Flatbed progress from weekend

[dieseldawg142]

Originally Posted by bnoon

Any information about your hydraulic setup and controls? I've got a weird idea in my head to make my 1/2 ton into a flatbed now for some reason. But, I want the bed to push back away from the truck and tilt down instead of dump. I've got the pivot points worked out that I can do it with 1 ram, but I know nothing of hydraulics as of yet.

quite simple if you use a power pac. our dump trailers at work use these. very simple, hook up power , ground, & your remote. 1 hose from pac to ram & your done
http://www.princessauto.com/pal/en/D...Unit/8178998.p
we lift 4-5 tons daily with these trailers
Bowedup, that is one nice crew, love the dump. now that you know it works good, time to make it look nice. your right, expanded steel on the front will look good, ever think about skirts on the flatdeck?
btw, nothing wrong with your green, looks better than the forest ranger green on mine