colson04
Senior Member
I picked up a 97 F-350 with a 12ft stake bed on it cheap here a month ago. After I finish some over due maintenence items, I want to convert the flat bed to a dump bed. Has anyone made their own scissor hoist before or have plans available for one? Its only an F350, so max payload is like 3500-4000 pounds. I can't copy my dump trailer as it only uses 2, long hydraulic cylinders. That option would work too, though you don't normally see that on small dump trucks like you do scissor hoists.
I can buy a 5 ton universal scissor hoist kit off Amazon for $2000 ish, though I'm hoping to keep the cost under that. Also, there's a G20 Chevy for sale locally for $800 that has a dump bed, but no engine or trans. I could certainly pick that up and steal the bed and hoist and put them on my truck, though my wife would flip if I brought home another one...
I can buy a 5 ton universal scissor hoist kit off Amazon for $2000 ish, though I'm hoping to keep the cost under that. Also, there's a G20 Chevy for sale locally for $800 that has a dump bed, but no engine or trans. I could certainly pick that up and steal the bed and hoist and put them on my truck, though my wife would flip if I brought home another one...