Barry, The OEM bumper on my Ranger is on 2 steel plates (probably original) that attach to the frame rails from the outside.
Apparently the converter selected one of the bolt holes in the frame and instead of bolting down, he used a rod with an R-Spring clip through it on both ends to secure the plates stay in position and create the swivel point. next to the rails. On the front top end of these plates he welded on 2 horizontal 1 ft long flat steel stock strips running towards the front of the truck, so he could securely attach both rear support beams under the bed to these strips. The front of the bed is secured down with 2 steel hex bolts, long enough to catch the threaded plates in the frame rails. Result of this is that the original step bumper tilts with the bed, but since the original mounting plates are used I have confidence in the ability of the bumper to support some weight and even tow light loads. Hope this gives some ideas. 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. ________________________________ From: Barry Oppenheim [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, March 28, 2016 3:18 PM To: Cor van de Water; Electric Vehicle Discussion List Subject: Re: [EVDL] S-10 truck w/ Nissan Leaf battery pack range 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 <tel:%2B1%20408%20383%207626> Skype: cor_van_de_water XoIP +31 87 784 1130 <tel:%2B31%2087%20784%201130> 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... 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