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Not really. It's just been something I've been wanting to do for atleast a couple of years. We were slow at my place of business last week so that's when most of the project got done. I did all the layout work and all the mechanical but one of my empoyees did 90% of the welding. He loves to...

It works fine. The switch in the cab is three position ( in/lower, middle/hold, out/up). Basicly when you pull it all the way out it sends air pressure to the back side of the cylinder and pushes the valve in to raise. When in the middle position it exhaust the air from both of the lines going...

Well I finally got it finnished. Now I need to load it up.

Got the bed back on the truck today. Still have the pumbing to do but I got to see the bed raise with the help of my tractor hyd. As you can see in the pics above, I added some 2X2X1/4 square tube to the bottom of the bed rails. The bed is sitting about 1 1/2" taller than stock. Gringeltaube...

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Here's some pics of what I've got done so far.

My plan is to mount the valve outside the cab and attach a air cylinder to it. Inside the cab I will mount an air switch to operate the valve. The valve I'm going to use is similar to this.

I cut the hinges out of the bed I robbed the hoist out of. The reason I didn't use them was because I'd have to loose my bumperettes. Most civilian dumps do use a piece of angle iron in the back to mount the hinges to. The pump is a 11GPM Vickers pump that I've had laying around for awhile...

Got the pump mounted and built a hyd tank to go over the spare tire carrier today. I ended up having to move one of the air tanks to the other side of the frame to make room for the pump driveshaft. I didn't have my camera with me today but I'll take some pics tomorrow.

I can't take credit for the hinge design. It's Gringeltaube's design. Here's a link to the pic http://www.steelsoldiers.com/505895-post4.html . I haven't started working on the hinge yet but I'm pretty much going to copy his drawings. I've been working on a flange this morning to attach a...

That's the plan. I know some say the dropside isn't strong enough for a dump but if it looks like I need it I'll add some extra bracing. I'm planning on making two "standards" to go into the back troop seat pockets and stick up a couple of feet. I will attach a rod to the top of the standard...

Some of you may remember that I've been talking about putting a dump under my deuce for a couple of years. Well, today I started. Got the bed off, pto mounted (t-case PTO), and the hoist positioned where I think I want it (after a bunch of figuring). I'm using a Omaha Standard hoist. I'm going...