Home Made Dump Bed Jeep J20 Part 3 (Hydraulic System)

Cheap Dual Acting Pump ,Ebay Hydraulic cylinders and plumbing that cost more than the rest of the system. However the thing seems to lift pretty good.

[@joedoakes8307]

Wrap a short piece of old garden hose around your hydraulic lines where they go through the body ! that sharp metal will slice a hole in those hyd. lines by virtue of their movement due to pressure changes !

[@jimmoravec1326]

You should’ve had your rams the other way, your putting stress against your hinges. If your just hauling a few wheelbarrow loads of dry leaves then you should be fine. Your angle of the rams are not going to be very productive if you have some actual weight up front. You should always have at least an inch of your ram out and not in all the way because when a ram is bottomed out all the way in you won’t have the force it would compared to it out an inch. I have just a single ram and has plenty of power to raise the bed and not putting stress on the system. Not giving you any crap just making some suggestions to help you out. 👍

[@okielicious]

Nice!! Great job ! I noticed the tubing is not braced where the cylinders pin on the frame of the truck and the bed if you have a weak spot that will be it . But if you don't load it to the hydraulic power capacity it will probably be fine . If you are like me you will load the wagon 10-4... keep on building!!

[@MJ-ws5kx]

Dont think any of them go straight vertical. Good ideas, low profile and no huge scissor frame brackets and mechanism to deal with. Good stuff!

[@eddieinta6232]

That is the best ideas. Better than scissor lift set up that cost 2k. Nice job.

[@cutweldngrind]

DO you have a model number on cylinders? I try looking for 24" but most have like a 1" shaft or 1.25" which seem thin to me. Would you know the diameter of the shaft on these?

[@joedoakes8307]

Your reservoir tank is Way too large. You only need a couple of gallons of oil for the system to function normally !

[@jeepsandfreedom5747]

The tank you see under the bed is an old hydrulic tank some one has made in to a fuel tank that came on another truck and now I am using on this truck just to keep cost low . Hydrulic tank for the pump is 6 quarts

[@allgreatthings]

Hey u might of said it but what hydraulic rams did u use and what size are they?

[@jeepsandfreedom5747]

I believe they are 2.5 bore 24-inch stroke They were cheap cylinders I found on line.

[@donald4416]

That dam shame can't afford couple rubber grommets for wires but you can afford 6 pack beer thumbs down dude.

[@scottc0510]

Agreed!