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[POPEYE]

Thanks for your thoughts guys and soory you lost a nights sleep Johnny, tell ya what, i'll have a good nights sleep tonight to make up for your loss

ok well i'll start makeing the brackets as i have a 3mt lenght of steel angle and a load of odds and sods, once they are in place and i aquire the pivoting arms steel (either sturdy flat bar or oblong box) and fit them i can then see how acute the step angle will be,
to keep the step reasonabley level i was thinking about a set up similar to how the large windscreen witers opperate on buses and large trucks, you have the main wiper arm and then a second one at a fixed point which keeps the blade at a verticle position, once the step and metalwork's fixed on i can then see whats what and try and work out the best way from there,
it'll be trial and error, (had plenty of error so far)
that amreican electric jack looks interesting but again it's cost, i have the small winch already fitted and it all works fine (albeit a tad noisey as it's bolted to the floor pan) but i have it running through a tripple pull so as to ease the load on the winch motor, so pulling the thing up and down aint the problem, plus the air ram to push the step out and in, my only problem really is makeing the step steady so it dosen't tilt or swivel or jam up,
the runner idea was good BUT the step could tilt fore and aft and this sort of twisted the runners till they popped out the ball bearings, and thus come apart, with this pivot idea i'm hopeing it'll make the whole thing less "tilt'y"
even if i have to weld in cross braces into the lifting arms
anyway i'll keep ya all posted on the progress (or lack of it)

[POPEYE]

"Webbo" (Dave)

Once again i have to thank you mate, the tube etc arrived just now, i am in your dept, the lazy sod of a postman just dropped it against the front door (i was sitting just behind it, it's where my desk is) i heard him talking, saw hime walk up and drop the package at the door and wander off again all the time talking, he spends most of his round on his bl00dy cell phone!! no wonder he aint concentrating or can be arsed to knock the door,
anyway Dave thanks again, talk to you later,

[Webbo]

No probs Ian, I have got about 2500mm of 50 x 20 or 25 x 1.5 mm Box section left over from my Gate build if its any good to you ? May have to cut in half to send though.

[POPEYE]

No probs Ian, I have got about 2500mm of 50 x 20 or 25 x 1.5 mm Box section left over from my Gate build if its any good to you ? May have to cut in half to send though.

Thanks mate, just sent a pm, i'll see how i get on metal wise, theres a fabricator who has a small place in havant that can supply metal stock odds and ends or order in for me, hes a miserable sod but wont let that stope me pestering the old bstd
i'll keep ya posted on my progress