Propickup Digital Magazine
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DUMPBEDINSTALL The Dumper Dogg dump bed insert comes with detailed instruc- tions and a complete installation kit for mounting and wiring. Among the options available for the Poly Dumper Dogg are poly sidewall extensions and tarp kit, which the Buyers crew had already installed before I arrived. DUMPER DOGG INSTALL Taking a pickup to the next level with a dump-bed insert is easy By Larry Walton N ot all hauling and dumping operations call for a purpose-built dump truck. Sometimes a pickup works better for tighter spaces and smaller loads, and for landscapers whose crews waste time off - loading debris and bed- ding materials by hand. Converting a pickup to a light-duty dump truck can be a great solution, and using a dump-bed insert, like the Dumper Dogg from Buyers Products, can make that an easy, economical upgrade. Available in carbon steel, stainless steel and polymer, each Dumper Dogg unit comes fully assembled with the hoist and hydraulic pump already in place. "Stainless steel is the ideal solution for landscapers who also do snow and ice 30 PROPICKUP August 2012 control because the snow and ice melting agents are very corrosive, " says Dan Doerr, Director of New Product Development for Buyers. But the poly unit, which uses the same tailgate as the carbon steel model, is our favorite because it keeps installed weight minimized, maximizing material payload. I was in Ohio to track the installation and operation of an 8-foot Dumper Dogg polymer dump insert unit. Installation was quick and easy. It involves simple steps such as removing the tailgate, sliding the unit into the bed, anchoring it and connecting the wires to the battery. When the guys fi nished the install, we headed straight to a landscape material supply yard, took on two yards of mulch, After the layout holes were drilled the Buyers crew set the polymer Dumper bed insert in the bed with a forklift. The crew started the layout for the mounting holes by measur- ing from the end of the pickup bed along the frame rail to a crossmember toward the front of the pickup bed and marking the center bolt position. One piece of mounting hardware that was not included in the kit is a metal bar drilled out to help reinforce the bottom of the pickup bed where there's no crossmember. We made this one.