weight of a 800 series dump bed?

[KsM715]

Theres a guy up the road that put a 5ton dump bed on a deuce. He put a small gas engine mounted where the tool box goes between the bed and the cab. Runs the pump off that. Works just fine. If you remain strickly off-road I wouldnt worry about overloading it. If you have to run on public roads then just don't heap it up.

 

[Sephirothq]

YOu would probably be better off using a 5 ton tractor over a duece. I just happen to know where one or two are for sale.

 

[porkysplace]

The OP of this thread has already bought a M35A2 Deuce from Alabama to Wisconsin .
Although a 5 ton would be ideal , he has a deuce he wants to convert to a dump . So can we keep this thread related to helping him with his best options to covert his deuce to a dump and not a sell your 5 ton thread .

 

[Sephirothq]

Porky,
My point wasn't to sell my 5 ton. It was to point out that a 5 ton would be a much better frame to start with.

If you look at safe weights ( I know some people those those away) You have a dump body that is 2000 lbs heavier then the standard duece body. So you can safely put 3000 lb on the bed off road and 7000 on road. That isn't much at all.

That is all, for the effort involved you are building a truck that you won't be able to get alot of use out of.

 

[KsM715]

Here's a pic of the truck I mentioned above. The small engine is in the plywood box and runs a chain from the engine to the pump.

 

[yamabro]

I had this same idea
So I got ahold of a couple dump bed assemblies (sold one)
I started doing all of the homework and calculations
FINAL RESULT
Sold that bed also
Bought myself a 5 ton dump
And never looked back