

thanks @ all! tell Matt he should update his thread, it's allways nice to see other people ideas!

it's a belgian shelter. It's for this deuce. Weight is about 1,5 ton , the whole truck ~16600 lbs. Weight distribution is also ok. For my use it's ok. Most time i use it as a normal truck.

1 person, 10 minutes. easily.

didn't know that, in his thread he had used 4 hydraulic cylinders. I had thougt about that , but i've decided for the manual winch. works everythere, everytime at every temperature.

You're right, i've an dropside. But it is possible to modify it, so you can use it with a standard bed.

You can see the holes in the long tube and the winchbase, they have different distances, so i have a 2" raster to equalize uneven ground. What you can not see was the frustrating part of the story. My first idea was to use a Hilift in the middle of the narrow side of the shelter. That doesn't...

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One problem with a shelter is: How to get it on the truck? If you haven't forklift or crane, you've a problem. My idea was to put it off while i'm off-roading....so i need something portable. Initial idea was the thread from Matt1970M35A ...