dodge L 1000

[crawler07]

thought I would post a few sketches of what im thinking
1st one is of the rear bumper and the mudflap stand off


this one is the first idea for the dump lift


and here is the revised simplified version. I will clean this up and redraw it tomorrow.

[fhhhstix]

Originally Posted by crawler07

thought I would post a few sketches of what im thinking
1st one is of the rear bumper and the mudflap stand off


this one is the first idea for the dump lift


and here is the revised simplified version. I will clean this up and redraw it tomorrow.

Your revised version looks good just make sure that the hinge point of the trailer and bed, the mount point of the push rod to the bed, and the mount on the screw drive form a triangle. You want the triangle to be as open as possible. So if you made the bed and frame hinge point the same height as the point where the push rod mounts to the bed it should work good. If it still seams to not want to lift easily you can make a bigger block for the mount that runs on the screw drive and mount the rod so it hangs below the threaded rod to open the triangle even more. My pic below has the push point and the hinge point on opposite ends as yous but I hope you get the idea of what I am trying to say.



I hope this helps.
Travis