Old RV made into a car carrier !!!

hr3 · Sep 7, 2015

Finished up one of the hinges today the other one almost done but was toooo hot out to finish.. Didn't need to buy anything either found the parts laying around.... Can anybody tell what the table is I took the sq stock from "I hope not"

I will finish up the other one and mark the frame for the cut,, cut it and weld them in,, Then comes the hard part cutting all the welds in front of the hinges after that i'll pick the bed off and finish welding the hinges in place.. Son will clean up the frame and paint it all then we will put it back on and get ready for the new 2 by 4 channel down the sides and a few new braces in between..

muddstopper · Sep 11, 2015

hr3 said:
Ok have the week off had a cold since Sunday.. Son is going to be working on making the cab water tight and bracing the insides where the back was put back on.. I'm working on the rear bed.. Thinking to make it a tilt bed with a beaver tail. I have a 4" bore by 24" stroke hydraulic cylinder but the hinge point has been driving me crazy.. Any suggestion's ???

Finding the cylinder mounting point isnt that hard. First you need to decide where you will need to mount the hinge of the bed. Thats usually at the back of the frame. Then you will ned to make a couple of measurements from that hinge point. Those measurements are the extended lenght of the cylinder and the retracted lenght of the cylinder. You take an adverage of those two lenghts and that is where the rod end of the cylinder will mount on your bed. With the bed at the proper tilt angle, ( the amount you want the bed to lift), you would measure from the rod end mounting point, the full lenght of the cylinder and make a mark. Then with the bed in the fully down position, you would measure the fully retracted lenght of cylinder. From these two points you would draw two circles, where those circles intersect, is where you would mount the base of the cylinder. using this method, the cylinder should fully extent for maximum lift, and retract fully for full drop. I dont know if you can see this drawing on my shop floor. It is how I figured the mounting points for my knuckle boom build. Same principle, well i didnt like that pic, let me try another one, not the right one either, I will have to go to my pics and see if i can download something that shows it better.

Xfaxman · Sep 11, 2015

hr3 said:
Finished up one of the hinges today the other one almost done but was toooo hot out to finish.. Didn't need to buy anything either found the parts laying around.... Can anybody tell what the table is I took the sq stock from "I hope not"

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Nope, can't tell what it was, but now it is "legless"

Give us a hint.

hr3 · Sep 11, 2015

Yep is it now legless .. the legs were 1/4' wall 2inch sq. stock. The rest was 1/8" double roiled flat stock "no sharp edges" and for the hint it can be found in a public place but not everybody gets to see one...lol

hr3 · Sep 12, 2015

muddstopper said:
Finding the cylinder mounting point isnt that hard. First you need to decide where you will need to mount the hinge of the bed. Thats usually at the back of the frame. Then you will ned to make a couple of measurements from that hinge point. Those measurements are the extended lenght of the cylinder and the retracted lenght of the cylinder. You take an adverage of those two lenghts and that is where the rod end of the cylinder will mount on your bed. With the bed at the proper tilt angle, ( the amount you want the bed to lift), you would measure from the rod end mounting point, the full lenght of the cylinder and make a mark. Then with the bed in the fully down position, you would measure the fully retracted lenght of cylinder. From these two points you would draw two circles, where those circles intersect, is where you would mount the base of the cylinder. using this method, the cylinder should fully extent for maximum lift, and retract fully for full drop. I dont know if you can see this drawing on my shop floor. It is how I figured the mounting points for my knuckle boom build. Same principle, well i didnt like that pic, let me try another one, not the right one either, I will have to go to my pics and see if i can download something that shows it better.

I have the hinge point all figured out. I'm putting them just behind the rear spring parch.. son wants to use a air over hydraulic because he will have air on board anyway ,,