S-10 Tilt Bed - what to do with bumper?

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pdenbigh

Discussion Starter · Jul 29, 2009

Hi everyone,

We're elbow-deep in our S-10 conversion and it's going great so far. The rest of the parts are enroute and will be here before the end of the month. Very exciting!

We're putting a tilt-bed system on the S-10 (long bed). The basics of it are very straightforward. However, the rear bumper is a little more tricky. It doesn't look like the bed can tilt up with the bumper in place. We want to maintin the original bumper mounting system for safety (it will be driven by students after all ;-) ).

Can anyone shed some light on how this is approached?

Thanks a bunch,
Peter

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elevatorguy

· #5 · Jul 31, 2009

1. make the hinge so the bed will miss the bumper.
2. move the bumper back on brackets
3. Cool side tilt so it is not an issue.
4. or like me abandon the idea and put them in the bed

I'm sure there is someone that knows or has done it, one I saw was option 1, had a double hinge that allowed it to miss the bumper.

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