turning 1985 dodge into a real workhorse

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I havent been on here in awhile due to working on my latest project for the last couple of months and I finally got it done so I thought I'd share some pics.

The truck is a 1985 Dodge W350 with dana 60's, 35x16x16.5 boggers, and a custom 203-205 double transfer case.

Here's how we started:
 

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The new motor. 5.9L Magnum swap. Ahhhh the cold weather reliability of fuel injection
 

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Rebuilt the trans and transfer cases. I had to notch the bellhousing for the crank trigger, and grind the weight off the torque converter because the 5.9L's have the weight on the flexplate
 

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Now for the good stuff...The dump bed.

This is the under hood goodies
 

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Some pics of the fab work
 

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Testing it out before the paint job
 

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Final product, with custom bumper
 

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The final figures work out to be 20000lbs dump force to a 48.5* angle.

It is a bit more force than I had in mind when I was first sketching but once the fabbing started I was able to get the pivots in better locations than I anticipated resulting in about 3x's the force I really need. Which isn't a bad thing because the pump will only develop enough force to do the work, which will be about 1000psi. So I shouldn't have to worry about blowing any hoses anytime soon.

I also forgot to add that the pump runs about 4.8gpm @ 3000psi, which is 2000 truck rpm. It takes 16 sec to full raise but about 2 min to come down, due to not being a power down(which I may change because the DCV has a port for that that I just blocked) so All I would need is about another 25 ft of hoses and fittings.

The Hyd resivoir is a 3 gal that I put 2.5 gal in ( my tractor takes 7.5 gal so it works out perfect fo 2 buckets)

The pump is ran off the AC clutch so it doesn't run but only to dump so I only need enough fluid to fill the cyls.

Heres some pics of my figures if any of you other math/hydraulic fellows want to check my #'s The flash got me in the first pic they are 2.5" x 30" cylinders
 

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Very cool. I would love to have that around my place for the nasty jobs.

Chris
 
 
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