Hydraulic dump bed being installed.
- Thread starter hmgary
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You'll love it! It's such a pleasure when you have a full load of firewood, stone or manure sitting back there and when it comes time to dump, you just pull the handle.
It'll also surprise you on how fast it lifts. I'm mentally picturing it dumping. I think from horizontal to full dump takes about 3 seconds. Much faster then the 15-30 seconds required for an electric over hydraulic.
It'll also surprise you on how fast it lifts. I'm mentally picturing it dumping. I think from horizontal to full dump takes about 3 seconds. Much faster then the 15-30 seconds required for an electric over hydraulic.
I have hauled and dumped over 10,000 lbs of rocks in the past few weeks and still have more to do. The RTV is nice cause it has a much lighter footprint than my bigger tractors or backhoe. The dump bed and gear drive is what sold me on mine in March of 06.
Heatwave
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You won't regret it. The hydraulic dump is worth every penny of the price of admission.
Now that I am dumping my bed more often, does anybody have any tricks as to how to keep my piece of stable mat that I use as a bed protector from sliding out? I know the obvious is to drill a couple of holes in the bed and use a couple of bolts. Just hate to put holes in a perfectly good bed.
What I did
I faced the same problem with my heavy tool box and my new machine. I just didn't want to drill holes in the new bed, but I couldn't have it slipping around every time I hit a bump. I decided to attach the steel box to a piece of exterior plywood cut to fit the bed. It is a little tricky to cut it to fit the notches where the stakes would go because of the sloped sides, but it can be done. The rear bed notches would keep it from sliding out and you could attach your mat to the plywood with carriage head bolts pulled up tight so as not to rub or cut it square and use a piece of floor stripping (like used at a door) to fit behind the notches and hold the mat down. I used 1/2 " plywood. Great so far. bordercollie
I faced the same problem with my heavy tool box and my new machine. I just didn't want to drill holes in the new bed, but I couldn't have it slipping around every time I hit a bump. I decided to attach the steel box to a piece of exterior plywood cut to fit the bed. It is a little tricky to cut it to fit the notches where the stakes would go because of the sloped sides, but it can be done. The rear bed notches would keep it from sliding out and you could attach your mat to the plywood with carriage head bolts pulled up tight so as not to rub or cut it square and use a piece of floor stripping (like used at a door) to fit behind the notches and hold the mat down. I used 1/2 " plywood. Great so far. bordercollie
Hydro dump installation link
http://www.cornejo.net/rtv900/DumpBedInstall.htm This is a link for installing the dump bed cylinder and hydraulics. Good pictures too. It's the same guy that did the driveshaft fix . bordercollie
http://www.cornejo.net/rtv900/DumpBedInstall.htm This is a link for installing the dump bed cylinder and hydraulics. Good pictures too. It's the same guy that did the driveshaft fix . bordercollie