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  1. spicergear

    Technically...it works! (dump bed)

    Needed one for what I do so built it. Similar design to the Scandinavian Valby units with single cylinder and offsetting pivot points. Designed it on CAD, sent drawing to our friend Kyle @ BLACKROCKFAB, and he burned them on his cnc plasma table. I built the rest from there, even has bronze...
  2. spicergear

    Technically...it works! (dump bed)

    Thanks guys- I realized a while ago that hauling what I needed to on a deuce was just too much off road and basically would be overloading the rear suspension. I've rolled out of some sketchy terrain with 12,000 to 14,000lbs of logs and not worry...these 939's are tough...and Bruiser just...
  3. spicergear

    Technically...it works! (dump bed)

    I built that grapple for logs, but have found it great for ton's of uses; rocks, steel, snipping off small trees, ripping up smaller root balls, pulling old posts, munching up old square wire fence into a 'bale,' grapping straps to lift and unload something. I cleared about a quarter mile of...
  4. spicergear

    Technically...it works! (dump bed)

    I agree. The cab-forward design make for a lot more compact truck. It's great with my 406 that there's only about 3' difference between your eyes and the front bumper. Makes tight spaces a breeze. 'Bruiser,' this five ton take a little more finesse off road or on my power line roads but with...
  5. spicergear

    Technically...it works! (dump bed)

    Thanks guys! I mounted the front as low as possible to still give the suspension room to come up. I could've gotten it a little lower but the huge vibration dampener on the front tandems pinion soaks up more room that one would think especially considering the suspension travel. It does have...
  6. spicergear

    Technically...it works! (dump bed)

    Last summer I traded a buddy two hydraulic cylinders and rescued a beauty from him that he was going to make into a log splitter. Mounts were made up under bed and on the frame then the rear of frame hinged. The bulk of it was done. On my Palfinger crane, it originally had a hydraulic...
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