Posted by Blaine
on 7/28/2012, 16:14:15, in reply to "Re: TIlt Cab Idea-?"
50.53.175.132
I think Dave said he used gate hinges and that he said mine has the same thing as his. I bought my FC with the tilt on it. It used 3 or 4 people to lift it. Cheaper but not handy. LOL Hey Wayne, just come to Washington next weekend for the NW Get-together and see Dave's in person!
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: Hi Dave, I'm glad to hear that the marine pump
: is working OK, what did yoou do for the
: front hinges-?, do you have any pic's you
: could e-mail me, that would be great.
: Thanks, Wayne, my email
: "cow1500@verizon.net". I plan to
: take alot of pic's as this will be my 1st.
: time.
:
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: Hi Wayne, I used the 12 volt hyd pump for
: tilting the leg on a Mercruiser I/O and a
: side to side ram from a forklift. Lots of
: smooth power. The cab powers up and down and
: so does the box, and both can be operated at
: the same time with the proper hyd valves
: installed. My cab only uses 1 ram,( but I
: might switch to 2 ) and the box uses 2.
: Using 2 on the box is slower to raise and
: lower than the cab but has plenty of power.
: It is a lot of work and very time consuming
: to figure out how to make every thing work
: together, steering column, brakes, linkage,
: etc. I haven't quite completed everything
: yet and I am sure it will be worth it in the
: end. BUT, if I added up all the time I have
: put into the tilting, I probably could have
: had 2 or 3 FC's running and on the road!!!!
: Dave
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: Thank's for the reply, my back ground is,
: Marine repairs & sales and just a motor
: head, I built several race cars over the
: yrs. & restored several old cars, but
: never did a tilt cab. I was thinking along
: the Marine end, the power trim rams from a
: Mercury inboard/outboard boat, the rams are
: very powerful and easy to limit there travel
: if they are to long, the hdy. pump will put
: out around 2,500 PSI. I would not do the air
: pump, the air can be compressed and it will
: be spongy, like air in your barke lines. The
: PTO & Overdrive will be cable shift, the
: transfer case will still be done orig. rod.
: I plan to move that lever very close to the
: tranny shifter and that area for both shift
: lever's will be cut out of the floor and
: build a support to hold that section of the
: floor in place, so when the cab tilts up
: there will be a hole in the floor and seal
: it with a rubber seal when the cab comes
: back down. That's the way some of the big
: trucks do it. I started driving B model
: Macks in WV..
: I can't remember which model did it that
: way.
: I have done extra welding already on the
: cab. My plan was to only tilt on level
: ground. I've been all over for front hinges,
: but can not find any that is heavy enough, I
: may build my own. The other problem I may
: have is the front mounted winch, when the
: cab is tilted, will it hit the winch, not
: sure, so i may have to make the front
: hinges lift the cab up as well as tilt
: forward. As of today, I'm recovering from a
: broken leg, still on 1 leg, hope to get on
: both in a week or so, so I have a lot of
: time to THINK, LOL. The cab is on the floor,
: I have a running chassis with a bed sitting
: on it, all painted. I also was worried about
: the windsheild falling out-?, I plan to tilt
: it as far as I can.
: Please keep in touch, Thanks, Wayne
:
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: If you look at the pictures of the various
: FC
: Roundups & GTGs, you'll notice that
: quite a few have been done, even a couple of
: M-677s, and a huge number of tilt/dump beds
: as well.
:
: Planning to do a tilt cab & dump bed on
: my FC170 here also, so I've looked around a
: bit & asked a bunch of questions of
: folks. One thing I've noticed is that our FC
: cabs are quite a bit lighter than most of
: the COE truck cabs... basically a good
: thing, especially if one is adding A/C,
: interior 'upgrades', or other cab
: modifications.
:
: A good suggestion I received was to use
: aircraft surplus control surface hydraulic
: units, but with utilizing the onboard
: compressed air, to tilt up & lower the
: cab, good balance & smooth controls
: being the main concerns with that idea.
: Another recommendation was to tilt the cab
: -away from- as many floor controls as
: possible, to avoid unnecessary cable, hose
: & line chafing or binding, as well as
: simplifying routing of control rods, etc.
: That would also depend on the engine layout,
: one reason I'm losing the V8 & returning
: to an inline six-cylinder configuration,
: although not the original Willys.
:
: With a goal of secure mounting &
: minimizing cab twisting, my plan is to
: connect a sub-frame to the cab in several
: (more than 4!) spots and actually pivot the
: sub-frame off the FC's frame. Doing it that
: way should also allow more flexibility for
: better ride cushioning in the cab, whether
: by air bags or variable density foam/rubber
: cushion pads.
:
: Given the scope of today's hot rods, show
: cars, jumpers, cab dancers, low riders,
: wannabe desert racers & urban ricers,
: etc. the pieces & parts are readily
: available. The challenge for most of us is
: to actually do it right the first time, and
: at a minimum of cost.
:
: Hope that gives some useful input to the
: process for you. If you look around Craig's
: website you'll see a lot of great ideas that
: have been carried out, most with really good
: results, and some just downright ingenious.
:
: Have fun.
:
: J.R.
: SoCal
:
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: I'm in Fl. and I want to tilt the cab on my
: FC-170, and put A/C in it also. I have
: looked at the pic of the green & white
: one for hours, but I've never done a tilt
: cab, I have 1 COE here now that is a real
: bear to work on it and I want my FC easy to
: work on.
: Any input would be great, Thanks, Wayne
: PS-my FC is all stock wrecker
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