Found this one, looks good, plastic and not a lot of protrusion out the back or inside the bed.
One wire, ground interrupt circuit.
Grounding through mounting hardware, cut off pin for fitment !




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Added:  Will need to check the size vs the room between the lip of the Bed and the Tailgate Edge.

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Chris wrote:
This is the sort of switch - Hood switch 

Maybe pick something up from the local breakers yard?
Thanks Chris, still thinking on this one with a grounding circuit.
The Plunger can be cut to fit, not sure of the amount of movement I need but I will check out what the switch will do before hand.





mhoward wrote:
Chris wrote:

This is the sort of switch - Hood switch 

Maybe pick something up from the local breakers yard?
Honestly, that looks to me like the perfect switch for said project.
"The Perfect Switch" is in the eyes of the beholder !

I wanted something with minimal exposure in the bed but that is asking a lot.
The one posted above is about 3/4 to 1" in the bed, if I keep it to the side enough it might work.
We will see once I get there.

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JAMMAN wrote:
The roughest road I encounter is the construction getting on to 270 from stringtown rd.

No you would not use mercury or ball position switches on a pre-runner.
I wouldn't build a pre-runner or desert truck so thats out !
The road I live off of is 1.3 miles to my driveway and it is dirt and NOT maintained by local government or even county, so it gets bad real quick in the wet seasons.   My driveway is another 1/4 mile long, but it is maintained by me and ti is relatively smooth, a good drive compared to the Road we live off of.
Just the drive in to the driveway would have the a mercury or ball switch bouncing around, that is why I am going to use a plunger type switch.  I did think your idea of the tilt switch in the tailgate was a good one but I figured you would have a switch that didn't require moving part inside of it !

My Off-Roading, is trails, some rougher than others but no large rocks, but they too would raise havoc with a switch with movable internals.


Chris wrote:
JAMMAN wrote:

No you would not use mercury or ball position switches on a prerunner.
Lol - you would probably weld the tailgate shut for extra stiffness ....
A good option on a Pre-runner or Race truck but of course not an option for a DD, especially one where the bed is used daily and then the switches become a mote point !



The Plunger Type Switch wins out overall, even if it needs to be replaced more often.

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