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Re: Payload
5 ton should be plenty. 10k pounds should buckle your truck. I think it was Pierces kit directions that talked about the location of the scissor lift and effect on capacity. If the lift can move the first few inches it will be fine. Food for thought but a dump bed puts alot of strain on the frame at the lift mechanism and hinge. I would suggest a frame that hooks to the truck frame to support it and take the point loads while distributing it out onto the truck frame. It can be done without the extra rails but will be hard on the truck. I have a parts truck that was a dump and the hinge pins are a solid 1" bar that span both rails. Its far from straight and had wollowed out the frame and reinforcement plates holes. I wish it had a scissor lift since the bed was pretty nice other than needing a new floor installed.
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