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The M1078 truck beds have the receiver holes in all four corners of the bed, from the factory. The M1082 trailers do not have the holes.

You can see the handle attached to the "waist" joint of the crane. The shaft to the permanently-attached ratcheting head of the handle sticks out about 8", and then the grip on the end of the handle sticks out about another 4". So roughly, the tip of the handle grip is protruding into the bed...

Yeah, the crank is the a part of the design I would like to see improved. Mine came with both a long and short crank handle, but even the short handle can't clear the boom (so you end up doing a lot of back and forth). The crank also sticks out pretty far, and gets bumped by cargo going into...

This was actually my original plan, two years ago when I was replacing my engine, but I couldn't find a LMHC in time. I know the LMHC is only rated to 700lb with the boom extended, but it must have a crazy factor of safety on it. The cheap little Harbor Freight truck bed cranes are rated to...

I thought the cranes were expensive when I bought it, but honestly, I use it all the time. It's really worth it.

The boom does not really "raise/lower". It has 3 different settings, which you can pull the pins and move it to manually, but there is no ability to raise/lower it while loaded. No, you can not reach the rotation crank from the ground. Unless it was powered, you'd pretty much never be able...

It doesn't really put much force on the bed floor. The force goes into the "hitch" tube in the floor, which is welded to the c-channel structure under the bed. It's pretty strong (in this context, of a couple thousand pounds). Also, if that was the limiting factor, they should be able to...

Yes, the boom extends, and yes, that's the 800lb configuration.

No, NSN, but here's the data plate... I've only seen one other member buy one in two years, which is why I went ahead and paid $1500. They seem pretty rare (maybe because the Army never bothers to take them out of the crate? haha). Got everything cleaned up with a bucket of soapy water today...

Yep. A little pricier than I would have liked, but I figured it would save me a lot of time building one.

I picked up an LMHC, and it finally arrived. The crate was weathered pretty bad, but everything inside looks ok. Data plate says it was made in '07. I got it all unpacked, and assembled in the truck. I haven't had a chance to clean the cables and terminals, so I haven't powered it up yet...