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ChrisJTMiller Just got MTs
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Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2015 6:38 pm Post subject: Wee Broon
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Bought this for free to get back into Off roading. If all goes well it will be stripped and built again if I enjoy being back in the mud.
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ChrisJTMiller Just got MTs
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Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2015 6:40 pm Post subject:
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ChrisJTMiller Just got MTs
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Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2015 6:43 pm Post subject:
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ChrisJTMiller Just got MTs
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Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2015 6:46 pm Post subject:
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ChrisJTMiller Just got MTs
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Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2015 6:48 pm Post subject:
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mike328 Articulating
Joined: 10 Dec 2014 Odometer: 793 Location: Suffolk!
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Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2015 10:24 pm Post subject:
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looking good from the photo's it looks like your waffle boards are stuck in there now though
EDIT: tell me you sleeved the joins on the bends in that cage!
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ChrisJTMiller Just got MTs
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Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2015 7:08 am Post subject:
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mike328 wrote: | looking good from the photo's it looks like your waffle boards are stuck in there now though
EDIT: tell me you sleeved the joins on the bends in that cage! |
Waffle boards pop out and slide right out the back although since the pics I have cut another foot off the back . Bends arent sleeved, TBH not something I thought about. I have thought however about Bracing them from the outside with some flat bar. This is the first cage I have built and I plan on Taking this one back off anyway and building one properly with the proper steel and bender.
No-one I spoke to told me to sleeve them but to just leave a tiny gap so I get a good weld. This is the first thing I have done like this so all taken on board and any other comments/advice would be great.
P.S am a Windae Cleaner no an engineer so go easy
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mike328 Articulating
Joined: 10 Dec 2014 Odometer: 793 Location: Suffolk!
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Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2015 8:29 pm Post subject:
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when I looked closer I worked out the waffles!
didn't mean any offence with the comment, but I would be worried calling it a proper roll cage, the design and lines look great but for proper structure to protect you im not convinced it wouldn't break at the joins for tree/rock sliders/damage protection I don't see any problem at all, and the body has some roll protection built in! its all down to what are you planning for how you're going to use the truck?
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sheepy Winch Assistant
Joined: 30 Sep 2014 Odometer: 74 Location: abergavenny
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Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2015 11:53 pm Post subject:
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Looking awesome some nice work there like the waffle board and the light bar across the top looks can't wait to see a video off it ploughing through some ruts can't s anything wrong with the cage looks a lot stronger than a lot I have seen as long as it's a nice wall thickness then will be gd
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ChrisJTMiller Just got MTs
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Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2015 12:47 pm Post subject:
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No Offence Taken. Lifes a learning curve, U put your comment in a decent manner and never slated it mate. To Start with I aint doing anything too extreme, but within time This cage will be used as a rough template for a proper pucka one. The whinches are just cheapos and will be upgraded too, Got a mini lobster on it the now that will be a Full Rocklobster soon enough too. Wheel centres were cut and moved too to give a wider stance. The cage has a 3mm wall thickness. Done a wee bit more to it last night replacing the rear floor
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ChrisJTMiller Just got MTs
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Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2015 12:52 pm Post subject:
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Heres me new prop shaft too, hopefully gives me a bit more travel ond no more smashed transfer boxes lol Mwahahaha
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zukmeista Just got MTs
Joined: 21 Dec 2007 Odometer: 176 Location: WHANGAREI,N.Z
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Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2015 6:02 pm Post subject:
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Looks like it will be a weapon offroad, but I have to say it makes me sad to see a LWB Samurai getting cut up.
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Joined: 18 Feb 2013 Odometer: 10 Location: America
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Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2015 3:42 am Post subject:
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^^^^ this...
We didn't even get them in the States, so you either have to import an old one (25 years+) or build one from a SWB...
We don't get Simex or Fedima tires/tyres either, but I can live with that
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ChrisJTMiller Just got MTs
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Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2015 8:07 am Post subject:
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The overhang on the damn things is horrendous. Its not cut up, its just gracefully had its body shortened. It went on a diet to loose the SPAM and gain the SPAM. Its still has its LWB
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ChrisJTMiller Just got MTs
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Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2015 5:16 pm Post subject:
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back end up a little
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mike328 Articulating
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Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2015 7:17 pm Post subject:
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looking I like the recess in the rear panel for your winch.
what did you use to cut the welds in the wheels for moving the centers? got access to a big lathe? or did you grind them out? and technique for getting them true before welding back in? (got a similar job to do and just looking for ideas)
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ChrisJTMiller Just got MTs
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Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2015 9:03 am Post subject:
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mike328 wrote: | looking I like the recess in the rear panel for your winch.
what did you use to cut the welds in the wheels for moving the centers? got access to a big lathe? or did you grind them out? and technique for getting them true before welding back in? (got a similar job to do and just looking for ideas) |
Just ground them out, left a few cut marks though that Im gonna weld up and buff down. To get them true welll emmmm My mate done that part and I didnt watch Him, sure it involved a flat surface and a measure tape. I have no idea how true they are running as it aint been on the road yet but at low speeds it seems fine for now. My long term plans if I cant get them running True will be a set of Mach 5 style wheels anyway, although I really like the look of these so Hoping I can make them work. I impressed myself with my little reccess at the whinch, was awfy chuffed haha
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ChrisJTMiller Just got MTs
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Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2015 12:14 pm Post subject:
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Shakedown session 1 successfull. Nothing broken, only a few things needing tinkering and some paint. The little thing performed just nicely and im Uber surprised at how well the cheapo whinches worked
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ChrisJTMiller Just got MTs
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Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2015 4:50 pm Post subject:
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Someone hit the paint shop today
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Gavlad Gate Opener
Joined: 14 May 2009 Odometer: 17 Location: Wirral
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Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2015 1:19 pm Post subject:
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You've been tangoed!!!
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RichMayo Just got MTs
Joined: 04 Feb 2013 Odometer: 413 Location: Yate
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Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2015 1:54 pm Post subject:
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Just painted my toilet room that color.... really wakes you up in the morning!
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4x4KindaGuy Gate Opener
Joined: 17 Jun 2015 Odometer: 27
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Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2015 4:15 am Post subject:
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wow! great work on this build. are those winch custom build too? plus what brand of tires are you using?
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ChrisJTMiller Just got MTs
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Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2015 7:36 am Post subject:
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Whinches are just cheapos from Ebay, Slow and noisy but so far are doing a bloody good job. Tyres are Malatesta Kaimans. everything else you see was made up as I went along. I think the overall length has change a few times. Its going for its first proper playday soon so then I can start to see what Mods it will need next
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ChrisJTMiller Just got MTs
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Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2015 7:37 am Post subject:
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RichMayo wrote: | Just painted my toilet room that color.... really wakes you up in the morning! |
Tiz kinda bright, but I luv it. couldnt take a dump in it though
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ChrisJTMiller Just got MTs
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Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2016 9:08 am Post subject:
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Not updated for a while so here we are just now. after first outing found a few teething problems so just putting them right. Also had a move in workshop so slow progress
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ChrisJTMiller Just got MTs
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Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2016 9:11 am Post subject:
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Recent mods include a load of boring fixy stuff, a synthetic whinch rope and a sexy wee craddle from Rockwatt Eng
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