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I've got a dump also and unless I'm hauling just dirt or very fine rock, I'm very careful about placing the material in the bed. The bed floor is very thin for this type of work and if you're not careful you'll be able to see where every crossmember is in the bed in a short time. You can also...
You may run across one on a civilain truck but it's not very likely. What you'll have to find is a civilain truck with a 3052 trans (3053s were never put into civilain trucks). It's going to be much easier to find either a military dual output PTO or a t-case PTO. Chelsea has deemed the PTO that...
It all depends.
If you buy everything new and pay somebody to install it can run into several thousand dollars.
You can usually find an old civilain dump in a junkyard and get everything you need (except maybe PTO) for around $500 or so.
Or you can do like I did and gather a few parts here...