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  1. M

    Deuce Dump Truck Conversion

    Good point....the fact that you bobbed it didn't register right away. How does material come out at 45 degrees? Our commercial trucks go up to a little better than 50 degrees but are also equipped with vibrators and poly floors.
  2. M

    Deuce Dump Truck Conversion

    So your distance between hinges and lift point of hoist is small. I'm sure you know but thats why your rig can't lift 7000lbs of topsoil.
  3. M

    Deuce Dump Truck Conversion

    apparently everybody has issues with clearance between hoist frame and bed rails.....I have 395s on my duece and haul firewood and really don't care to throw it much higher so I made a great effort to avoid raising bed at all and want to maintain stock look as much as much as possible. I decided...
  4. M

    Deuce Dump Truck Conversion

    This is the hitch I built couple weeks ago, its a reciever below the large pintle. I like the pintle just for a hiook point at local mud bogs. We use it as the rescue rig. all the plates are built with 3/4" plate with 2" pins
  5. M

    Deuce Dump Truck Conversion

    I've seen electric over hydraulic 12v pumps used on 1 ton and was not impressed with them. I thick a mechanical pump is the route I am taking.
  6. M

    Deuce Dump Truck Conversion

    So the bed will be 4" higher than stock off he truck? Should beef it up also....I don't think the stock bed rails are stong enough by themselves continued use as a dump bed, I'm putting 2x5 tube inside the stock rails for added strength. Maybe I should do what your doing. Hmmmm.....thanks for...
  7. M

    Deuce Dump Truck Conversion

    I'm in the middle of doing same thing.....what hydraulic setup are you planning on using?
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