dump beds

[O.G.Tierdrop]

so who all has dump bed, and z racks...i wanna see how you did it....and ronnie i dont have the link to your truck anymore

[jimmy726]

I met dude from Missouri this weekend with a fro and his shit will make you bust a nut. His bed is tilt fully shaved and he has a full size spare underneath and all his air management. Im sure he has pics i actually surprised i didnt take any pics

[97xenissan]

i just hinged my bed today i had some spare rodends and made some tabs, on my frame i have a 2x3 crossmember and welded the tabs to that then welded the bushings to the rear bed mounts. works but i think im gonna make some mounts for the bushings to sit on (like axle saddles) then weld that to the bed mounts and gonna use some gas struts to lift it.
Im not gonna drive it like that. It's just so i can work on it, and going to use a hood latch and striker to keep it closed.

http://c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/101/l_624ab83cd42a4ded9c403e77e9c8213c.jpg (http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=143672078&albumID=1111309&imageID=36456221#a=1111309&i=36456225)

http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/80/l_fc5c181e8c3e4c6eab568bb204ab10e5.jpg (http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=143672078&albumID=1111309&imageID=36456221#a=1111309&i=36456225)

http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/112/l_b7456957658e498b92020f9dc65ecdb7.jpg (http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=143672078&albumID=1111309&imageID=36456221#a=1111309&i=36456225)

[jimmy726]

http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff286/jd42047/b9a3fcd4.jpg

heres underneath

http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff286/jd42047/112ddcff.jpg

This truck probably won a trophy at the show

[layinframe]

That front was sexy. I got a shot gotta get off the camera still.

[jimmy726]

i just hinged my bed today i had some spare rodends and made some tabs, on my frame i have a 2x3 crossmember and welded the tabs to that then welded the bushings to the rear bed mounts. works but i think im gonna make some mounts for the bushings to sit on (like axle saddles) then weld that to the bed mounts and gonna use some gas struts to lift it.

http://c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/101/l_624ab83cd42a4ded9c403e77e9c8213c.jpg (http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=143672078&albumID=1111309&imageID=36456221#a=1111309&i=36456225)

http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/80/l_fc5c181e8c3e4c6eab568bb204ab10e5.jpg (http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=143672078&albumID=1111309&imageID=36456221#a=1111309&i=36456225)

hey dude what did you do to your wheel tubs????? I like your bed bro

[Ratrod25]

Hey 91xenissan, did you have to move your bad back at all?

[O.G.Tierdrop]

hey 97xe you got any shots of the actual set up, like how the bed is mounted up, and crap like that....and mark wheres the z rack pic set up

[97xenissan]

jimmy726 they are the stock wheel tubs, I cut out a 12" section out of the bed then shortend the tubs and pie cut the tops and bottom halves to make the contuors flow to gether.
http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/68/l_789540ddd9c0df60fa73e5492d1ccebd.jpg (http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=143672078&albumID=1111309&imageID=25529636#a=1111309&i=25529640)

Ratrod25: No the bed has the factory 1" gap used a friends d21 to measure with could probably move it in a little closer.

O.G.Tierdrop: I just made a basic hinge, like a 4-link mount and then the rodend without the link bar. if u look under your truck u will see the last bed mount right at the end of the floor. thats where the bushings are welded to. No Z rack its just so i can work on it pulling the bed off sucks just to find a loose wire.

[Ratrod25]

So the bed doesnt hit the cab when you lift it?

[97xenissan]

no sir. i thought it would but the bed moves back and up as it rotates so it clears the cab.

[pacific coast]

97 XE i like your design..nice & easy & works fine.
Tier heres a few pics of the HB setup...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v605/markspics/HB%20mods%204%20show/3-10-09paintedcylinders.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v605/markspics/HB%20mods%204%20show/P1010325.jpg
& the side tilt hinges on the 620 [passenger side of frame]. I used round tubing welded to square tubing welded to the frame. The bed has the same part & i use a large "pin" to secure them together...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v605/markspics/Datsuns/6-16bedoff2.jpg

[O.G.Tierdrop]

so mark...uhhh when you comming out my way i need a z rack, and your look so purty

[jcjcsoccerkid]

tier this dude at STC had a dump bed, he had separate bags to lift it up, it was fuckin awesome. but sadly i got wasted and forgot to get a picture

[97xenissan]

thanks Pacific Coast, I just wanted something to make it easier to access the back of the truck. Im kinda thinking of using a 12v actuator to make it lift??? or maybe just some heavy duty gas support struts.

[pacific coast]

Tier -ill meet you half way in Arizona :D My buddy has a big shop we can hook up you bed in a few days.
97- you can even use a single bag to lift it.

[97xenissan]

pacific would the bag need to be mounted in the center, or could it be mounted to one side? cause i dont have very much room in there.

[O.G.Tierdrop]

i know a dude in al that has a shop too...he lives about an hour and a half to this guy that airbrush too :D

[wagondragger720]

I have a tilt bed, I cut the ends of a leaf spring and made some tabs. http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh289/accordwagon4/Datsun194.jpghttp://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh289/accordwagon4/Datsun188.jpghttp://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh289/accordwagon4/Datsun201-1.jpghttp://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh289/accordwagon4/Datsun200.jpghttp://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh289/accordwagon4/Datsun199.jpg

[97xenissan]

hmmm i didt even think of putting bags there , im gonna have to measure and see, but my frame layout is the same, with the gastank at the very back of the frame. and the hinge setup is the same. I think i already asked, (im at work gotta be sneaky) but how did u secure your bed up front? I was thinking of a hoodlatch and striker but i dont know if it will be strong enough.

[homewrecker]

damn nice I need to hinge my bed.

[pacific coast]

97- id put the bag right in the middle of the bed. The farther back its mounted the more lift you'll get.

[twisted92]

i used a set of barn door hinges, welded to frame and bed. used a set of air shocks mounted to frame and bed. all done for less than a 100 bucks. using a 12 dollor walmart comp on a toggle switch

[JRock]

where's homeboy off the old site from south florida? he had a juiced blue HB that'd pull a standing 3-wheel and a full-on dancing bed.

[88hb]

i almost lost interest in dump beds, till right about now.

great looking set ups.

[pacific coast]

i almost lost interest in dump beds, till right about now.

great looking set ups.
I cant believe you just said that............:rolleyes: get your head in the game son :rofl: JK Larry it's all good. Cruise down here so we can tilt your bed.

[97xenissan]

i ended up using a pair of firestone bags to lift mine im only having a problem securing the front down, the hood latch didnt work to well i want something i can unlatch remotely, or from inside the cab.

[jcjcsoccerkid]

jrock are you talkin about damian?

[JRock]

yeah i think so. didn't he have a double-diamond z-rack on his bed?

[nisrod]

there was a guy on here or nc that had a blue hb that was building a z rack and had videos posted of it,,,that one??

[nisrod]

ok my dumbass just looked up damians profile and thats the one i remember.

[twisted92]

i ended up using a pair of firestone bags to lift mine im only having a problem securing the front down, the hood latch didnt work to well i want something i can unlatch remotely, or from inside the cab.
i just let the weight of the bed keep it down. never had any prob. with it . been done for 5 yrs now

[97xenissan]

i just let the weight of the bed keep it down. never had any prob. with it . been done for 5 yrs now

well i thought it would work like that but everytime i would hit a bump or something it would bounce around, im gonna try some hood pins through the bed mounts see how that works. But the tilt bed is nice no more contorsionist just to change a compressor filter.

[O.G.Tierdrop]

I cant believe you just said that............:rolleyes: get your head in the game son :rofl: JK Larry it's all good. Cruise down here so we can tilt your bed.
makes me wanna drive to cali

well i thought it would work like that but everytime i would hit a bump or something it would bounce around, im gonna try some hood pins through the bed mounts see how that works. But the tilt bed is nice no more contorsionist just to change a compressor filter.

i was thinking about this, why not try using one of those trunk relse switch that found on hatchbacks?

[brnc_429]

after seein 97xe's bed it got me thinkin. i alredy had this in mind and i got some heavy duty hinges but raisin my bed to. hmmmm?

wel i'm that good of a fabricator yet and dont trust anyone else touchin my truck

but it is a good idea!

[ScottXGTR]

you could get a small pneumatic actuator (http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/items/4KB69) to work as a pin. hook it up to the air system and be able to lock and unlock it with a switch.

[88hb]

or u can hook up a door popper solenoid to a bear claw door latch, and have it remote operated, or inside the cab some where.

[97xenissan]

im such an idiot i didnt even think of an actuator to use as a pin theres some at my work, gonna check it out

[dsrbltoys]

Mine is just a side tilt. I cut the bed mount down 3/8" or so, then welded on a couple steel home door hinges that were cut cown to size.
http://memimage.cardomain.com/ride_images/3/2933/2601/32331300007_medium.jpg (http://memimage.cardomain.com/ride_images/3/2933/2601/32331300007_large.jpg)
A few other things in pic as well. Floor ribs are all covered and smoothed over, shortened gas filler, shaved gas door, and 4WD spring pearch.

[pacific coast]

Clean setup ^^^^^. Any more pics of the underside ??

[dsrbltoys]

Which part?

[pacific coast]

Maybe just a good overall shot. Also curious as to how your hinges look.

[97xenissan]

What kind of wheels and tires are u running nice nissan

[dsrbltoys]

What kind of wheels and tires are u running nice nissan

If your asking me, Lexus GX470 wheels now and Roadstars till last year when I brought the beast out of 15 years of storage.

[L-Rolla]

there was a truck at envy frenzy that had a bed like a transformer, it lifted up, spun around so the rear liscense plate faced forward and then the fenders detached and went flat, it was sick lookin, ill see if i have a pic when i get home

[dsrbltoys]

At some of the bed dance competitions in the late 90's, they had some that the beds spun very fast. Some people cut the bedsides, hinged those too, and just the centrifugal forcethrew them up. They had starter motors and ring gears on the z-racks that the bed spun on. Later some people 1/4'd their beds at cool angles, and hinges all the corners to open like a flower.

[J-rod]

I'm working on my tilt bed right now. Using heavy duty hinges in the back, keepin it held down with hood pins and rubber washers so it doesn't bounce around. Workin on a way to keep it propped up. Got a few ideas. Doing it cause I'm tired of taking it off to work on things and so I can shave my gas door and just lift the bed to get gas. (aka Show off at the gas station lol!)

[O.G.Tierdrop]

I saw a guy on youtube last night that had that type of bed...it was from a show in 07

[chalybs]

Find the vid Tier!

[O.G.Tierdrop]

damn man dont you know im lazier than trukboy???but since im bored ill hook you guys up this time


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0cIMOmuvo8

[dsrbltoys]

Dayam, thats sssssllllllllllllllooooooooooooooooooooooowwwwwwww wwww 8-)