custom 110 Hi-cap roller shutter tonneau cover

CocaineOnTheCob

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I spotted this 110 whislt on a trip to st David's in Wales, is anybody able to identify this 110's tonneau cover?

Seems like a perfect solution but never seen these made for defender tubs never understood why. Anyone made one or know where they can be bought from?

 

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Disco1BFG

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I made my own - They're known as vertical shutters - used on Fire Engines and the like, vertically ... but they're also quite happy to work horizontally...

I bought the bits from a firm called Dover Vanguard in Oldham, Lancashire... but they'll be somewhere local to you that'll be able to assist - might even be worth asking your local firebrigade...

 

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Disco1BFG said:

I made my own - They're known as vertical shutters - used on Fire Engines and the like, vertically

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Thanks for the help, do you have pictures or a thread of you building it?

 

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Looks exactly the same as my Garage door roller-shutter. Big tin box for the shutter-roll in its "up" state and guide rails at the sides.
They are made from linked ali-sections and can be made to any reasonable width. They are not very strong though, I punched a huge dent in mine with the tow-ball.

 

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charlie revis said:

Thanks for the help, do you have pictures or a thread of you building it?

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No thread, but have a nosy here -

https://www.dovervanguard.co.uk/rol...-roller-shutter/n30-window-roller-shutter.php

On their home page, they show a Fire Engine with the type of shutter you want ....

 

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DanClarke said:

They are not very strong though, I punched a huge dent in mine with the tow-ball.

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Some of them are indeed very weak - but the extruded double box ali which I used was strong enough for me to jump up and down on ... and I'm no lightweight....