Trailer - challenge truck build

Looking good! Did you tig the welds?

thats mig

Lovely job

Bet you can't wait to get it upside down

pressbrake said:

good lad
For the front turn a bung on the lathe out of old hyd ram rod (its en8) and tap it m16
and weld it inside the tube. Then get a cap head bolt because it will fit and you can get a 10.9 tensile bolt that will not break

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Makes sense, I take it the bolt goes all the way through the outrigger ?

Mr Noisy said:

Bet you can't wait to get it upside down

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First thing I'm doing when it's done ill get my mate to winch me right over. I want the peace of mind in knowing it works before I go rolling it down hillsides haha I'm sure it will be fine though

Oooosh that'll be a crunch when it goes over!

this i have to see...

200tdi ayre said:

First thing I'm doing when it's done ill get my mate to winch me right over. I want the peace of mind in knowing it works before I go rolling it down hillsides haha I'm sure it will be fine though

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LOL, make sure you get the video camera set up first .. or a couple, one inside the cab, and one outside!!

Hate to see a wasted rollover ...

Paul D said:

LOL, make sure you get the video camera set up first .. or a couple, one inside the cab, and one outside!!

Hate to see a wasted rollover ...

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+1..ha ha

If you can roll it without damage it would be incredible for jetwashing, could use one of your machines to put it on its side!

If its a whit read cage I can testify tht when fitted right they work alright i had a sore neck for a few evenings

jai_landrover said:

If its a whit read cage I can testify tht when fitted right they work alright i had a sore neck for a few evenings

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It's a tornado cage, I'm pretty sure it'll work we'll as Dave billings (owner of tornado) who I compete with rolls pretty much every trial haha

I'm considering challenge wings now and adapting then to look like standard wings so I can stay in my current class but add masses of protection

200tdi ayre said:

It's a tornado cage, I'm pretty sure it'll work we'll as Dave billings (owner of tornado) who I compete with rolls pretty much every trial haha

I'm considering challenge wings now and adapting then to look like standard wings so I can stay in my current class but add masses of protection

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You need 1.75 " x 10swg tube for the wings, you can use an off cut of your cage which I assume is 2.6 mm wall to make the slip joint to join onto the front hoop

Sorry for the lack of updates lately I've ha a busy week haha
Anyway today I want happy with how the cage fitted so I decided to drop it an inch to make it all fit closer to the body this meant cutting the old hain hoop mounts off and lowering them an inch and re welding this has made it fit alot better and I'm happy now






Also dad has fixed the leaky water pump and wee change the power steering pump and I now have fully working light power steering, happy days now to do the rear stays and were almost getting there

Yes indeed mate good decision, that is a nice tight fit

Rear stay mountings






Yep they'll be strong enough just gotta make the top plates and te plate for the stays now, would have got more done if my welder didn't decide to die and stop releasing gas

Ooh and never leave your welder around your mates and your chassis ....








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200tdi ayre said:

Ooh and never leave your welder around your mates and your chassis ....

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whops! lol looking good tho mate!

How come your roof has a few dents and scratches?