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Swapped beds on deuces poor mans way

mrgerke81

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I did not have a crane so I had to use the poor man's method of lifting beds off of deuces to swap out. I wanted to post pictures for everyones enjoyment.
 

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rwoods

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I like the way you counter balanced the tree with a bed on each side. Now help me figure out a poor man's way to lift a hardsided top off a M35 bed that the NG built from osb and wood slats without destroying it.:grd:
 

rat4spd

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You know what's funny? I read the thread title and I said to myself, "What, by hanging it from a tree?" and my gawd, that's just what you did. :wink:
 

Alredneck

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Ron no offense but if its a home built hardtop why save it?

As for the redneck engineering, I wonder if a deuce bed will make a good counterweight for a catapult!:roll:
 

rwoods

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Ron no offense but if its a home built hardtop why save it?

As for the redneck engineering, I wonder if a deuce bed will make a good counterweight for a catapult!:roll:
Captain, it is tall enough for me to stand up in it, has lights, a hinged door and is covered with a cargo cover with extended canvas. In over words it doesn't look like a home built and it has some functionality for my uses, but it also limits my use. I thought about some old camper jacks but i haven't found any and new one are too expensive. Hope to see you in GA on Sat.
 

Alredneck

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OH my bad, I thought you were talking about a Cab top, dur, im a lil slow sometimes. Yea we had a couple beds setup like that for storing extra stuff when I was in the Army. Figure it would make a good shack when out driving around.
 

BugEyeBear

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HEY, where did you find that tree that GROWS DEUCE BEDS?!?

I WANT ONE OF THOSE!!

What kind of plant food do you give it to make sure it grows a Camo Drop Side??
& If you pick it too early does it give you an M715 bed??
 

quarkz

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Great job. [thumbzup][thumbzup]
That is good ol' egyptian engineering at its best.
I just wish I had a full size tree like that.
Heck I would like to have any trees period.aua

I am usually jacking things up, building piers out of cinder blocks and spanning distances with sister'd 2x8's. Frankly I am getting tired of moving the cinder blocks around.

One great egyptian type trick is 1-1/4" schedule 40 (thick wall) pvc pipe as rollers.
it will bend, but use it on a flat surface and you will have a roller that can support a couple thousand pounds.
 

greenjeepster

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Captain, it is tall enough for me to stand up in it, has lights, a hinged door and is covered with a cargo cover with extended canvas. In other words it doesn't look like a home built and it has some functionality for my uses, but it also limits my use. I thought about some old camper jacks but i haven't found any and new one are too expensive. Hope to see you in GA on Sat.
In other words it would make a good building to put in the yard and keep a few chickens or maybe a hog in.
 

Speddmon

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HEY, where did you find that tree that GROWS DEUCE BEDS?!?

I WANT ONE OF THOSE!!

What kind of plant food do you give it to make sure it grows a Camo Drop Side??
& If you pick it too early does it give you an M715 bed??

:funny:

Actually, I think if you pick-em before they are ripe, you wind up with a m105 bed and then you have to bob your truck to use it.
 

BFR

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I did not have a crane so I had to use the poor man's method of lifting beds off of deuces to swap out. I wanted to post pictures for everyones enjoyment.
good job, welcome to the club( I used 55 gallon drums & hilift the first time I did it)
 
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