Operator's Manual
Store cylinders in storage clips. Engage hydraulic
lift lock lever on vehicle to prevent accidental extension
of lift cylinders.
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If bed sides will be installed on flat bed, it is
easier to install them before bed is installed on vehicle.
Assure rear pivot plates are bolted to the bed
frame/channel so that lower end angles to the rear
(Fig. 14).
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Assure lift cylinders are fully retracted.
The full bed weighs approximately 210
pounds, so do not try to install or remove it by yourself.
Get the help of two or three other people.
Carefully set bed onto vehicle frame aligning rear
bed pivot plate holes with holes in rear frame channel
and install (2) clevis pins and lynch pins (Fig. 14).
With bed lowered, secure each cylinder rod end, to
appropriate slots in bed mounting plates with clevis pin
and lynch pin. Insert clevis pin from outside of bed with
lynch pin toward outside (Fig. 13). Rear slots are for full
bed installation and front slots are for 2/3 bed
installation.
Engine may need to be started to extend or
retract cylinders for alignment with holes. ''1
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and nut to prevent assembly errors.
Start engine and engage hydraulic lift lever to raise
bed. Release lift lever and turn off engine. Secure
raised bed with a hoist or block it to prevent it from
accidentally falling.
Install lynch pins to inside ends of clevis pins.
If automatic tail gate release has been installed
on bed, make sure front dump link rod has been placed
on inside of left side clevis pin before lynch pin is
installed.
Once cylinder installation has been completed, the
bed safety support can be used to prevent accidental
lowering of the bed. Refer to Using Bed Safety
Support, page 37.