Red's deuce/camper project

[ntxcop]

Red, Thanks for documenting your adventure and posting pics of your progress. I may have missed it, (if so I apologize), but whats your plans for the camper build? Are you going to build from scratch or mount a camper shell in the bed? Keep up the good work!

 

[Jeepsinker]

Looks good. 3/8" plate? 12v? Are you mounting it above or below the frame rails?

 

[rustystud]

Take 2

Mile Marker makes a great winch.

 

[red]

Looks good. 3/8" plate? 12v? Are you mounting it above or below the frame rails?

12 volt 4500 pound winch with 3/8" plate. The mount will put the winch over the frame, between the bed and the cab.

The camper will be a MUST shelter, basically a expandable s280 shelter. It's a removable shelter, and I don't have a crane at the house. So using a bed winch and a roller at the end of the bed to load/unload as needed.

 

[red]

Agreed Rustystud, their winches just keep on pulling without overheating.

 

[Another Ahab]

12 volt 4500 pound winch with 3/8" plate. The mount will put the winch over the frame, between the bed and the cab.

The camper will be a MUST shelter, basically a expandable s280 shelter. It's a removable shelter, and I don't have a crane at the house. So using a bed winch and a roller at the end of the bed to load/unload as needed.

Is that an acronym that means something:

- Or you just mean "got to have it"?!

 

[red]

Gotta have it haha. No its the only acronym I know for it. Used by medical for their field hospitals. Carnac posted a video on here about them. 12ft long 8ft wide when closed, and both sides open up to provide roughly 12ft by 18ft.

 

[Jeepsinker]

Will you be adding gusset plates to the inside corners of your winch mount? I like your thinking on the setup. How far back do you have to move the bed? Like 4-6" it looks like, but hard to get scale from the picture of the winch and mount.

 

[red]

Yes gussets will be added to the corners. The goal for me is to not move the bed, might be 2-3" though. I dont want to modify the look of the truck much. The winch and plate are 6" wide.

The mount will raise the winch to the floor of the bed, just above the bolt on the back of the cab.

 

[Jeepsinker]

I've never measured the space between the bed and cab, but it is awfully tight. There may JUST be enough room to squeeze the winch in there. Are you going to be able to reach and actuate the clutch lever from the side, or might you have to cut an access hole in the bed?

 

[red]

I can reach the lever from over the bed rails or the side.

The space will be tight, right around 6" of room.

 

[Jeepsinker]

Then you may want to consider moving the bed back 1-1.5" by just drilling new holes forward in the bed mounting brackets to make some room for deflection and frame flex it would suck to have the bed or cab contact the winch and break off the mounting bosses or damage the cab.

 

[red]

Gussets attached, next is the test fit

 

[Jeepsinker]

Looks good. Are you bolting this to the frame via some flanges welded to the frame, or just welding it straight to the frame?
Edit: I don't mean to hound you, I'm actually just curious. I've been following this thread since the start.

 

[red]

No worries questions are good! It will be bolted to the frame on both the top and outsides. Doing the test fit today, will have more pics in a little.

 

[red]

Well the bed will be moved 2-3" towards the rear. Will line up the end of the bed with the bumperetts.

 

[red]

Well the first 3 steps for removing the bed are complete. Mud flaps removed, bed unbolted, and the parking area organized so I have room to put the bed.

 

[red]

And voilà, the bed is off!

Went ahead and mocked up the winch mount.

Figure with the bed off I'll go ahead and do what I can for other mods. Rear winch, trailer hitch, and relocate the air tanks in preparation for the second transmission.

 

[red]

Weather doesn't want to cooperate today so I'm just sitting here thinking. The bed will get a roller installed to make it easier to load and unload stuff with the winch. What I'm wondering is if the frame should get one as well.

 

[XchaosX]

Can't wait to see how this turns out. I'm still figuring out a place to put my warn 18k in back of the truck.