5-ton dump bed on deuce

[m16ty]

Well it looks like it's time for my third dump project. I've got a deuce without a bed and I've found a complete dump setup off of a 5-ton truck. This has got me to thinking, would a dump bed off of a 5-ton fit on a deuce? I haven't personally seen the 5-ton bed. How long is a 5-ton dump bed? I'm also a little concerned about the weight of the bed on a deuce?

What does everybody think?

 

[dpsmith]

A man down the street has one set up like that. Ugly as sin... but he has hauled alot with it. He used a old Air Force deuce and claims to have hauled up to 10 tons with it off road.

 

[m16ty]

What makes it look so ugly? Does the bed look too big for the truck? I really don't want a "ulgy as sin" truck.

 

[KsM715]

Looks just like the deuce dumper but the pto set up is on the other side. Theres a guy in a near by town that has that very set up. He mounted a small gas engine behind the drivers side of the cab where the 5ton tool box sits. Works well other than you have to get out of the cab to operate it.

 

[m16ty]

Jeff, I'd already thought of that but it shouldn't be too hard to move the pump setup over to the other side for the deuce.

 

[dpsmith]

Well... it's ugly as sin only because he used some good ole Alabama engineering, (blow torch and a hammer) to make it work. I'll take some pictures of it tomorrow along with the water buffalo he has turned into a fuel trailer.

 

[colelkhunter]

we are looking for a POS water buffalo to turn into a big dam grille.........

 

[waayfast]

There is Gasser Deuce with a dump bed sitting a ways off the highway couple towns away.Could not get my brain to wrap around what I was seeing till I got a chance to corner the owner and see the truck up close,last fall.
Yep! 5 ton dump box---said it was fully loaded and could barely move ---with the box EMPTY!.Asked him why it hadn't moved in several years(that I had noticed it)---showed me the blown dog bone due to too much weight and he decided it wasn't worth the time and trouble to fix it.(Still sitting).

 

[Junkyard Wars Crusher]

Ty,

You might try asking abh3. He has one.
http://www.steelsoldiers.com/327840-post19.html

His avatar picture is just what you are describing - a deuce cab and chassis with a 5-ton dump bed.