Dumping Pickup Bed

[Lugnut]

@Lugnut,

So, that's your dump truck now? It looks great! In your other photos, talk about being able to get to your tank so you can keep it clean, and the frame and everything. I have been trying to clean the top of my tank for some time now and it looks like I'm going to have to drop the damn thing so I can clean it up and put some new hoses on it. I tried to get my hand in there to change out some hoses here recently when I was doing all that work underneath, and I couldn't even get my hand in the space between the tank and the frame. It's like I'm going to have to make "a plan" where I drive nearly all the gas out, so it won't weigh so much, drop it, change out the hoses and put it back up.

Yes, My grandfather bought it new in '76, and it's one of the trucks I learned to drive in. No one else in the family ever cared for it so he gave it to me a few years before he passed. It was his work/farm truck and he never really took care of it that much. By the time I got it it was in pretty bad shape. I got it running good and a few years later I ran across a '79 2wd and picked it up for $750 drove it home and a couple months later my son and father tore down both trucks to save granddads. I wish he lived long enough to see it.

 

[Lugnut]

The day we started tearing it down

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Donor truck

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[Lugnut]

Some progress

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[Lugnut]

Getting a little bit of help

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[Lugnut]

Finally driving again. I took a week of vacation off during Christmas so I could get it all done before I had to go back to work.

Last pic is a recent one.

Sorry for the long story that you never asked for. lol

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[Craig 85]

@Craig 85,

Well, I couldn't imagine what a dump bed in a truck bed would've looked like, at all. But now I see. That's amazing. So if your bed is 4x8 a long bed, what does the dump bed measure inside? It's still pretty cool. I went on that site to. How did you find that site?

I just put in "dump bed pickup" in my search. A lot of times I search images instead of the web sites. In this case, I saw the company name on the tailgate then searched for their web site. I have no idea how long the dump bed would be. I would guess at least a foot shorter than the bed to fit the hydraulic in the front.

 

[Allan Abley]

dumper dog is popular in my area.