P1000 Delton's painfully slow build

[GlockMeister]

Looks like you cooking with gas now! Excited to see the finished product.

 

[Admin]

 

[Delton]

Looking good brother. Time for you to start your own line of accessories !

Yeah right. Just ole country boy with a bandsaw and a welder lol. One of these days I'm getting a tubing bender and a notcher. Then I can really start making some cool stuff. Maybe. First on list is some rock sliders.

 

[moparornocar]

What say ye concerning the mount? Not alot of options here. Take into consideration I don't really use the dump feature. Should I go ahead or keep looking? @CumminsPusher @joeymt33 @sharp @drfubar @moparornocar I respect y'all's opinions alot. There are more I just can't remember everyone lol. If I forgot your name overlook it. My memory sucks.

I was thinking some kind of a hinged mount that would flip down like the cow catcher on the front of a semi. Just a thought...

 

[Delton]

I was thinking some kind of a hinged mount that would flip down like the cow catcher on the front of a semi. Just a thought...

You lost me man. Do you mean the hinge where the whole cab flips up?

 

[drfubar]

You lost me man. Do you mean the hinge where the whole cab flips up?

I'm pretty sure that's what he's talking about... the grille lays down then the hood can be tilted forward

 

[moparornocar]

You lost me man. Do you mean the hinge where the whole cab flips up?

No, if you put the bumper itself on a hinge, so when you want to use the dump bed you pull a pin and the bumper lays down parallel to the ground then you can dump the bed. Use a sprung loaded hitch pin so you don't have to screw with a Cotter pin

 

[moparornocar]

Like this. Just pretend the grille guard is your bumper and the hood is the dump bed

 

[Delton]

No, if you put the bumper itself on a hinge, so when you want to use the dump bed you pull a pin and the bumper lays down parallel to the ground then you can dump the bed. Use a sprung loaded hitch pin so you don't have to screw with a Cotter pin

Oh okay. That's a dang good idea! I may work on that on the side in case I want to change things up later on.

 

[Delton]

Like this. Just pretend the grille guard is your bumper and the hood is the dump bed

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Put torsion springs on it so there's nothing to mess with. Bumper just automatically folds over (under spring pressure). Is that what you're talking about?

 

[moparornocar]

Put torsion springs on it so there's nothing to mess with. Bumper just automatically folds over (under spring pressure). Is that what you're talking about?

No, it's not under any pressure. It's just a hinge, you pin it in place and pull the pin to release it, then it just lays down like the grille guard in the pic. Then your dump bed works as advertised.

 

[Delton]

No, it's not under any pressure. It's just a hinge, you pin it in place and pull the pin to release it, then it just lays down like the grille guard in the pic. Then your dump bed works as advertised.

But with that torsion spring, you wouldn't have to pull anything. The bumper would just fold down when the bed hit it. Then would spring back up when bed was lowered.

 

[moparornocar]

But with that torsion spring, you wouldn't have to pull anything. The bumper would just fold down when the bed hit it. Then would spring back up when bed was lowered.

That is true, if you made some sort of striker plate to make contact with the bed to avoid marking up the bed from contact with the bumper.

 

[Delton]

That is true, if you made some sort of striker plate to make contact with the bed to avoid marking up the bed from contact with the bumper.

True. That'd be a pretty cool setup. While everybody else had bumpers hanging near the ground to clear the bed, this one would be form fitting right up next to the body.

 

[moparornocar]

True. That'd be a pretty cool setup. While everybody else had bumpers hanging near the ground to clear the bed, this one would be form fitting right up next to the body.

You build a second one I got dibs

 

[Delton]

Say hello to my little friend..... Whatcha think? Gotta admit I'm totally happy with it. Took a section out of the middle to leave room for hooking up trailer tongue. Plus it breaks up the lines and looks good imo.

 

[drfubar]

Say hello to my little friend..... Whatcha think? Gotta admit I'm totally happy with it. Took a section out of the middle to leave room for hooking up trailer tongue. Plus it breaks up the lines and looks good imo.View attachment 25054 View attachment 25055 View attachment 25056

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[moparornocar]

Do the curved ends like on the samples

 

[hotrodmitch]

drfubar maybe you can spray that bumper red when you do your rims red ... Lol !!

 

[CumminsPusher]

That's looking good so far. I know you though, you're not even close huh?


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[Delton]

Do the curved ends like on the samples

Oh yeah those are coming. Just couldn't wait to snap a couple pics