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Old 11-13-2013, 12:27 AM   #40
JJorgensen52
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Re: '72 C3500 GMC flatbed project

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Originally Posted by flashed View Post
I love the bed ,I wish I could find one that size for my 72 0ne ton.
They're out there, it's a factory setup, about 90" wide and 110" long. I wish I could find a cleaner one here in New England to replace a couple of the cross supports!

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Originally Posted by storm9c1 View Post
At one time, I never saw a HD belt-drive PTO either, but here it is:

http://www.munciepower.com/products/...&back=Products

Mine is an older 4-5 GPM PH series unit. Works great to operate the bed. I have a large hydraulic recovery tank, so there is plenty of extra fluid for the large rams on my setup. The bed setup is fairly new, but the 40 year-old hydraulic winch (possible original) is SOOOOO slow. I can't bring myself to replace it because it can pull a house.
Learn something new every day. That looks a lot like they took their standard small volume pump and mounted it to an A/C clutch.

I actually want to add a recovery tank to my setup, as right now I just have the ram itself as a reservoir and it doesn't work terribly well when it's cold because there isn't much gravity pressure to feed that cold fluid down to the pump.
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