[Project] Living up to my username

[sonomaguy]

I vote for the dump gate, put up a poll but don't ask how it should be done cause you know what'll happen then.

[NevurMind85]

yea i was gonna give an idea but i wanna see how it comes out. i think its gonna look sick.

[nox]

Quote: Originally Posted by greencactus3

imo the gate is too 'short' to make a 'dump truck gate' look good at all...
i think itll just look broken and thats it.

agreed

[mister880]

dump gate sounds awesome

[Kunde]

i also say you do a dump gate. to keep in theme with the dump bed and all.

[my2ks10xtreme]

dump gate, sounds so different and unique!

[AVdime]

to many things going in to many directions makes cars/trucks look blah. Most of the time i wont even walk over to look at one when there at shows

[xtucking22s]

someone wanna do a photoshop of it? I understand the concept of it looking too short, but i dont think it would look to short.

someone phoneshop me a dump tailgate:






thanks in advance, i think it would look awesome personally.

[xtucking22s]

Quote: Originally Posted by AVdime

to many things going in to many directions makes cars/trucks look blah. Most of the time i wont even walk over to look at one when there at shows

jesus christ, why are you still subscribed to my threads? Just stay out, seriously, your comments are always negative towards me. And by the way, I could give two shits what you or anyone else think about my truck, or if you would want to give it a second glance at a show or not. Im building the truck to my likings, not anyone elses. Go jump off a cliff please. s10forum will be better off without you.

[Big_Bake]

you know how on a dump truck, the gate is hinged at the top, so when it tilts up, all the stuff slides out the bottom. kinda like a doggy door if you can see that. you would need some kinda of actuators or something to open it up as the bed dumps. that would look sweet all in one motion.

[xtucking22s]

why would ya need an actuator? as the bed dumps it would open(after you release whatever latch mechanism we would do)

[laydoutjimmy]

Quote: Originally Posted by Big_Bake

you know how on a dump truck, the gate is hinged at the top, so when it tilts up, all the stuff slides out the bottom. kinda like a doggy door if you can see that. you would need some kinda of actuators or something to open it up as the bed dumps. that would look sweet all in one motion.

Gravity my friend.... gravity

[Big_Bake]

yeah but then it would just hand there perpendicular to the ground, flapping in the breeze. if it came all the way even with the top of the bed it would look better IMO. it's your truck though, either way it will look good.

[nox]

yah gravity would be a pretty good actuator.

[xtucking22s]

Quote: Originally Posted by Big_Bake

yeah but then it would just hand there perpendicular to the ground, flapping in the breeze. if it came all the way even with the top of the bed it would look better IMO. it's your truck though, either way it will look good.

I appreciate your actual constructive criticisim/ideas (unlike others on here *caugh*) but perpendicular would be the more natural look, which is what I would prefer to go with.

[Big_Bake]

well real dump trucks just use gravity and the force of whatever is dumping to push it open after its unlatched. what kinds of things you think you will be dumping? lol. i mean you can always add some kind of actuator down the road. what about an air powered one, so it open at the same rate as your bed goes up? just thinking that would use already available air. i'll shut up now though. but yeah do the dump gate, it will bring the bed together.

[xtucking22s]

gravity man, gravity lol. but ya, i think it would be a great way to finish off the dump bed. Ive never seen a gate done like this, has anyone? It is difficult to do something original these days in the automotive modifying world, so it would be cool to finally have one aspect be a true custom thing that no one else has done.

[Big_Bake]

well just take the current hinge system from the bottom of the gate and move it up as high as it can go. it's just two circles on each side. shouldn't be too hard. now the latch it up to you. maybe pull something out of the trunk of a car, and have it sit under the floor. something like that. then you can put a solenoid/actuator on that to pop it open.

[Dr. Pepper]

sorry, but i think it will look like crap. your taking a clean ass truck and making it into something that has too much going on. less is more if you ask me.

but its your truck. opinions are like assholes. we all have them, and they all stink

[dimeslaylow53]

[quote]but perpendicular would be the more natural look, which is what I would prefer to go with./QUOTE]

ur truck natural??!?!? haha
this is one of the first build threads i ever read and i love it! i think ur truck is ballin! a dump gate would be sick, never seen one done before.

[Merritj2417]

i think the dumpbed would be a good idea, but i'll have to wait for pics/photoshops before i can see for sure, either way it's a good idea

[Slammed83Mazda]

Quote: Originally Posted by AVdime

to many things going in to many directions makes cars/trucks look blah. Most of the time i wont even walk over to look at one when there at shows

You ****in crack me up you really do. I almost wonder if you got some kind of thing for adam....

[kovz34]

my vote is for the dump gate. I think it would look cool.

and in some weird way, it brings a twist of old school minitruckin into the theme, when the guys used to have their beds come off and spin around in the air. they were like transformers! haha. All you would need now is a suicide hinge on the hood and that truck would look crazy with the lambo doors up, bed dumped, hood suicided!

[greencactus3]

Quote: Originally Posted by Dr. Pepper

but its your truck. opinions are like assholes. we all have them, and they all stink

my shit dont stink

[BlkS10Kid2002]

Ill try to get a pic of the f650 dump we have at my work for the slow members.

[s15travis]

Quote: Originally Posted by Dr. Pepper

sorry, but i think it will look like crap. your taking a clean ass truck and making it into something that has too much going on. less is more if you ask me.

but its your truck. opinions are like assholes. we all have them, and they all stink

i agree. before long, its gonna look like one of those vans you see from Japan that has shit going all over the place. for the most part, i think your truck is pretty nice/clean, but i think you're going to end up with too much going on and its gonna lose its appeal.
i guess it all depends what look you're going for. i just think that having lambo doors open, bed dumped and tailgate swinging in the wind, its gonna be like a little kid flailing his arms saying "look at me"

[AVdime]

dude u asked for a ****ing opinion. 3 posts before me 2 different people said that it would look broken. Not to mention people comments that follow. And if your building the truck to your likings how come before u do anything u look for forums members approval on the subject?

[xtucking22s]

Quote: Originally Posted by AVdime

dude u asked for a ****ing opinion. 3 posts before me 2 different people said that it would look broken. Not to mention people comments that follow. And if your building the truck to your likings how come before u do anything u look for forums members approval on the subject?

Oh I asked for an opinion did I? Really? I was asked about what I plan on doing with the tailgate, and I simply replied to the question. I was being quiet about the tailgate, but since someone asked I figured I would answer instead of pulling the dumb shit people do sometimes and keeping it a suprise. Re-read my post, show me where I asked for opinions:

Quote: Originally Posted by xtucking22s

well........for the next few months im running no tailgate, due to having run out of money. The bed cost about 2x as much as was originally planned. Shit happens, but its worth it. So **** a tailgate for this year lol. There are 2 possibilities though for when I have John do the tailgate for me though.

1. original plan - shave the handle, relocate to inside, and sheetmetal the inside of the tailgate to match the rest of the inside of the bed. Typical, practical, simple, predictable.

2. wacky plan that I think i wanna do - its a dump truck right? why not make the tailgate open like a dump truck...hinged at the top? I would be putting the design of this into Johns hands soley, and am waiting for an estimate on how much this would cost to have done, as it requires totally new hinging and latching of the tailgate.


Pending the cost and feasability of doing it the option #2 way, i think that is the route I want to take, but it wont be until fall, im broke(relatively speaking) and I am working on starting to save money and be responsible. I gave myself 1 year of play time after i graduated to spend all the money i wanted to on the truck, well that year is now up, so im trying to not spend much more on the truck anymore. Moving out of home and in with the girlfriend is working its way to the top of the priority ladder.

Moral of the story here is if I wanna do it, im going to do it with or without s10forums approval.

[AVdime]

Quote: Originally Posted by Slammed83Mazda

You ****in crack me up you really do. I almost wonder if you got some kind of thing for adam....

i do something about a guy that sips strawberry daqueries on the beach just gets my engine revving. Isn't he the dreamiest

hahaha

[AVdime]

then u better be telling everyone u dont wanna at an opinion becuase everybody before me and after me is giving u one.

[xtucking22s]

Quote: Originally Posted by AVdime

then u better be telling everyone u dont wanna at an opinion becuase everybody before me and after me is giving u one.

but others have had other nice things to say in reguards to other members and other threads and other posts. Every single freakin post I have seen from you in my threads and every other members thread is always negative, that is why i have a problem with you. I could care less what s10forum thinks about how "clean" my truck is. if i cared so much then i would have suicided my doors just to please the common minitrucker. Incase you or anyone else hasnt noticed im not trying to build the stereotypical bagged, bodydropped, suicide-doored "clean" s-10 minitruck. That isnt what I am going for. Dont get me wrong, i like the stereotypical s-10, but that isnt what im trying to accomplish with my own, that is all.

And I dont not want to see opinions, its a free country, people can voice their opinion. Doesnt mean I gotta agree with it or care about their opinion. But they are free to voice their opinion.