You Might Hate The Reason We're Building This Dump Bed.

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Today we're helping out our nephew with his truck. We're putting a dump bed on it, to make his job a whole lot easier. Check it out!
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[@markellyfarm]

I was screaming at the TV, "nooooo don't weld that!" Lol. The frame you had going forward actually goes underneath the lift to hold it up at rest. You put the lift in place and let the bed all the way down before connecting so the lift rests properly. Did a lot of these back in the day including a pto wet kit.

[@hanssundkvist]

xactly! ...

[@markellyfarm]

@Jim Omega yup sorry. But now that I think about it not being a right angle, it would be Sines. Back in the day we just made chalk lines on the ground and measured it.

[@jeepscotsman6242]

Just me or did they loose some of the lift height capabilities of it?

[@markellyfarm]

@@jeepscotsman6242 its possible if it was mounted too far forward.

[@kimetherington2252]

Never doubt that a master fabricator can marry a international bed to a Ford truck to a Chevy lift and make it work on the fly! Paul you are a master. and along with your brother Ben, the challenges Fab Rats sees on a daily basis will be met and conquered! Any company would love to have Fab Rats on their team! Thank you all for your sharing, thank you Michelle for your expert editing! I can hardly wait to see what comes next...

[@californiadaze]

Paul & Ben are the ultimate problem solvers!

[@FinishedProject]

Am I the only one with rusted wheel arches drooling at the condition of that pickup truck bed that they took off

[@donwilliams3626]

It appears any kit that comes into Paul's shop is a universal fit. His first step is always to throw out the instruction book!

[@danielstevens3372]

Instructions are for Firestarters hahaha 😆

[@dakotadeary5285]

That's so true he is so handy at what he does

[@dakotadeary5285]

@@danielstevens3372 true he love to burn the instructions

[@ihdieselman]

And proceed to screw it up and take longer to figure out that he's doing it wrong then it would take to briefly read the instructions in the first place.

[@wesman7837]

Well instructions for the wrong truck aren't going to be very useful!

[@tonydowd8566]

Im surprised people even question your fab work. You're always explaining how thing's are going to work, and they always do.

[@dkhallal]

Paul never ceases to amaze at his off the cuff “ratgineering”! Nice job, that would be a fun/handy truck to have around. I was surprised how much weight it could dump.

[@DustyEmma]

“ratgineering” looool, THAT should be on some T shirts....

[@lylehuber1466]

While I like ratgineering, I think Ratrofit is just a little better.

[@dkhallal]

@@lylehuber1466 🤪

[@georgehampton7579]

We have a highway that runs through our town with three or four stop lights. We had an overloaded gut truck lose a bit of its load every time it took off from a stoplight. A little stomach here, a little intestine there, even a few skull bits. It was the crime of the century in our town, according to some of the easier offended.

[@mikekuczynski1552]

Paul’s kit instructions, cut this , channel this , chop this , weld this , tie wrap those , add power , fluids, lights . Now she will work . Just as I pictured it . Thanks for the gut dump video :-)

[@DeanJohnson67]

with the value of the dollar the Barter system is much preferred!

[@michaelc.3812]

Don’t forget to add a safety bar so your cousin can have the safety feature that will save his life.

[@egood4531]

Trailer hitch (fifth wheel) - Heavy cross piece above ram that clears. Vertical side mounts down to heavy cross piece under the ram. Vertical heavy have welded pins that fall into the bottom vertical heavy notch. Rotating latch that connects the upper and lower heavy plates. Latch handle that locks the latch in open or closed position. Closed when hailing a fifth wheel. Open to use the dump bed.

[@ryurc3033]

Man my parents ran a greenhouse from 96 to about 2003ish I unloaded alot of manure with a shovel in the first couple years, and a dump bed in our old dually was a life changer. Not a bad idea to keep your local butcher happy. I bet it leads to a few tasty meals.

[@russellsmith3825]

Combined with an ample supply of wood chips, those guts could make good compost

[@davebenson1504]

amazing mixing of the non compatible parts to build a POWERFUL lift... success

[@rabbit6872]

What I’ve learned watching FabRats for a while is that you all pull old trucks out of the scrap yard less rusty than any two year old New England truck

[@angrydingus5256]

I had the unfortunate job at one point of disposing of dead animals from vets in a tri state area. fortunately they were wrapped and frozen when we got them but by the time we got them to the burial pits and cremation urns back home well, they were not so frozen. Having a dump bed was an absolute must.

[@stevehetrick2676]

Food for thought 🤔 Next time, instead of a cissor lift ram,,, use a telescopic cylinder in the front of the dump bed,,, thus leaving room to put the gooseneck hitch in the correct spot!! 👍👍 I had an 81 Chevy truck set-up this way worked like a charm👍

[@johnpickens448]

The lack of rust on these Western trucks is amazing! This same truck kept outdoors in New Jersey would have dissolved in a pile of corrosion years ago.

[@phillmckrakin2518]

That old bed is worth some coin here in Michigan. I have seen them bring $2500 for a clean rust free bed.

[@adamthomas4638]

Grandma lolley is a saint always making sure her little boys are fed and even gives insight on projects but we do know who the favorite is he's just a little shorter than the other one of the best things about this channel is how its a family operation glad y'all work together an don't let BS get in the way

[@calholli]

You could still mount a Gooseneck ball/ 5th wheel hitch if you just weld on some flanges on the front of your bed so that you can pin the bed shut.. He would have to pull the pins to dump it; But normally you would just leave the pins out, and then only put them in when you needed to tow. At least that way it would secure your bed for towing when you needed it to. I think it could be done fairly easily.

[@jasonswift7098]

You don't install a goose-neck hitch on a dump bed! it just does not work.

[@4wdtennessee459]

I had a 91 f450 dump truck that was that way with the pins in front of bed. Little annoying taking the pins in and out but it made the bed solid. I would tow a 12k backhoe with it and never had a single problem with it.

[@tn65s]

Build rugged hinges and make a lock for front of body. I hauled 12' dia.x 36' fiberglass tanks out of Canada to Maine and New York, 12 of them.

[@markreetz1001]

It's a winner! Making dump beds always looks so complicated to me. Good job. Good to see Papa Darr hanging with you!! I know he comes around often enough, but I just wanted to give him a shout out!!

[@Fixingeverthingwithaengine567]

Who needs instructions. It a fab shop. Make as you go.100% love the channel.

[@paulcooper2897]

Should be a handy truck! Nothing wrong with a meat wagon ... we all need steak and burgers!!! I was hollering at my phone when you welded the scissor to the frame ... you must have finally heard me! Thanks for sharing 🇨🇦

[@johnguilfoyle3073]

When Paul says, "Real Nice, Clark." he is quoting a specific movie. But when I hear him say it, I am always reminded of another quote. Who remembers and can name the movie, "That's Clark Nice."

[@norcoredneck]

Glendale Gut Wagon. Kinda has a ring to it.

[@kevbev1524]

YEE.... HAW.... I'd have to say, That magnet light has been with you from the beginning and a very useful tool for sure, It was one of my first episodes I watched and I'm glad every time I see you use it.

[@timwhiting6854]

Paul, if you had turned the scissor lift around the other way so that the middle hinge point was towards the cab, then you could have still used the hole in the bed to mount a gooseneck ball on a plate under the flap. Also, the other piece that you welded to the frame in the front looked to be a stand up safety lockout to brace the bed up when it is open for maintenance.

[@kurtniles8642]

The ‘HI YAH’ made me think of Randal. He may be gone but not forgotten. How’s he doing? Has he stopped by? If he does I sure hope you get him to make a cameo.

[@DickWeed999]

Papa Dar brought the whole story full circle about the history of the bed itself. To be sentimental, I see that as real local community legacy. Well done Paul!

[@karnesrussell]

I found a coworker in his shop killed by the one dump brase. A locking brase on the outside of the frame. Never work alone I've seen 6 garages burn to the ground through the year's. Spirit be with y'all an God bless all

[@geriatricginger]

I installed a Pierce onto a 2015 F250 fro my father-in-law. The 'bolt-on' kit was not a bolt-on, by any means. Also, the Ford bed would flex badly (floor bulge) due to the POS aluminum construction of Ford. So we had to basically build a skeleton underneath the bed to support it. Otherwise, the pierce frame would've pushed right through the floor, first load it tried to lift. The rear bumper was also iffy, from a safety standpoint, once the kit was installed.

[@markgeorge2225]

I took a Ford flatbed and put it on a GMC. Welded the gooseneck to the bed. Used a single cylinder to lift the bed. Had a bad day and jacknifed it with a mini ex on it. I didn't bend anything. Works great

[@pablomaslykin9614]

Nice work Paul and Ben, as a safety tip, you can weld some sort of grille on the roll bar to prevent things from sliding into the rear cab window, just a suggestion. Great video keep up the good work God bless and stay safe

[@robertbronikowski6728]

What the mind of a man can perceive, the minds of Paul and Ben can achieve!

[@danajorgensen1358]

I don't hate the reason for doing the bed... I just think there is potentially a lot more your nephew can do to make better use of the carcasses... Like boiling the bones down to broth (and maybe dehydrating that into bullion), stripping the remaining flesh from them, then crushing them into bone meal fertilizer. Processed deer hide becomes buckskin leather, etc. The need for a "gut wagon" just indicates he has yet to fully explore making a potentially much more complete use of the animals.

[@blackbuttecruizr]

The only thing it needs is some back up lights and maybe some work lights on the headache rack. Great work!!!

[@jasonswift7098]

Good idea and reverse camera.

[@woodcox0171]

Also needs amber side marker lights on the rear.

[@shaunrobertson9203]

15:15 into the video... PERFECT Christmas Vacation reference 👊👊...your pappy would be proud of everything you have become and continue to be..

[@cutweldngrind]

I made a flatbed with side skirts and now I want to build me a dump bed. Cool project.

[@jackreed3445]

The shop expansion should have a taller door than the present ones. Bring on the Yellow!

[@kittty2005]

Ya know something ? We had a real yellow submarine here at Intermediate Lake @ the Chain "o Lakes Antrim County ,Michigan. It was made from a 500 pound propane pig and was taken under water several times by it's owner, it was illegal as hell and he was ticketed by the Antrim county Marine Officer, it eventually got scrapped, but he was the talk of the county for years,LOL.

[@stephenpoe2037]

Very interesting Adaption of Miss Match Parts ! Great Video. Thanks for sharing !

[@pmae9010]

Nice work Paul and Ben, that truck is going to get a lot of use for all kinds of things.

[@albertbusscher4270]

Paul you are so clever with all the things you tackle !!! It's always a pleasure to watch you guys !!! Greetings from Australia

[@beldenjaypaige6417]

Excellent job paul, there’s nothing like recycling old metal that never dies and keeps on going and going working for who ever needs it next, awesome 😎🤙🏽

[@jasonwtheis5921]

Fun one to watch! I appreciated the part where Paul added the square tube support saying, "I don't want to die today." A well-known local heavy equipment operator died about ten years ago when the hydraulics on his dump truck failed while he was working under there. That was quite tragic. After Paul's project was finished, I couldn't help but feel like there needed to be either fenders attached to the flatbed or some sort of protection built around the hydraulic pump and reservoir. It's looking awfully exposed under there!

[@littlearsehole75]

"Dumping guts" is what I do halfway through my first cup of coffee in the morning.

[@stevehaken]

Really enjoy watching Paul and Ben work together. Great team!

[@mrwoppy1]

i could watch you guys all day long.......thanks for doing what you do

[@barrytimm5497]

You had me worried there for a few minutes when I could see the initial geometry was way off! In order to directly bolt the top of the cylinder to the bed, the pivot point of the ram on the chassis would have had to be exactly in line with the pivot point of the bed to the chassis at the back. Your ram's pivot point was way forward, so you had to have that scissors link to allow the difference in length as the ram raised and lowered. Good job on figuring out a workaround that did a great job!

[@davejensen6200]

Beautiful truck. Perfect. Enjoy it Coleman! Great work Paul and Ben!

[@yellowstonefoster5543]

Your families continued ability to make me feel like I am just hanging out with my family and close friends with every video is unsurpassed. I feel at home every time I press play. Thanks to you and yours for this consistently amazing content.

[@terrywells3955]

Absolutely perfect job great going Paul and Ben .!!!

[@SchysCraftCo.]

Very nice job guys. Can't wait to see more videos soon. Keep up the great craftsmanship and hard work my friends. Fab On. Weld On. Keep making. God bless.

[@willbeam8416]

I thought my family was the only ones that used Christmas vacation quotes year round. You guys are the gift that keeps on giving.. the whole year.....

[@280zone]

Thanks for fitting the whole project into one video!

[@psg6314]

My son in law does same thing for the deer cooler, he bought a f 350 diesel I put a water tank on the head board and weirded a electric pump for rinsing, great video keep up the good work God bless from GA stay safe

[@kenmurray4232]

Nice job. Another job in the books. Thanks for sharing.

[@brucehayes7251]

In Australia you'd be described as having a can do attitude,nothing phases you,or at least nothing appears to be a real big problem. Excellent,and to me it's just an extension of someone's toolbox,could be worse,could be an effluent carter

[@roygotham]

Another successful conversion by a MASTER FABRICATOR!!! We’ll done I try to follow along but I am always scratching my head still when you start welding things together 👍👏🤣!!

[@anthonylee2099]

Great Fabrication on making everything work Paul, Ben. Great video. 🤙😎

[@mannybarroga1878]

Dump bed is very useful, build variety is not only entertaining but is informative. Very nicely done thanks.

[@ntme6506]

Love these one off projects like this. It's a "How To" as much as anything.

[@jeromeknasinski3862]

What a joy to have a well equipped shop and outstanding assistants.

[@francesrice7898]

I knew Paul and Ben would get that done. I would like to see his nephews reaction when he sees it and checks it out. Good job. ❤️👍👍🙏🙏🌟🌟❤️

[@Farm_fab]

It's been awhile since I've worked on a Fordolet. My dad put a Chevy 307 and automatic transmission in a Dodge van, and he liked the fuel mileage. That was a Dodgolet or a franken van.

[@adamortega69]

I can tell when Paul is working working and when he’s fun working. This is a working working video

[@leefamily4139]

Your on the fly engineering is amazing. The gut wagon is a work of art…love it

[@alexduke5402]

Heck yeah nothing like a good trade with the butcher! Most of them are a good friends to have!

[@detroitdiy]

Great job guys, definitely enough issues to have to work through, however like always you guys have it working awsome.

[@mariodesmo]

Impressive dumping action. That bed jumped right up and dumped that load of logs, easy-peasy! Good Job!

[@marvincarter870]

Paul and Ben does it again making this dump bed for his buddy. Works great. Good to see Papa Dar and Grandma Lally bringing the boys lunch! Love this channel!

[@tomtucker8849]

Paul & Company, you guys & ladies get the job done and done right.

[@johnbrill1971]

Love all that you guys do here on your channel thank you guys for all the videos

[@VanFlicke]

Love the background music! And love the work on a Ford finally! :)

[@loganvelez7676]

It actually really looks like it was made for that truck. Great job guys. 😊

[@donk2831]

God Bless Grandma! She looks after them boys.

[@pseudocoder78]

Great video, fun project! Looks like Paul & Co. put in some long days getting this one done. My favorite part was the "practical test" at the end. Paul wasn't afraid to load it up extra heavy--those tree trunks are no joke! The guy he bartered with should be happy with a job well done.

[@upkpoxer]

Thanks for sharing!

[@larrydavidson3402]

Awesome job of fabrication on this dump bed. Paul and Ben don't let a challenge stop the.

[@henrycarlson7514]

So Wise , Thank You

[@1701enter]

Did you put on a permanent safety bar like the one you used to build it? I recommend you do this and put it on the same side as the motor so no excuse not to use it when servicing the truck ... This is my go-to U-Tube channel it is so much fun to watch! thank you (also I hope that is not a "welders" cough? that needs to be looked into if it is)

[@McBuggs.]

Yer custom fabricating is a true art-form... well done!

[@fredtucker9236]

WOW, I am impressed more and more with your imagination and ingenuity!

[@1950harleycharley]

You guys are great fabricators! Nothing is too hard for you all !

[@thomasleve5270]

Merci Paul&Family! Greetings from the Normandy.

[@Sakratic]

Paul with an abundance of experience and sound logic which keeps him and others safe and pretty much ALWAYS WINNING!! Call me continuously or is it continually impressed LoL - either way just awesome!

[@samuelcrossland1101]

Nostalgic for me. Dad had a fleetside dump bed on a 70's C 10. A Victory Gardeners old truck. The look on people's faces when he had to tilt the bed to put gas in that beat up old truck is so memorable. I'm sure you know what disbelief looks like on people's faces, it's priceless.

[@LionkingCMSL]

I once jumped my '66 F100 and got some serious air. It had a 240 straight six with "three on the tree". :)

[@airic2897]

I'm stoked on this suburban build you speak of..

[@salvatorebaleno9807]

I can't wait for the budget build type stuff! That just sounds like pure fun!!!

[@paulquiroz4070]

Always able to figure it out... Congrats. Well done once again !!!

[@jamesbigham9036]

Paul I always enjoy how you can make parts adapt that is creativity and very smart to save money and use what you have I do agree he should add a hose to make it easier and cleaner. I am definitely looking forward to the special project

[@ryb6463]

I liked this episode because it’s fun to watch you fabricate & modify a unique but practical project. Anyhow I’m trying to say this had the original Fabrats vibe - back when Michelle swung the camera.

[@robleaf6940]

I am telling you Paul is one smart guy !! His fabrication skills are outstanding!!

[@johnnysaffel797]

Great job. It worked better than i expected

[@andrewchapman879]

with the bed down i would add a few bolt holes in the bed right above the frame rails, if you weld a few nuts to the bottom of the hole you could bolt down a plate that has the fifth wheel ball, you would have to remove it to use the lifting function, but it could be done

[@montegtaylor]

Good job reworking it so it works.

[@timvanasen6711]

Great job guy's mostly Paul Chevy parts work on any truck, thank's for sharing God bless ❤😉👍