Truck Cap Lift IIAuthor: Dave Date: 08.17.12 - 7:55am Another season, another chance to tweak the proceedure of putting the cap on and off again with one person. Update 4.21.13 - Video is now available: If i was more motivated I would really design something, but for a twice a year operation, I just make do. Improvement this fall, was to ditch the clunky lifting frame from underneath it, and replace it with an overhead spreader bar made from C-channel. Actually "made" is a pretty strong term to use for having just drilled a couple holes in a piece of stock, but hey it works. I did want to build a load leveler screw into the center mount, but I just dont use it enough to care. You will see a bucket full of scrap metal tied to the front of the cap. This worked just fine and took all of 1 minute to implement. I should use some clevis instead of the climbing D clips. If the load had shifted, the weight could have beared directly on the D clips gate which is a really bad thing. 
Comments: (3)On 08.27.13 - 4:06pm Gordon wrote:
On 02.21.15 - 9:16am Tim wrote:
On 02.21.15 - 11:06am dave wrote:
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