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boss Just got MTs
Joined: 17 Dec 2007 Odometer: 262 Location: norfolk
1995 Land Rover Discovery
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Posted: Sun Jun 09, 2013 7:02 pm Post subject: Mog axle tig frame
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Super slow build but heres a Rough spec:
100" wheel base
Mog 404 axles
Rear steer
Lt230 transfer box with PTO
Centre mounted PTO winch with 1:1 line speed
Fox 14" air shocks on cant-levers
CDS tube throughout
3"creeper joints
Haven't decided on an engine yet, the easey option is 300tdi with r380 gearbox out of the disco but its not what I would call powerful and I want to keep this thing as light as I can and the v8 option would help but its finding one with the manual box. The other aspect to this truck is simplicity, its main winch is a mechanical one run from the gearbox, the diff locks from the mogs are mechanically operated and the suspension will be boring ol air shocks. The axles will be inline with the lower chassis rail, the thinking behind this is it will keep the truck as low as possible, the lowest part of any truck is the diff and I don't see a need for the belly to be any higher. May sound strange to some but the additional 6" of diff clearance I gain from the drop boxes will still give me the same(if not more) belly clearance as any other truck.
Anyway, this is the rough draft of the frame, I still need to change a few things but its almost there
And these are the chassis rails bent up and placed in the jig that I made
The tube bender I am using is a JD2 model 3 with a 2" die with a 7.5CLR
And I am using the bend tech pro software. I know that any frame can be built with a template and a concrete floor but I have very little free time and I thought that this would make it possible for me to design parts when ever I wanted and leave the workshop time for building. Can't recommend it enough
__________________________________ BOSSFAB
pm me for tube manipulation
2lb club hammer?......HA! my club hammer is a cut down sledge!
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sj419-mad Gate Opener
Joined: 25 Apr 2012 Odometer: 38
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Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 3:09 pm Post subject:
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In the meantime just use Mary's shogun for off roading, im sure she wont mind lol!
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boss Just got MTs
Joined: 17 Dec 2007 Odometer: 262 Location: norfolk
1995 Land Rover Discovery
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Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2014 7:59 am Post subject:
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Something like that Innit [/img]
__________________________________ BOSSFAB
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boss Just got MTs
Joined: 17 Dec 2007 Odometer: 262 Location: norfolk
1995 Land Rover Discovery
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Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2014 4:25 pm Post subject:
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All tig with the most temperamental tig set lol
Ex us military pto winch
__________________________________ BOSSFAB
pm me for tube manipulation
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s.frimodt Just got MTs
Joined: 08 Sep 2009 Odometer: 170
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Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2014 5:44 pm Post subject:
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Nice! That winch looks quite lightweight, do you know what the gearing is? Wish I could TIG like that.. However I probably will never get that good at it seeing as I don't plan to buy a TIG welder again, when I had one it was so expensive on Argon that I got fed up with spending all my money on it. Seems to be a lot cheaper to MIG weld instead, but maybe I got something wrong?
__________________________________ Søren Frimodt Petersen
(Jysk Mog Crawlers)
'64 Mog 404, 49" Nokia MPT's, 120bhp M180, rollcage etc.
'53 Land Rover Series 1, awaiting some minor upgrades |
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boss Just got MTs
Joined: 17 Dec 2007 Odometer: 262 Location: norfolk
1995 Land Rover Discovery
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Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2014 6:14 pm Post subject:
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Thanks mate!
It is light, all aluminium, 350mm drum, free spool all comes in at around 30-35kg...... Not sure, I can lift it no problem. I will try and get a bit more info on it
As for tig... I couldn't say, it's a bit of a learning curve for me. I was taught a lot in college but that was 7 years ago and when you take up a trade which has very little to do with what you studied you forget a lot. I remembered being good at college but I have clearly forgotten everything to do with it lol
__________________________________ BOSSFAB
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