Dump bed possible on Lightning?

[MountainAlive]

I saw this FB Marketplace listing for a Ford truck that has a hydraulic bed that can dump. I’ve never seen this before. So of course it had me wondering if this could ever be done on a Lightning?

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[TaxmanHog]

I suspect there is not enough space for the ram and supporting hydraulic pump, etc.

 

[Lytning]

If an electric dump truck is possible, I want to see this next ..

 

[mr.Magoo]

If an electric dump truck is possible, I want to see this next ..

Considering the payload capacity you might as well just strap one of these in the bed...

 

[RLXXI]

My dad had an old/new 73 Ford truck with a dump bed installed on it. This was back in 74 or75.

If the hydraulics have room to articulate, I see no other reason it won't work on our trucks. It was a pretty simple system iirc.

 

[MountainAlive]

My dad had an old/new 73 Ford truck with a dump bed installed on it. This was back in 74 or75.

If the hydraulics have room to articulate, I see no other reason it won't work on our trucks. It was a pretty simple system iirc.

That’s cool. I’ve never seen one of these in real life before but it seems like a really cool feature for not a lot of complexity.

 

[mq019]

I mean, with enough money, ANYTHING is possible, but with the official payload capacity of these trucks so low already, the hardware to make it a dump bed would probably exceed or eat up the available capacity, so you'd have a dump bed that you couldn't put anything in - the one you showed was on a F350 for a reason!

 

[chl]

Think about where some of the battery modules sit and maybe that would present some problems?

 

[RLXXI]

I mean, with enough money, ANYTHING is possible, but with the official payload capacity of these trucks so low already, the hardware to make it a dump bed would probably exceed or eat up the available capacity, so you'd have a dump bed that you couldn't put anything in - the one you showed was on a F350 for a reason!

The one my dad had was a 250 iirc maybe 350, only thing else I remember was the rear axle hubs had a bolt pattern sticking out the steel wheel center.

He left for sea duty and my mom traded it in for a new Torino sport. Haha he was pissed when he got back.

 

[Robocop]

I think I recall reading somewhere that Ford does not recommend removing the bed and it has something to do with the HV battery and maybe the wiring.

 

[Aminorjourney]

Given that there are outfitters out there who have developed rear beds for the lightning - I don't see why they couldn't re-engineer it to add tipper support.

The issue however is that you'd not only need to add space for a hydraulic or electric actuator - but you'd need to ensure it sits proud of the bed and the battery pack. The result would likely be a higher bed floor, and loss of bed depth.

 

[MountainAlive]

This also popped up when browsing FB but I won’t even bother asking if this would work on the Lightning

 

[NW Ontario Ford Lightning]

Well I've had Ford Tractors before...but not like that !!

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