Cor, Thanks. Great tip regarding the grounding!
I'll let you know if I need pics. I've looked at lots of conversion with tilt beds. I'm trying to find the easiest way while maintaining the OEM bumper. I'm planning on using electric linear actuators in place of hydraulics or pneumatics. Barry On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 6:08 PM, Cor van de Water via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Barry, > I currently have a Ford Ranger with tilt-up bed and a solid bumper > that can be used for towing, I did not take any pics of the tilt > mechanism so I can make some based on what you exactly want to see. > Before this EV truck I had another one, an S10 which did not have a > real bumper, only the skirt wrapped around below the tail gate, but > nothing that would support towing or stepping on like this truck does. > I do have pics of that S10's tilt mechanism, in essence two large hinges > bolted to the end of the frame rails and two flat stock steel plates > attached to the bottom of the bed to transfer the force from bed to > hinge. > It also had two air springs to help raise it since it was a long bed. > My current Ranger has a shorter bed and no springs, only two pivot > points > at the end of the bed and a steel pipe (think broomstick) that rotates > on > a bolt at the end to prop the bed up. > > One common issue on tilt bed conversions is the need to *ground* the > bed, > if you do not install a wire between bed and frame, your tail lights may > or may not work since they are only wired to get power from 12V and the > return (ground) is via the bed. Hinges are not a reliable return path. > > Let me know and I can post some pics of this conversion, made in ~1995 > using a 1989 Ranger. > > Cor van de Water > Chief Scientist > Proxim Wireless > > office +1 408 383 7626 Skype: cor_van_de_water > XoIP +31 87 784 1130 private: cvandewater.info > > http://www.proxim.com > > This email message (including any attachments) contains confidential and > proprietary information of Proxim Wireless Corporation. If you received > this message in error, please delete it and notify the sender. Any > unauthorized use, disclosure, distribution, or copying of any part of > this message is prohibited. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: EV [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Barry Oppenheim > via EV > Sent: Monday, March 28, 2016 1:07 PM > To: Jay Summet; Electric Vehicle Discussion List > Subject: Re: [EVDL] S-10 truck w/ Nissan Leaf battery pack range > > Jay, > > Little OT but trying to research design on a tilt bed for a pickup > conversion. Do you have any pictures of the hinges on the tilt bed as > well > as pictures of the bumper/rear end with the bed up and down? Or a link > to > the original converter's blog? > > Thanks, > Barry Oppenheim > www.JustAnotherEvConversion.blogspot.com > > On Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 3:45 PM, Jay Summet via EV <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > I tested the range of my S-10 conversion with a Nissan Leaf battery > pack > > yesterday (not quite all the way to 80% discharged, but got some good > > numbers).... > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20160328/e11b > 72bd/attachment.htm> > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA > (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA ( > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20160328/15f80969/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
