On 3/4/2012 9:13 AM, dpb wrote:
On 3/3/2012 11:10 PM, Ignoramus20398 wrote:
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\A scary thought. As a matter of fact, I believe that I cannot operate
the dump unless I am in neutral.

That's _very_ unlikely; any dump would want to be able to spread a load
of gravel, for example.

You'll have to clutch to engage the PTO, but when you let it out, it
won't care which gear the tranny is in...

There's a second hydraulic valve control as well that will have to be
closed(/opened depending on your point of view ) to cause the bed to
raise as well...so you won't be raising it by pure chance on the
interstate.

While we're telling stories, I'll relate one I did as a HS kid working
for local ready-mix guy one summer it was too hot/dry so had no field
work at home on the farm. Hauling dirt from foundation/floor slab prep
work on the new hospital wing here to a fill location on south side of
town. I'd made a bunch of trips that day, was getting late and was
tired and ready to go do something more exciting for the evening when I
forgot to pull the tailgate lever before raising the bed on one load.
All of a sudden, I'm looking at a about a 45 degree angle up to the
north as the truck body returns to the "fully upright and locked
position" w/ the load still on.

A little startled from my daydreams, I considered there really was no
alternative but to try the lever (which, fortunately, was one of those
mounted on the front of the bed by the driver's door so could do from
the cab w/o getting out of the truck. If it hadn't been, would have
been a trick to get there as it was quite a ways down to the ground at
that point ). So, I pull and WHAM! the front wheels hit the ground,
the engine dies and I bounce around in the cab pretty good. Get out,
look around, see no blown tires or oil on the ground so climb in crank
up and go on. No harm, no foul... I did learn not to do _that_
again, though. I was probably 16 that year if my years aren't too
mixed up; think that would have been after my sophomore year in HS.

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