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roof spotties on electric ram hinge?

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roof spotties on electric ram hinge?

Post by full-boost »

anyone know how you set up those ram things like on the comp trucks? Ive seen them on a rack of some sort, in a cage that is lowered backwards by the ram, at the flick of a switch inside the cabin!
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Post by bushy555 »

Am still working on my setup, (have been for the past 12 months.... cant rush these things). But am using little Festo air-rams, only coz they were free.

There have been various threads on the subject, though have yet to see someone do a full-on step-by-step instruction guide with all measurements etc. Would be a nice little project to do...

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Post by Draven »

Yea, ive been looking at doing this on my ute somehow to, been looking around for a cheaper air ram to do the job, i think the hinge / brackets would be pretty easy to make up.
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Post by 1MadEngineer »

by 'electric ram' do you perhaps mean "linear actuator"

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Post by Ruffy »

On the Little Mule we have set up the roof lights on a hinged rack with gas struts to hold them up. The advantages are that if you hit an overhanging branch or similar the lights fold back and then pop up again as the don't go over centre when they hit something. They're cheap.
The down side is you have to get out to put them up and down. and it's not as bling.

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Post by eliteforce32 »

i suggest giving on track 4x4 a call or pm as the shrek( gq ute) has a very nice setup ;)
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Post by stampy4x4 »

Mate of mine here in Toowoomba just made up one these on his ute using

a 12v ram, or linear actuator, as it's been described. The ram bolts to one

of his roll bars on the tray and he made up pivots to lay the bar back. Will

see if I can get some photos or a write-up about it from him.
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Post by Bush65 »

I would use a pneumatic cyl or gas strut, instead of an electric actuator. Reason being if you haven't lowered the lights and hit a branch or fallen tree, the electric actuator is more likely to be damaged.
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